Artistic Wire, 20 Gauge Tarnish Resistant Brass Craft Wire, 15 yd

Really nice wire for wire wrapping suncatchers!

Buen Producto

As represented perfect for height and width

Nice color and work well for my Jew creations.

I bought this for making my own headpins, but I have used it for various other wirework projects as well. It is a lovely, golden, brassy color. It has a tarnish-resistant coating. I do scrub this coating off (have tried different strategies including steel wool and various polishes; not yet sure which is my favorite). Next time I will probably look for non-tarnish-resistant (or bare) wire, because removing the coating is a bit of work and the coating has to be off to make headpins (which I am doing by holding the end of a length of this over a torch to ball up the end). Also because I like playing around with patinas and that won't work with the coating in place. I do like that this is 20 gauge -- it feels pretty substantial to me. It is too wide to make an eyepin or headpin that will go through a pearl, but for many beads including Swarovski crystals, firepolished Czech glass, etc., it fits perfectly, and I feel like any wrapping I do is more secure than with a thinner gauge wire. This isn't enamel colored; I think someone recycled the description from the blue/purple/green/orange varieties of Artistic Wire, which are enamel colored. I don't find that I have any trouble shaping this with pliers and/or wire jigs. I would not use this for earrings; brass contains a percentage of copper and may turn your ears green as a result. (You can coat or seal the part that goes through your earring hole, but the coating will have to be reapplied periodically. You can get anodized niobium earwires in a pretty close color if you are wanting to make earrings; those have the added bonus of being hypoallergenic.) Anyway, I, personally, could do without the non-tarnish coating, but otherwise, I've been really happy with this.

Great product. Came on time.

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Used this to make gold-colored accents on copper spinner rings. However, even when twisted, I think 20 gauge would have been preferred.

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Great wire, just as described, well priced - recommend to everyone!

Muy buen producto, firmeza y brillo superior a otras marcas

Good quality of wire & have ordered for my daughter to make artificial jewelry.