Artistic Wire Copper Jewelry Wire, 18ga, 30ft - Tinned Copper (each)

Tinned Copper is commonly used by stained glass workers, because soft solder flows nicely onto it, making it easy to add tinned-copper embellishments like spirals, swirls and cat whiskers. Even more importantly, tinned copper is used for creating wire loops for hanging, at the tops of suncatchers, stained glass pieces, and soldered-glass pendants. It's a good color match for soft solder and white-plated jewelry findings.

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This chart by Beadalon shows the relative hardnesses of Artistic Wire and other popular types of wire, from dead soft to full hard:

Confused about wire gauges and wire hardnesses?
Try our Wire 101 page for definitions and comparisons.

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