If you like fine silver, you’re going to love Argentium® Sterling 970

June 3, 2006

What is Argentium® Sterling Silver 970?To help clarify what AS 970 is, here are a couple of simple definitions to help describe the differences: Fine Silver: More than 999/1,000 pure silver (99.9% pure silver). Fine silver is considered by many to be too soft for fabrication and use in many forms of jewelry. Sterling Silver: [...]

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Can’t wear Sterling Silver? Try Argentium® Sterling instead

June 1, 2006

An acquaintance of mine has never been able to wear Sterling silver because it always leaves her skin black in a very short time. I told her about Argentium® Sterling Silver and asked her if she would be willing to be my Guinea Pig to see if she had the same reactions to Argentium® Sterling. [...]

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Casting with Argentium® Sterling Silver – What does it look like?

May 21, 2006

When I cast with Argentium® Sterling silver, I use a torch (MAPP gas) and a centrifuge. After heating the crucible, I add the required amount of AS. After I have started to heat the Argentium® Sterling somewhat, I add a pinch of Borax. The AS melts quite quickly and as soon as it is fully [...]

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Casting Flask Temperature: Additional Information

May 13, 2006

Peter Johns, the inventor of Argentium® Sterling, sent me the following information: “We have found that flask temperature is not critical but metal temperature is. Metal temperature should be between 1740 F and 1800 F. Flask temperature should be what is normal in standard sterling for size and weight of the piece.” “If you are [...]

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Question: Casting Flask Temperature.

May 11, 2006

Question: I am buying AS casting grain and will use it for vacumn casting wax models as well as ingot casting rough plate to mill into sheet metal. Do you have any cautions about casting and then milling the plate? What temperature do you have the flask at when you are ready to take it [...]

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My First Allergy test with Argentium® Sterling

May 1, 2006

I had a friend volunteer to wear a pair of Argentium® Sterling earrings for me. She has only been able to wear high karat gold. Any gold under 18 karat would cause redness and swelling in her ears. She was also not able to wear Sterling Silver. Wearing Sterling Silver would result in redness and [...]

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Hardness: Argentium Sterling® VS Gold Alloys

April 6, 2006

Today I decided to research a question I’ve been wondering about for quite some time now; how hard is Argentium Sterling® Silver compared to various karat gold? After doing quite a bit of searching on the WWW, I found two sites that helped me somewhat understand how the many alloys compare.A great page to help [...]

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My First Attempt at Granulation with Argentium®

March 19, 2006

Above is my first attempt at granulation with Argentium Sterling® silver. Because it is so easy to fuse AS, I decided to try granulation (my first attempt with any metal). Everything on this pendant was fused, no solder what so ever. Even the bail was fused. The piece is about the size of a US [...]

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Using MY-T-FLUX with Argentium Sterling

March 12, 2006

For the past month I have been testing Rio Grande’s “MY-T-FLUX as suggested by Peter Johns. When using the flux, the silver came out very clean, and the solder flowed well. The flux seemed to work exceptionally well when used while fusing Argentium Sterling. I’ve been applying the flux with a needle-tip dispenser that I [...]

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Argentium Sterling at Rio Grande’s Catalog in Motion

February 9, 2006

I recently had the honor of meeting Cynthia Eid at the Rio Grande Catalog in Motion Show in Tucson. The link below tells of the experience. What a great show!!!http://newjewelry.blogspot.com/2006/02/rio-grande-catalog-in-motion.html *****This information is gladly shared with you by Marty Andersen*****www.livingartjewelry.com*****

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