Swanky, I've heard that about body chemistry thing. I suspect that it really depends on when the ring was made and how the gold used to make the ring was made. I'm sure you ladies know that white gold really starts out as yellow gold and then they change the mix of ingredients and add others to make it white. Antique white gold was made with far higher standards for purity and most antique or even a lot of older white gold rings were never rhodium plated and yet they are quite white and remain so - because of the quality of the gold. My mothers White Gold wedding band for example outshines anything made today for whiteness and it is not even Rhodium plated. I do believe rhodium plating is really a relatively recent trend in the jewelry indutry used to cut corners. Jewelers save a buck by not being so strict about the standards for making white gold white and use rhodium plating to compensate for that. IMO, they should be required to let buyers know that a piece of jewelry is rhodium plated just like they are required to indicate that a diamond is clarity enhanced or otherwise treated.
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That's probably because white gold made prior to say 1985ish was alloyed differently and much better. It's made VERY cheaply now, and in a way that requires rhodium plating to conceal the yellowness still in the blend because of which metals are used.
believe it or not, for 9 out of those 10 yrs I used ammonia! Yes, the exact same stuff everyone swears you cannot use on white gold
I still have it, it's my original e-ring adn it's crazy how pure white it still is.ITA!!!!! In fact, I DID NOT know there was no such thing as true white gold until about 2 yrs ago. . . I was embarrassed to be honest, but how would people know? It's not like jeweler's educate us on that stuff, I found out on a forum.
Swanky, I found out purely by accident too! When I first started buying jewelry one of my rings started to look a liitle yellowish after about 6 months. I took it back to the jeweler who sold it to me and while complaining about the ring and questioning his ethics, he told me about the rhodium plating of white gold jewelry and explained that it was industrywide and that he had not done anything unethical because everyone else was doing it! I was shocked because I had never heard of such a thing! These days I just assume that all white gold is being rhodium plated and that a piece is rhodium plated unless it's a very old piece.
Someone told me that it's harmful to let platinum jewelry sit in water - does anyone know if that's true? I have an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner filled with distilled water, and prefer to let my everyday rings sit in there when I'm not wearing them. Is it harmful to the platinum to do this? Is it harmful to diamonds? Thanks so much!
What is an example of a ring holder? Thanks
Here's one from Macy's:
http://www.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=212708&PartnerID=FROOGLE&BannerID=PD675
I just keep my rings in my jewelry box when I'm not wearing them.
Thanks so much for your feedback! I have a jewelry box that I sometimes put my rings in, but typically I like the idea of letting them soak in the ultrasonic. I turn it on for a 2 minute run when I first put my rings in there, then the next morning run it again for another 2 minutes, then rinse/dry my rings before putting them on. But I guess it'd be more prudent to just put them in the jewelry box, then clean them in the morning before I put them on.
I have one of those ring holders but prefer to have my jewelry covered so that dust and cat hair doesn't get on it.
Thanks again!
I have one of those ring holders but prefer to have my jewelry covered so that dust and cat hair doesn't get on it.
Thanks again!
I've heard that their diamond/gold/platinum cleaner is harmful because of the ammonia content. The silver cleaner is quite harsh too--the smell is really noxious. I'm afraid it would be too harsh and damage the surface layer of the metal.
I use their gentle jewelry cleaning solution instead.
I use this - the regular one - I've left my platinum/diamond wedding set in there overnight & it's never done anything to the finish or damaged it. I think I left a pair of platinum/diamond studs in there for weeks..... they were fine too. I haven't left any other items in it for long periods but use this to clean everything except pearls or opal & nothings ever been damaged from it.
I've heard that their diamond/gold/platinum cleaner is harmful because of the ammonia content. The silver cleaner is quite harsh too--the smell is really noxious. I'm afraid it would be too harsh and damage the surface layer of the metal.
I use their gentle jewelry cleaning solution instead.
I have the red Connoisseur's cleaner, I use it sometimes. The ammonia shouldn't be the problem- my jeweler told me to use a mixture of ammonia and water to clean my diamond jewelry (set in gold). Don't love the smell but it should be OK for diamonds, though I would not use it on other stones without speaking to a jeweler first.