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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2007 12:50:20 GMT -5
Hey all,
Just got my first "real" wire. I only bought enough for a project so I cant mess it up. It came coiled in a little circle. Its dead soft gold filled. How do I straighten the wire without kinking it up ? I am wrapping a cabojohn for my sis for her prom.
Thanks!
Shannon
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Post by Jurrasic Jonje on May 4, 2007 13:11:51 GMT -5
get yourself a jewelers cloth or soft rag. Then gently pull the wire through the cloth that should straighten it out enough for you to work with it.
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Post by rockyraccoon on May 4, 2007 13:32:27 GMT -5
i'm out of the blitz wipes so i'm just using my fingers and the nylon pliers. but when i have them i use the blitz wipes like jeremy describes.
kim
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 4, 2007 14:31:33 GMT -5
Just don't rub them too too often or else you'll end up with half-hard wire or harder - wire hardens as it's worked & bent or rubbed
Nylon pliers are very good
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Post by LastsGal on May 5, 2007 13:45:17 GMT -5
Just don't rub them too too often or else you'll end up with half-hard wire or harder - wire hardens as it's worked & bent or rubbed Nylon pliers are very good ^ That's what I was thinking, too. I've ruined some wire messing with it too much. I need to get some of those nylon pliers. I know someone said the customers don't notice most of the little tool marks, but they drive me crazy! |
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Post by nancyf on May 6, 2007 8:17:46 GMT -5
Yep, nylon pliers work...and so does a soft T-shirt. I steal my DH's all the time...lol
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Post by LastsGal on May 6, 2007 12:22:59 GMT -5
Hmmmm, thanks, Nancy! DH has more freebie t-shirts than he can possibly wear. Think one or two might have to "disappear." Hehehe
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2007 15:21:01 GMT -5
So does my husband, I will try that too.
Shannon
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Post by nancyf on May 6, 2007 18:28:28 GMT -5
If you are working with sterling...swipe a stick of red rouge on that T-shirt and pull your wire through the rouge spots...then sit back and watch it turn black! (the T-shirt...not the wire...lol)  |
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Post by rocklicker on May 7, 2007 1:54:16 GMT -5
That's what I do. Sometimes I just start with curved pieces of wire, because you have to bend it around the stone anyway.
Steve
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Post by creativeminded on May 7, 2007 8:45:19 GMT -5
I usually keep my wire in the package it came in, find one end and gently pull the end, if it looks like it is about to kink I just reach in the bag and turn the entire coil. If you are using square wire you want to try and avoid twisting it.
Tami
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