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Gold Filled Wire for Beading & Wire Wrapping |
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Our Gold Filled Wire is full round in shape and is considered "half hard" - the perfect wire to use for wire-wrapping.
Wire will be fastened in a neat coil to protect it during shipping. If you need a single continuous length longer than 50 feet, you may want contact us for availability.
Upon updating the website, we separated some items that were previously categorized together.
If you were looking for Sterling Silver Wire,
it is located on its own page. |
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| What is Gold Filled?
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| Gold Filled (GF) is a layer of 10Kt or better gold mechanically
bonded under heat & pressure to one or more surfaces of supporting base metal, then rolled or drawn to a
given thickness. In the jewelry industry the quantity of gold must be at least 1/20th by weight of the
total product. Under FTC (Federal Trade Commission) regulations, a product may be marked as 14, 12 or
10Kt Gold-Filled. Karat measurement of the gold content MUST be part of the marking or designation. The
amount of real gold used is why GF items are always much more expensive than their gold plated
counterparts (or items that say they are 'Gold Filled' that don't specifically tell you the karat
rating!) |
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