Sometimes you are missing drills for your Diamond Painting. The reason can differ but that doesn’t make it any less annoying. If you notice that you are missing a bag or more after you have done your inventory contact the one you bought it from. Usually they will send the missing drills free of charge.
Can I order only drills?
There are sellers that sell only drills so if you are missing and the one you bought the kit from don’t send you the drills you need then you can always order them yourself. You have a UK based site called smithsbeads.co.uk that sells drills. You can also find sellers on Aliexpress that sells only drills. For example these are some good sellers: Xpress Show Foreign Trade, JULYDiamondEmbroidery and BLUEJULY Official Store.
How do I now which color to order?
All most all seller of Diamond Painting kits uses the DMC-numbers and you should be able to see which color you are missing on the symbol chart. Those who sell only drills are also using the DMC-numbers. However remember that the drills can have some slight color variations depending on the supplier. So its a good idea to compare the colors you have used before with the new ones so they have the right tint. With that said a slight color variation on the drills shouldn’t be seen on the completed painting.
Facebook groups
On Facebook there are tons of groups for Diamond Painting and in some of them people are sharing their spare drills with each other. You can probably find a Diamond Painting group for your country where they only charge you the postal fee for sending the drills. Depending on where you live you will probably get the drills a lot faster than ordering from China.
I ordered a custom diamond painting and realized I have one color missing. How can I get that one color?
You should contact the company from where you bought the Diamond Painting and ask them to send the missing color to you. Since it should have been included in your order from the start they should send it to you for free. If you don’t want to contact the company and if you have the DMC number you could ask in a Facebook group about Diamond Painting if anyone have it and want to give it to you or if you can buy it for a small sum. You can also buy the missing diamonds from a company that sells only diamonds.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting
My question is … I bought a kit on Amazon. I didn’t notice I only had 20 out of the 23 colors it was supposed to come with (I’m a beginner, and I know I should have checked before I started) anyway. At the time I started I only noticed one color missing and I figured I could use a similar color from another kit. But the kit missing drills are round and my other kit are square drills. Anyway I am just wondering if I can use a different color since I am already 30% done and don’t want to get a new one and start over. So if I use a different color then the correct color for that number, is it going to mess up my end result? One of the missing colors is in the words that are on the painting. I’m worried if I use a different color you won’t be able to read what the word say. For some reason nobody can answer this question for me. I know I can order new drills for free but I was just wondering instead of going through the hassle if I could just use a different color?
Thank you!
You will need to use round drills if the painting that is missing them have round drills. The round and square drills are different sizes so they can’t be switched.
Regarding the color; I would say it depends on where on the motif you are going to replace colors, you may need to think about whether a shade darker or lighter actually works. It also depends on what other colors are used in the near vicinity. If you substitute with a color that are to closed to another one they might just blend together and look like the same color and thus make the motif look different.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting
I ordered a diamond painting …did not work on it too much…started working on it and found I do not have enough drills to finish it. It is PL00250 Round 30x40CM. I don’t remember who I ordered it from. Where can I get extra drills? Thank you!
If you have the DMC number for the drills you are missing you can ordered them from a store that sells drills. Many of the stores I have listed under “Stores” (https://www.allaboutdiamondpainting.com/category/stores/) sell drills.
If you do not have any DMC number, then it gets harder since you have no way of knowing what the colors are supposed to be. Only the store where you bought it from will be able to help you out, and if you do not remember where you got it then you are out of luck. 🙁
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting