[Jewelry making - Article 00587] - Re: [Orchid] Yellower 18k gold alloy

[John Donivan]

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    OK, Orchidians - To call this a trade secret is too lofty - let's
    say it's "my little secret".  I did work for a store that was all
    18kt., and they wanted the whole store inventory to have a uniform
    color, so they told me their blend.  It's probably about as near to
    22kt. color as you can get in 18 - just enough copper to take the
    green tint off from the silver, and it casts and works and polishes
    beautifully.  I guess Orchid's been good to me ---

    The alloy is simply 80% fine silver and 20% copper, which works out
    to 40 dwt silver, 10 dwt copper - or 20 dwt silver, 5 dwt copper, of
    course.  For those who don't know, I'll point out that you _always_
    melt the alloy metals together first - I often even melt them into a
    button and clean them, and then remelt it and pour it into a bucket
    of water to get shot.  Check it out....  

 jjdon AT pacbell.net

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