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2012-03-26, 4:22pm
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Silver Purity on Glass
this is an old question and I have never wondered before because I have never had a problem with my silver wire. I bought some new silver wire supposedly sterling and used it on some beads. It turned dark and ugly. Do you have to use 99% pure silver on glass or can you use sterling?
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2012-03-26, 4:33pm
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It needs to be fine silver wire and not sterling.
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2012-03-26, 4:40pm
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oh sh$$ I just ruined 4 awesome beads! thanks Lori
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2012-03-26, 4:41pm
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Lori, where do you buy your fine silver wire? I get sterling wherever I find the best price.
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2012-03-26, 8:38pm
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I usually pick mine up from Arrow Springs (I go there occasionally - in person) and I bought a quantity of it from Corri from the Garage Sale area a little while ago. I don't know why I have so much of it since I so seldomly use it. 
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2012-03-27, 11:42am
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thank you for responding Lori. It has been so long since I bought any I had forgotten. lol
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2012-03-27, 5:56pm
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2012-03-28, 5:45am
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Monsterslayer is a source for fine silver wire.
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2012-03-29, 11:01am
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I would try pickling the beads to see if it removes the firescale from the sterling wire. After all, that's what jeweler's pickle is for. 
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2012-03-29, 5:54pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bbisker
Monsterslayer is a source for fine silver wire.
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THIS!
I've done quite a bit of comparison shopping and Monsterslayer.com is the cheapest place, bar the occassional sale from somewhere else.
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2012-04-13, 9:48pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damselfly
I would try pickling the beads to see if it removes the firescale from the sterling wire. After all, that's what jeweler's pickle is for. |
This.
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2012-04-14, 4:15pm
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Oh, bugger 
I feel your pain. I recently traded some scrap gold for what I'd specified very clearly as wanting fine silver wire.
When I put it in the flame, it just went black and slaggy.
I suppose I'm stuck with it. Not happy.
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2012-04-14, 6:06pm
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Bummer Essie! I can use mine for jewelry work anyway.
Thanks for the tip on the pickle. Super idea!
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2012-04-14, 6:13pm
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I wish I could.. I ordered not only Fine silver, but for it to come in 26, and 28 gauge lengths. What I got (because I had no idea that they worked in different measurements) was one length of 2.6mm; and the other of 2.8mm. I couldn't even poke them in a light socket to light up my life LMAO
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