[Jewelry making - Article 01122] - Re: [Orchid] 18k Alloys

[rebecca rourke]

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Annette

    I'm not certain what you want to know. . it sounds like you want to
    add silver and not more gold, and not more copper to your master
    alloy and fine gold. If you tell me what colour you want I can give
    you the formula. I make karated gold in 29 colours/hues, and don't
    recommend some of them for anything less than 18, while a few are
    for 14kt-to maintain their ductile malleable properties without
    compromise or unnecessary problems in rolling it out, or in refining
    and remelting scrap to add to it. If you want to buy it, then Hoover
    and strong and Kitco have some richer less orang-y colours. . you
    might go for the green, blue green range, depending on the stones
    and the 14kt you are planning on using. There isn't a pat answer
    without knowing whose 14 kt. yellow you have, and if you are capable
    and willing to make it (pour to roll) yourself. Also if you add 14 to
    18, it is then no longer 18 karat. And you are right, you should not
    sell or mark it as such. but with a bit more info i can give you more
    in depth answers. Again more silver 3Dless red and orange tonesMore
    copper less yellow gold adding anything other than 24 kt., in
    direct relative proportion to the other materials you need to achieve
    your colour and maintain your karat can't be done as you were
    imagining. To keep the gold at 18 there is a specific formula
    /equation for the creation of 750 golds, which are half a karat purer
    than American gold. (any British or Imperial Karat Gold is always 1/2
    kt. purer than American standards). So If you have a colour you want
    email me with more descriptors and I may be able to give you a simple
    formula that will coordinate with what you are planning to use or
    purchase, or stones, etc.

RER
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