[Jewelry making - Article 01202] - Re: [Orchid] Sterling or Nickel

[M'lou Brubaker]

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    According to the Jewelers Vigilance Committee, nickel findings are
    an accepted industry standard (in the USA) for sterling pins &
    brooches. When it comes to earrings, we run into allergy problems
    that make me somewhat leery of using nickel. If I do use it, I make
    sure to ask the customer if she/he has any allergy issues with
    metals. I agree that sterling findings sometimes seem too soft to
    hold up well. In fact, I now use niobium earposts on almost all of my
    sterling earrings, because they are much stronger. They also fusion
    weld much better! 

M'lou Brubaker, Jeweler
Goodland, MN
www.craftswomen.com

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