[Jewelry making - Article 00101] - Re: [Orchid] Precious metal foil...

[Beth Rosengard]

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>      Where does one get precious metal foil....? 

    Hi Gary,  Foiling stones is not generally done with precious metal. 
    It's done with ordinary aluminum foil!  As for backing stones in
    gold-colored material (which isn't usually desirable since it tends
    to distort color), I occasionally use gold ribbon (the stuff you
    decorate gift packages with). 

    If you really want precious metal foil, you can always roll it out
    from sheet.  When it gets too thin for the rollers to compress
    further, sandwich it between two pieces of copper and keep rolling. 

Beth

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