Do You Offer Wholesale Pricing?

As our prices are based on quantity discounts and the ever fluctuating precious metals market we do not offer a flat wholesale price. The lowest price is available when ordering the largest quantity of a product as specified on the individual shopping pages.

Can I Combine My Ring Purchases for a Quantity Discount?

Our pricing is per item, per size of the same metal and cannot be combined for further price breaks.

Do You Have a Retail Store or a Catalog?

We sell our products through our web site only and do not have a retail store or a print catalog.

Will You Store My Credit Card Information?

For your protection we do not store credit card numbers. You will need to enter your credit card information for every order.If you forgot to add something to your shopping cart before you finalized your order and sent it to me you will have to place a new order through the shopping cart again. As long as your previous order has not shipped I will happily combine your orders to save shipping costs and will refund your shipping charges from your later addition.

How Long Will My Gold Filled Jewelry Last?

Under normal wearing conditions, and with proper care, your gold filled jewelry creations can last a lifetime. Gold filled jewelry does not chip, peel or rub off like gold plated jewelry does.

Things to Avoid With Your Jewelry

To maintain the beauty of your jewelry, whether it is gold filled, sterling silver, or copper avoid, salt water, chlorine from swimming pools and all heavy detergents or commercial cleaning agents. We also recommend applying your perfume and makeup and allowing to dry, prior to putting on your jewelry.

Argentium Silver

I use Argentium 930 wire. At this time this is the only Argentium alloy available in wire. 970 is presently only available as casting grain.

Argentium silver can be cleaned the same way sterling silver is cleaned. It can also be antiqued using the same commercial products as used with sterling silver. However it has been found that Liver of Sulfur seems to take longer to work on Argentium silver than it does with sterling silver.

Argentium silver can be fused however I have personally found that a flux must be used to get it to fuse properly. Argentium silver does not behave the same way pure silver does in fusing.

The germanium in Argentium silver can be brought up to the surface of a finished jewelry design to further bring out its tarnish resistant qualities. To do this, the finished piece must be free of any other metal findings as this procedure will only work with Argentium. Place your finished piece in the oven at 250°F and leave it there for 10 to 20 minutes, let air cool. This will bring the germanium oxide layer up to the surface.

A finished piece may also be hardened by placing it in an oven at 550°F for 1.5 hours. If your oven does not reach that temperature you can heat the finished piece at 428°F for 2 hours minimum. If the piece is left longer it will not be affected. Let it air cool. Again, make sure that the piece has no other metal findings attached to it as this process only works with Argentium silver.

What Metals Give Rose Gold Filled and White Gold Filled Their Color?

The mills that make these metals are very tight lipped about the exact content of their gold filled wires. However, in our research we have learned that rose gold filled wire is a 14K gold alloy of gold, copper and silver. This sheet of gold is then mechanically and permanently bonded to a base metal. White gold filled wire is a 14K gold alloy of gold, copper, zinc, nickel, and possibly a small amount of silver. White gold filled wire is not nearly as "white" as sterling silver. It is more gray in appearance with a slight yellow cast to it. It is quite lovely when paired with rose gold filled and yellow gold filled to give your piece an antique look to it. Many people do not realize that the white gold jewelry they see in the jewelry stores is plated with a white metal called Rhodium. This plating eventually wears off and the white gold piece will have to be re-plated to keep its white appearance.

Do you have inch sizes?

Yes we do! We can make rings for you in Imperial sizes as well. We have mandrels in the following sizes: 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 1/8, 9/64, 5/32, 11/64, 3/16, 13/64, 7/32, 15/64, 1/4, 17/64, 9/32, 19/64, 5/16, 21/64, 11/32, 23/64, 3/8, 25/64, 13/32, 27/64, 7/16, 29/64, 15/32, 31/64 and 1/2". Eventually all of the pages will include inch sizes to order from but for now just email us and we'll give you a quote.

About Wire Tempers

Half hard wire is a term used to refer to the temper of the wire used. Think of the temper as how hard and springy the wire is. Half hard is about midway between dead-soft and full-hard tempers. You may be wondering if this means that all of the half hard rings we offer are the same inside diameter. The simple answer is no, they are not. Even though I use half hard wire for all of my rings each metal has a different temper or "springiness" to it. Temper is only useful when comparing wires of the same metal. For example pure silver is softer than sterling silver, copper is softer than sterling silver, and Argentium silver is slightly softer than sterling silver. So to compensate for this you may have to adjust the ring sizes you'll be using up or down a little if you would like to mix your metals within a weave. It's important to note though that gold filled and sterling silver are close in temper and the rings can be used most of the time interchangeably within a piece. If in doubt please refer to our recommended ring sizes for the weaves in the metals we offer. In time we will change our ring pages to include the aspect ratio of the rings to help you determine which size of ring to use.

So what is aspect ratio and how can I figure it out?

Aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between the inner diameter (the size of the hole) of a ring and the diameter (thickness) of the wire from which the ring is made. Aspect ratio is extremely important when making chain maille because not all weaves use the same size rings. Every weave has an ideal ring size to make the densest weave possible while still allowing some necessary flexibility when making chain maille jewelry.

MEASUREMENT CONVERSION TABLE

Below is a chart to help you convert various units of measurement.

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