Hi everyone,

I haven't posted on this forum very often so hope this is the right place to ask this!

I use sterling silver for my jewellery making and would like to start using copper. I know copper is usually used for beginners to experiment with before using silver but I think some of my designs are going to look better in copper rather than silver.

I have bought some copper wire and was just going to start using it in the same way as silver but I am getting confused about how I finish it after making the design!

I am guessing I can't put copper in my normal pickle solution as I would with silver as this would be like putting metal tweezers in???

Also how do I polish it? Again I am assuming I can't put it in my polishing barreling machine with the silver?

I am not making anything complicated, very simple designs but I don't want to be left with a piece of copper jewellery that I can't get back to it's nice coppery tone!

Any advice is really appreciated, thank you!

Antonia