Swarovski rhinestone ball

I have some Swarovski rhinestone ball beads of 4mm that couldn't be thread with a 24 gauge wire. Anyone know the right gauge size for this?
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[marym]

Are the beads you are using our #46-314 beads??  If so they have a hole size of approx. 0.5mm.  To the best of my knowledge, our 24-gauge wire should fit that hole size.  Perhaps you have a defective bead? Or the wire is actually bigger than 24 gauge??

When trying to guess wire gauge size keep in mind - the larger the gauge number, the smaller the wire.  So a step smaller from 24 gauge would be a 26. A step larger would be 22 gauge.

I hope this helps.

Mary

Thanks. I'll try using 26 gauge & see if it works.   '>