I have a bit of a special commission (OK, it's the girl's 21st so not really a commission!). I've been making mobiles strip bangles and got quite good at them now and I want to make one which is silver but with gold laminated over the top. I intend putting the gold halfway along the the length on one side and then continuing over the other side with the gold strip cut diagonally so when it's all put together the gold is all on the outside with the silver on the inside.

But I'm not sure how thin I can get away with the gold. I was going to use 18ct as I have some medium 18ct solder already. Would 0.3mm be too thin? I'm planning on using rectangular sterling wire in 5x1.7mm size.


(and sorry I've been quiet lately, shift work is a biatch!)