SHTC FINE SILVER WIRE
Shanghai Tianchuang can make dead soft fine silver wire. This fine silver wire is 99.99% pure silver ,unlike sterling silver wire, which is only 92.5% silver. Because of its purity, fine silver wire is softer even than sterling dead soft wire.
Dead soft wire is easy to bend, shape and hammer. Keep in mind that hardness is changeable by annealing, heat-hardening or work-hardening.
Fine silver, .99% pure, offers a bright white color and is best suited for jewelry pieces not exposed to daily wear and tear.
Fine silver wire is also used for wire fusing techniques-it needs no solder or flux and does not develop firescale, unlike sterling silver. This dead-soft, sterling silver round wire, the bread-&-butter of jewelry making, is useful for creating components and for a wide variety of techniques. Dead soft wire is easy to bend, shape and hammer; it is an ideal starting point for forming, shaping and wire-wrapping. Keep in mind that hardness is changeable (by annealing or heat-hardening) and is relative among metal types (each temper will feel and handle differently from one metal to another). When finishing your pieces, also keep in mind that the harder the metal is, the brighter a finish it will take.
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Post time: Jul-31-2020