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| My e-ring is 14k white gold. It hasnt discoloured, but it is scratched up. I'm pretty hard on my rings, but hey I work in construction what do you expect...Thats what replating is for...
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If you go with a quality jeweler, you shouldn't have problems with discoloration...I mean it will happen, eventually...every couple of years you should take it to your jeweler and have it redone...completely resilevered! It costs little and your ring looks brand new! Platinum scratches.. I prefer white gold..hence my rings are white gold...
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Maddy I've had both white gold and platinum and I find that the gold scratches more!!! Weird!
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 My engagement ring is white gold and I'm getting a white gold wedding band. Perhaps the tiny scratches are less visible on gold? I have a platinum ring and it looks a little dull and the scratches are much more visible. Perhaps my white gold rings have more scratches, but the marks are less noticable??? I dunno... 
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| I have had my ering for 6 months and it is white gold. It was fine at first but now it has a yellowish cast. When I went to the jewelers (Peoples) just this weekend the sales lady told me that the rodium plating has worn off. What plating? If I had known that the ring was plated I would not have bought it. If I wanted a yellow ring I would have got yellow gold. I am in the process of seeing what the company will do with my dissatisfaction. I do not think that one should have to pay money every 6 months to make their ring look like it should. Anyone else agree. j
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fascha (4/6/2006)
GET PLATINUM... I've heard it scratches easily... BUT MOH and I got our rings within 2 months of eachother and hers was with gold and it's already yellowing, mine is platinum and I have yet to scratch it! It's worth the extra money IMHO, it's a lot shinier too!I agree with Fascha. Yes Platinum does scratch easily but white gold also yellows (depending on the sealing on it)...and your body chemistry! 
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jaa (4/24/2006)
I have had my ering for 6 months and it is white gold. It was fine at first but now it has a yellowish cast. When I went to the jewelers (Peoples) just this weekend the sales lady told me that the rodium plating has worn off. What plating? If I had known that the ring was plated I would not have bought it. If I wanted a yellow ring I would have got yellow gold. I am in the process of seeing what the company will do with my dissatisfaction. I do not think that one should have to pay money every 6 months to make their ring look like it should. Anyone else agree. j This is rather long j , but I encourage you to read it before you go and murder your jeweller lol All gold is yellow in it's natural form. White gold (whether 14Kt or 18Kt) has been rendered white by the addition of different alloys that whiten/bleach gold. There aren't many elements that will make gold white. The most effective is nickel, however many in the population are showing a sensitivity to nickel. The next best is palladium, a platinum group precious metal. Platinum will also whiten gold but you need a lot of it. Palladium and platinum are expensive so many people still use nickel to make white gold. The word "white" can be very subjective and relative. White gold is whiter than yellow gold. However, many times white gold looks dull gray or "dirty" when compared to platinum and silver. This is why many people plate white gold with Rhodium. It is very white and bright and appealing to the eye! It is also very hard. Actually the brightest and whitest metal is silver. But people don't silver plate because it is soft and will tarnish. Rhodium is the next brightest metal, doesn't tarnish and is a platinum group metal, and a very expensive one at that, running about 1700.00 per ounce! This is why many people put a very thin coating that will need replating after a few years. Good quality plating should be bright and stain free. Plating will not hide scratches, dents and so forth. If you replate a dull scratchy item, you will get a dull scratchy plating The thicker the plating, the more durable it will be. Any Rhodium plating that is at least 90-100 microinches will be extremely durable. In addition, the plating will COVER the base metal completely. People who have 18KT white gold rings that only have a 20 microinch coating are eventually going to see the base metal color "bleed through" as the plating wears or oxidizes over time. Of course, any plating durability is only as good as the process used to apply it. This means pre-polishing, electro-cleaning, acid baths, acid rinses and plating processes are CRITICAL to the performance of the plating (i.e. finish quality, adhesion, color, etc.). Request from a jeweller a good rhodium plating (90-100 microinches) .It definately is worth paying a little more. Hope that helps.  |
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