{"id":2274,"date":"2013-09-25T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2274-precious-silver-raw-and-polished.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:42:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:42:03","slug":"precious-silver-raw-and-polished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/precious-silver-raw-and-polished","title":{"rendered":"Precious Silver: Raw and Polished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Mega_Bling_Bling_Shapeways.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Here at Shapeways we&#8217;re always looking to improve by making the materials and the services we offer you more robust and easier to understand. Tomorrow, we&#8217;re launching a new mystery material, and tonight, we&#8217;re changing names of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/silver\" target=\"_blank\">Silver finishes<\/a>. In an effort to have congruent nomenclature across materials families, &#8220;Silver Glossy&#8221; will now be known as &#8220;Polished Silver;&#8221; and regular &#8220;Silver&#8221; will now be labeled as &#8220;Raw Silver.&#8221; We hope that this helps customers and makers alike when selecting the best materials for their models. The Polished Silver is shopper-ready and great for jewelry, while our Raw Silver has a textured surface and lower price point, great for vintage designs, prototyping and large models. Our highly hand-polished, 100% Sterling Silver will remain &#8220;Premium Silver.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/silver-design-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\">design guidelines<\/a> for Silver will remain the same. 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