Melting a bead on gold fill wire?

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Gold filled wire problems

HI, I am using gold filled wire, and I am balling up the end of the wire and when I do this, the wire that is balled up becomes very wrinkly and not smooth like sterling does when I ball that up. Can anyone help me with this??? Happy Holidays from VERY cold MN Bari