[Jewelry making - Article 01001] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium silver cost

[Trevor F]

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>     Grain is considerably cheaper than this, but at this point I'm not
>     quite ready to melt, roll, and draw my own wire. .... 

Hello Zen,

    I'm happy to hear that your quest has resulted in (what sound like)
    satisfactory purchase options for you.  You won't regret the effort:
    Argentium is pretty sweet stuff to work with. 

    But the purpose of my note here is to run up a wee flag on the
    purchase of casting grain. When I talked to the guys at Kultakeskus
    in Finland (wee reminder: they are the current European supplier of
    Argentium) they told me some of the details of how they mix and cast
    Argentium and it does not sound like a cakewalk. 

    To make a long story short they go to pretty exceptional lengths to
    avoid any atmospheric contact while they're _mixing_ the alloy ...
    plus some other stuff I'm not remembering to well. Whether this
    translates into the need to be similarly cautious when melting and
    casting the grain I do not know, but if it were me I'd certainly check
    that out in detail before I bought a bunch of grain to save some
    coin. 

    Peter Johns, the developer of Argentium, is on Orchid and I'm sure
    he'd be willing to answer questions of this nature.  He can also be
    reached through the ArgentiumSilver.com website. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light

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