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mfad3mo ago
menace

jewellery

i cant remember what are the ok cheap metal jewellery, is brass, argentum(silver) and zinc ok or naur?
7 Replies
carrion
carrion3mo ago
all are fine. Brass is an alloy of copper & zinc, and because of the copper content it can potentially stain your skin green. Cheap silver jewelry will usually be silver plated brass or pure zinc, and once the silver wears down the metal underneath will be exposed.
sharloy
sharloy3mo ago
The plating doesn’t cause green but the metal bellow does usually. But green is in because wicked
Spuck
Spuck3mo ago
Brat spring
menace
menaceOP3mo ago
oof ok thanks and it can come thru even tho its plated? whats the point of plating then?
Meaty,
Meaty,3mo ago
silver comes in pretty cheap if you're looking at like etsy makers or w/e i'd just stick w that
Soup
Soup3mo ago
Maybe not as "cheap" as the other options but I've seen a few makers using recycled/reclaimed silver that is a little cheaper
Spuck
Spuck3mo ago
Yup, and better for the environment. I've some recycled silver and it's perfectly great.

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