Australian Ebay Seller - 10 years based on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.
100% Copper Craft & Jewellery Wire from Beadsmith.
Beadsmith's Tarnish Resistant Beading, Jewellery & Craft wire is a high grade copper coloured, copper core wire with a covering that gives it its non-tarnish properties. It is great wire to work with, and comes in great value-for-money bulk spools.
This top quality copper core wire is rated as half hard or medium, is Nickel and Lead free, and is EU Compliant. There is a BeadSmith Tarnish Resistant Wire for all your beading, jewellery or craft requirements.
The following is the spool size in meters, plus the conversion from gauge to diameter in millimeters, :
18g - 1mm / 9.1mt 20g - 0.81mm / 13.7mt 22g - 0.64mm / 18.3mt 24g - 0.51mm / 27.4mt 26g - 0.4mm / 31.1mt 28g - 0.32mm / 36.6mt
A Guideline only for wire usage:
18g wire - a strong wire. Used for making spacers, clasps, pins etc. Anything that needs to keep its shape.
20g wire - a good wire for making earhooks, headpins, eyepins, and small clasps etc. A strong wrapping wire also.
22g wire - ideal for wire wrapping crystal or semi-precious beads, scrapbooking, paper-crafts, home craft etc.
24g wire - perfect for wire wrapping smaller items, chain, rubber stamping & delicate embellishments etc.
26g wire - ideal for wire wrapping embellishments to tiaras, wire stitching, embroidery, seed bead projects etc.
28g wire - a good wire for knitting, weaving and crochet. Also good for free-forming wrapping using small beads.
Please note: This and all other non-tarnish, or tarnish resistant wire, is not suitable for soldering.