I'm confused. Nowhere did she mention sterling. "Fine silver" is 99.9% fine. That's 'three nines' and this is OK to use for CS.
Don't use sterling which is a much lower grade of silver, 92.5 %. Dan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_silver "The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925. Sterling is an alloy of silver containing 92.5 % pure silver and 7.5 % other metals, usually copper. "Fine silver (99.9% pure) is generally too soft for producing large functional objects;"... > -----Original Message----- > From: Faith Gagne [mailto:jitte...@gis.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:34 PM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>local silver wire- fine silver > > That's okay honey bunch. We all make mistakes. Faith G > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Clayton Family" <clay...@skypoint.com> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:13 PM > Subject: Re: CS>local silver wire- fine silver > > > > you are right, I made a mistake when I wrote that. I apologise- > > sterling is not good enough. > > > > Fine silver is 99.92% purity, and that is what I use. Many people > > feel the difference in quality between .9992 and .9999 is > so small as > > to be negligible. Many many people use the 3 nines silver. > > > > Sorry for the confusion! > > > > kathryn > > > > > > On May 28, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Faith Gagne wrote: > > > >> I don't think so. The silver should not be sterling. Faith G. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clayton Family" > >> <clay...@skypoint.com> > >> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:53 PM > >> Subject: CS>local silver wire > >> > >> > >>> Local jewelry supply stores usually carry fine silver > wire, which > >>> is plenty good enough to start with. Try to find the largest > >>> diameter wire you can, mine had 12 gauge, but I think any would > >>> work, just the small stuff (20 gauge) would not last as long. > >>> kathryn > >>> -- > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing > Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > > > > >
