Saturday, April 2, 2011

Impure Copper Wire

I have just discovered that impure copper wire is being sold in some craft stores.  I had to stop and do some clean up at the bench and while picking up some copper wire cut offs that missed getting a little container I have for that purpose, that some of the wire stuck to pair of tweezers that happened to be magnetized.  I checked some of the spools of copper wire with a magnet and the wire stuck to the magnet, indicating it was not pure copper as sold.  Maybe this won't make a difference to you in your work, but it should.
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  1. A Beaded AffairApril 26, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Makes a huge difference to me. I only want pure copper wire drawn for jewelry applications. No coatings. Just copper.
    Lois

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  2. Jwm29April 26, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Thanks Lois, for your comment. Everyone should check their copper wire to make sure they are really using copper and nnot some colored substitute.

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