Rhinestone Radios

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Turning regular handheld radios into a fun and personalized tool. 

As a pilot car driver one of the most important, if not THE most important piece of equipment is our radios.  Both the mobile radios that are mounted in our vehicles and the handheld radios, commonly known as Walkie-Talkies, are used to keep in constant communication with the members of our Superload or Oversize load team. They have to work properly and be loud and clear to help ensure not only the safety of our teams, but the motoring public as well.

This job can be flat out dangerous.  That’s all there is to it.  The motoring public doesn’t care much for us being in their way and sometimes negotiating the nation’s highways and byways with 200’ plus superloads can be pretty stressful.  It can also be very pretty boring and repetitive.  

Anytime I get a chance to make one of my team members smile or manage to get a chuckle from them, I take full advantage of it.  So when I got my new handhelds I thought;  “I’m gonna bedazzle my radio’s!”  That’s just what I did!  

At the top is a “Jewel Picker”.  Most of these come with sticky ends used to pick up and place the rhinestones easily on glue.  E6000 glue should be in every household junk drawer as it can literally be used on anything. Flatback Rhinestones in size “ss20” or “4mm” were the perfect size for this project.

My CB handheld has a green accent stripe so I found some iridescent greenish rhinestones to go with it and my VHF handheld had a plain black plastic casing so I opted for a muted pink rhinestone for it.  I had a tube of E6000 glue so I just ordered the rhinestones and away I went!  

Placement of the rhinestones on your mic/speaker is very important.  Look closely at the picture above and you’ll see the stones have been glued onto plastic strips and don’t block the open spaces where you’ll speak into and hear from.
My CB handheld is a “President” brand.  The mics are pretty small and the size ss20 or 4mm flatback rhinestones worked perfectly.  They really sparkle in the bright sunlight.  Once at night, A lady stopped to ask me what the little reflectors on my vest were.  “Must have been my Rhinestones!” was all I could think of that she had seen. 

I had to be really careful of the placement of the rhinestones as they couldn’t interfere with any part of the speaker, microphone or buttons/keys.  I wanted them to stand out and look cute, but not too over the top.  

I opted to try to stay as minimalist as I could, which with rhinestones is next to impossible.  I think I found a happy medium.  None of the embellishments interfere with any of the radios’ buttons, microphones or speaker holes and I get the greatest reactions from the rough and tough truck drivers and other pilot car operators.

 “Only you Miss Sarah!”, “I wouldn’t expect anything less!”,  “No one will wonder who they belong to!”.  These comments are always combined with chuckles, shaking heads, smiles and sometimes an out right belly laugh.  

A moment of happiness in what can be a very stressful and dangerous job does a heart good.  

Being the reason a person smiles is pretty cool too.  

Just the right amount of bling-y wonderfulness that says “I belong to Miss Sarah”!

*sometimes the glue and jewel pickers can be a little hard to find.  I’m including the amazon links below for the glue, flatback rhinestones and jewel pickers.

*cheers!  Miss Sarah

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