Question: rose gold

[silverchip]

Ste , The thickness of metal to be inlaid is rather dependent on the depth of the cavity to be filled. If the cavity is .010" Use enough metal to fill plus have enough to finish off the inlay flush. Good luck!!

 

[mitch]

...and hitting it with a 2lb hammer is not the answer

Phil

and that's why i keep a four pounder handy! "BFH Technology" :beatup:

 

[Thierry Duguet]

It seem to me that the higher the kara content the better.
1) Try using a thinner wire .3 mm or smaller
2) Request "Dead soft" wire from the supplier (Hoover and Strong does it for free)
3) If you are using wire inlay each wire as a single piece, leave space between the trenches, undercut each trench as if it was a border inlay.

BTW I never inlay red/pink gold copper is much easier, LOL

 

[Ste82]

Thank you all, i'll try some of your's advice, but on a practice plate! i think on the project i will replace the rose gold with copper!!!!

 

[Karl Stubenvoll]

The atomic weight of pure gold is almost exactly three times the atomic weight of pure copper. When alloyed for 18K rose gold using only these two metals, there is nearly a perfect one to one ratio of copper atoms to gold atoms. The cubic crystallization pattern with alternating atoms becomes a very hard alloy. Replacing some of the copper with silver will result in a less coppery color, but will increase the malleability significantly.

 

[Chujybear]

Yes..
Karl explains why eighteen rose is particularly hard.

 

[Ste82]

Thanks for the clear explanation...very interesting!

 

[Southern Custom]

Pure copper!!!. Rose gold is a nightmare any way you approach it. Brittle nasty stuff that I avoid like the plague whenever I can. Oxidation, tearing, fracturing, unpredictable, and the list goes on.
Good luck!
Layne

 

[LVVP]

Very interesting.