Answer: No. If a client requests it, then a commission piece can be made with STERLING SILVER or GOLD wire. This however will be reflected in the final price of the piece as the cost of precious metal wire is more than plated copper wire.

Mostly, I do not. All of the silver I use is Sterling Silver or better. Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver. I use some silver beads and components that come from the Karen Hill Tribe in Thailand. These silver beads and components are 95% silver. The rest of the sterling silver beads come from India, Turkey, Israel, China, Bali, Nepal and the USA, and maybe a few other places as well. The gold wire I use is 14K gold-filled. Occasionally I will use 12K gold-filled beads or components.

Silver-plated copper wire shouldn't be used in any equipment that may be exposed to humidity over 50%. The silver reacts with the copper and causes the copper to turn into rust ("red plague"). Yes, this can only happen in the presence of oxygen, but it is very easy to "nick" a wire when stripping, even with the best tools and training. I have seen lengths of silver-plated copper wire in aircraft that still had continuity but had increased in resistance to several kOhms per foot.

We use gold because it doesn’t corrode and also has better contact than silver conductors and looks excellent.

Gold plated plugs can actually cause problems. When plugged in to a regular nickel plated socket, the dissimilar metals can create distortion (through a slight diode action). The real benefit of gold plated connectors is that they do not tarnish, but they must be mated with gold sockets.

The Alnico rod magnet material can be plated with may types of plating such as nickel, black nickel, chrome and gold to name a few for cosmetic appearance. During the early 80’s Fender would gold plate some of their Alnico rod pole pieces to designate a certain grade of material.

A: Silver plating is an alternative to using a thread lubricant. The silver plating prevents bolt threads from seizing with its mating threads during temperature excursions. MDC recommends applying an anti-seize lubricant or using silver plated bolts in all metal seal applications.

Answer: To support the immune system. Colloidal Silver may be taken orally or topically; applied directly to the skin. It can be used vaginally, anally,or as a nose wash. Liquid silver water may be applied directly to the skin. A few drops on a Q-Tip or Band-Aid may be used to disinfect any wound or sore.

With regard to Vivid Silver we specify that it is "Fine" silver, or 99.9% or better, as we feel other factors are equal to or more important than purity. And, we are constantly experimenting with new wires of various purities. For Vivid Gold, we specify gold purity by carat. All Vivid Gold products use 24-karat solid gold wire. In December of 2005, we streamlined our product line and discontinued all Vivid Gold products which used 18-karat solid gold wire.

Yes, we can polish silver plated items. But if your silver plated dish has much of the silver plating worn off, we cannot replate this for you. We can polish what silver plating is left.

Some supplement programs contain just a few important items. Such programs are already optimized for a high performance. It is not possible to split up such programs without sugnificantly lowering their health performance.

Yes. The company built two 24 karat gold plated cars for an American Express promotional campaign. A third car was later produced using the spare parts from the first two. These cars are featured among our Unique DeLoreans section of this website.

We finish our mouthpieces in gold because gold is softer and more comfortable on the lips, it holds moisture better, and it protects the mouthpiece better than silver.

Yes. Gold Vermeil is usually 22 or 23kt Gold plated on Sterling Silver. Gold-filled is usually 12kt Gold plated on Base Metal.

Once upon a time army officers wore gold or silver epaulettes on the shoulders of their uniforms. On the silver epaulette the rank insignia was in gold bullion embroidery for contrast and vice-versa for gold epaulettes with silver rank badges. Generals wore a gold epaulettes with one or two embroidered silver stars for either Brigadier or Major General. A full Colonel wore a large silver eagle.

While there are some metallic inks available, these are very rare and a general answer to this question is a simple "no." If you have a design that needs to look metallic, a good artist can use other colors to make it look metallic without actually using gold or silver ink. My understanding is that artists shy away from metallic colors because of their toxic properties under the skin.

We recommend the use of SparkleSparkle? Pearl with pearls, delicate, and porous gemstones such as opal. The SparkleSparkle? Pearl formula was engineered to safely clean away abrasive contaminants from the silk used to string pearls together. The same gentle formula is excellent at cleaning delicate gemstones.

Brown's Gas has been used by jewelers for over 30 years (those ones who have found out about it), as the gas of choice. It is a trade secret because any jeweler who uses BG has a competitive advantage. It solders, welds, brazes, preheats, plasma spray, anneals, etc. better than any other fuel-gas. It is EXTREMELY precise and has minimal heating of nearby components. BG is not in widespread use because (until now) the machines were expensive, inefficient and poorly marketed.

There are a variety of factors that come into play when deciding what conductor material will be best in a cable. Though less important for speaker cables, in interconnects, corrosion properties of the conductor play a dominant role in the performance. Copper experiences the highest levels of corrosion, with silver being substantially better, and gold being the best (it does not corrode at all). The corrosion that occurs in cables is of course on the surface of the conductors.

Most of our designs by Arabesque are now available by special order in 14k and 18k gold. Most items not listed on our Prices page can also be made as a custom order. All of our gold jewelry is pure gold, so while it is more expensive than gold-plated or gold-toned, it is also of a much higher quality. When a product is advertised as "Gold Tone" or "Silver Tone" it means that there is a thin coating of some kind (brass or nickel) over an inexpensive base metal (iron etc.).