[Jewelry making - Article 00197] - [Orchid] Metal from supplier - is it normal?

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    The metal that I get from suppliers (and I've used several over the
    years) always seems to come to me with pits, dints and deep
    scratches - usually not enough to complain... but I am wondering if
    this is normal.  I am guessing that the suppliers don't really
    understand how it is used by jewellers and so don't take care to
    preserve the quality of the metal - although I feel, at times, that
    it would make the job so much easier if the metal was ready to use
    when it arrived. 

    Also, I am wondering what is the best way to remove gouges and
    scratches from wire when it is important to the design that the wire
    be smooth?  Also, this question applies to when you get wire with
    lines running the length of it - like it has received scratches from
    the drawplate.  I find that rubbing sandpaper down the length of the
    wire doesn't remove the long scratches from the drawplate very
    effectively... but running around the diameter of the wire (in a
    spiral) with a sanding stick or sanding disk tends to make the
    wire's surface wavy - something that is particualarly noticable when
    polished and light is reflecting in all directions. 

R.R. Jackson

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