Guide for florist wires
Florist wires are used in a wide range of arts and crafts projects. They come in a variety of gauges. The gauge indicates the thickness of the wire. It is important to know what gauges means, so that you can select the correct florist wires for your project.
Floral wire comes in ranges between about 5 gauge - about 0.201 inch (5mm) in diameter to 32 gauge about 0.008 inch (0.2mm) in diameter.
The higher the gauge number the thinner the wire.
To give you an indication of stiffness, the 5 gauge (4.5mm) wire is really stiff and hard to bend. Whereas, the 32 gauge wire (0.20mm) is very floppy.
Florist wires gauge 1 - 3
1 gauge, 7mm in diameter
2 gauge, 6.5mm in diameter
3 gauge, 6mm in diameter
The photo shows florist wires of gauge 3
Florist wires gauge 4 - 6
4 gauge, 5mm in diameter
5 gauge, 4.5mm in diameter
6 gauge, 4mm in diameter
The photo shows florist wires of gauge 4
Florist wires gauge 7 - 9
7 gauge, 3.6mm in diameter
8 gauge, 3.2mm in diameter
9 gauge, 2.9mm in diameter
The photo shows florist wires of gauge 7
Florist wires gauge 10 - 12
10 gauge, 2.6mm in diameter
12 gauge, 2.0mm in diameter
The photo shows florist wires of gauge 12
Florist wires gauge 14 - 16
14 gauge, 1.6mm in diameter
16 gauge, 1.3mm in diameter
The photo shows florist wires of gauge 14
Florist wires gauge 18
18 gauge, 1.0mm in diameter
Florist wires gauge 20
20 gauge, 0.8mm in diameter
Florist wires gauge 22 - 24
22 gauge, 0.6mm in diameter
24 gauge, 0.5mm in diameter
Florist wires gauge 26
26 gauge, 0.4mm in diameter
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