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What is gold filled wire???

Gold filled wire is a professional jewelry material made by making a thick tube of solid 14k gold and filling it with jeweler's brass. This is not to be confused with gold plate, which is a thin layer of gold over an alloy. There is 100 times as much gold in gold filled wire as there is in gold plate. Gold filled wire will not crack, chip or peel. As a matter of fact, there are pieces of gold filled wire jewelry made centuries ago that still show no signs of wear. Under normal conditions, jewelry made with gold filled wire should last a lifetime.

If you put 14K gold filled wire next to 14k gold wire, you should see no difference. The reason is that with the gold filled wire you are actually looking at 14K gold.


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