[Jewelry making - Article 01552] - [Orchid] [Source] 32-34g fine silver sheet

[Hsgonnella]

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    Hi, does any one know if I can purchase fine silver sheet 34(best)
    or 32 gauge. Metalliferous sells 30(thinest) only, and Rio Grande
    sells 28(thinest). I do not have a roller. I am cutting out shapes
    and sandwiching them in fused glass. I need stock that thin because
    anything thicker traps air bubbles in all the corners and looks
    unsightly. Rio sells sterling sheet that thin, but the copper in the
    sheet gets liberated to the glass, and causes a green halo in the
    oxidative atmosphere of an electric kiln. 

    There is the possibility of getting a good pure silver layer on my
    cut outs. Is it just the pickle pot that will do this? Does it have
    to be annealed? I need to keep the metal as flat as possible without
    having to clean it up, because then I am just exposing copper
    particles again. These cut outs are really small and delicate, I
    hate to put a torch on them. Its hard to believe that this approach
    will work but maybe if there is absolutely no copper on the surface
    that will be enough. Would love to just have the correct stock even
    if this does work. Going out to give a try now. 

  Thanks so much for any help, Holly

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