White gold has yellowed, suggestions??

[luvshopping90]

I have a ring that I LOVE that is white gold. I've had it for about five years and I realize now that white gold turns yellow with time but I was hoping to find out if it was possible to have my ring dipped in wg or rhodium to bring it back to the white look that it had new.

I would ask a jeweler around me but all I'm aware of are jewelry stores. I have no idea how to locate a reputable jeweler that could help me.

Any suggestions??

 

[estherriver]

You can have it rhodium plated, and it'll look good as new. White gold jewelry is rhodium plated to make it look bright and shiny, and the plating wears off over time, so you just have to take it in for a little maintenance.

 

[Bride2B]

Yep! It is very simple & not very costly (at least where I live)....it's just part of WG maintenance

 

[sinniebunnie]

cost me about 25$ to plate a 5mm wg band. not sure if he dipped in wg or rhodium plated

 

[missD]

cost me about $15 to do mine, its a 2mm band

 

[luvshopping90]

Thanks for the responses! So how do you find someone to do it??

 

[emald37]

I think any of the jewelery stores should be able to do it.

 

[elizat]

Related, but not totally on topic- can you have a jeweler do this w/ an actual yellow gold ring or would you have to actually just change the setting? Just curious...

 

[2manybags]

I'm pretty sure you can do it with a yellow gold ring.

Related, but not totally on topic- can you have a jeweler do this w/ an actual yellow gold ring or would you have to actually just change the setting? Just curious...

 

[chinadoll724]

I'm pretty sure you can do it with a yellow gold ring.

I would think you can, too, but the yellow might show through depending on how thick the plating is. And i'm pretty sure they always plate it in rhodium and not another layer of white gold.

 

[elle tee]

Related, but not totally on topic- can you have a jeweler do this w/ an actual yellow gold ring or would you have to actually just change the setting? Just curious...

I'm pretty sure you can have yellow gold "dipped" in white gold. Not sure what the exact process is, but I know my stepmother had all her YG jewelry dipped a few years ago and it's all WG now. Looks great, too.

 

[emald37]

Related, but not totally on topic- can you have a jeweler do this w/ an actual yellow gold ring or would you have to actually just change the setting? Just curious...

Yes, you can have this done to yellow gold ring also. The yellow will start to show as it wears away, and you will need to have it redone, but how often you will need to have redone will vary.

 

[girlsgottoshop]

Just take it into any reputable jeweler and they should be able to do it. My ring is 18K white and I've had it replated a lot. It's my wedding set...it's very cheap, too, and looks brand new. Yes, yellow gold can also be plated to white.

 

[LV Rawks]

I have had YG dipped before, and it does make it look like WG, but it turns faster...it also tends to get a strange spotting to it.

And to OP, any jeweler can dip it for you and I have never paid more than $25...some will even do it for free.

 

[luvshopping90]

Thanks so much for the information!!!