Is the white gold ring fading?


How to clean a white gold ring?


Isn't your favorite white gold jewel just as beautiful then? Are you realizing that its original color is slowly fading, and, as you say? You do not like it anymore? Don't worry, make yourself comfortable in 5 minutes I will explain what is happening and the solution to the problem.

White gold. It is necessary to make a brief introduction, in nature it is extracted from gold mines only and I say only yellow gold, therefore all the other colors including white gold, are artificial fruit of a homogeneous mixture between gold copper and silver. In Italy 750 750 gold is traded to better say that 750 parts in a thousand of 1 gram are of pure gold and the remaining 250 are of copper and silver alloy so we can say that their 750 ‰ is equivalent to 18Kt. Having said that we understood that white gold is the result of an alloy but by its nature it tends to release a yellowish color "which we do not like" to remedy this.


The alternatives are two:


    one would be to buy a PT950 platinum jewel which, unlike white gold, is found in nature and has a brilliant white color but unfortunately like all good things and much more expensive than gold because of the "950" and its processing difficulty, let me explain: the title is the goodness of the pure metal used which in the case of platinum 950 ‰ means that 950 parts out of a thousand are of pure metal and the rest is an alloy to give greater ductility to the metal. In addition, platinum requires specific processing and I trust that very few goldsmiths know how to work because of its indomitable character and generally proceed with "rhodium-plated" white gold.
    the second solution to go back on the subject of white gold discoloration, the best solution is to ream the jewel so if your white gold jewel is fading and generally it is called rings, it is only because its rhodium is being consumed and the ring releases that yellowish color typical of non-rhodium-plated white gold.

Solution to give new life to the ring


    The solution is only one, it is necessary to re-test the ring, therefore, contact a trusted goldsmith who will carry out a preventive shave to permanently eliminate the old rhodium together with the signs of wear.
    Once polished to perfection, we proceed with the famous galvanic rhodium plating which is an electrolytic process where rhodium accumulates in micron on the object to be treated, giving it that shining white that so much resembles platinum.
    Generally the rhodium plating of a ring varies from 25 to 35 euros but it is necessary to assess each case singly, to influence are the dimensions of the jewel and the conditions of the same.

Who can help me?

Among the various experts in the sector on the market, in my jewelery workshop I carry out these types of treatments giving new life to white gold.