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Shiny_Rock
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This will probably be annoying, because I notice this sort of thread has been started a billion times before (and yes, I used the search function, and read almost all of them). Still, it''s not an easy issue to answer.
I''m on a budget, and most people would probably tell me to just spend most of it on the colored stone and custom setting design work. Platinum would eat up a lot of the funds. The only two things holding me back, though, are what I hear about the longevity of white gold and how it wears down over the years and loses material. Also, I know that both I and the woman for whom the ring is intended have always wanted (and/or dreamt about) platinum rings. Though perhaps the e-ring could be gold, and the bands platinum?
Anyway, the question here also has to do with diff''t white gold alloys.
I went to one place that told me the quality white gold alloys are the ones with palladium -- don''t cause any dermal allergic reactions, and the color is slightly grayer and more platinum-like. The other place told me that nickel-based WG is what they use (and it''s the standard in North America). He did not give me the impression that the nickel alloys were cheaper and/or worse, like the other place did. He did say that if I went palladium, he could accommodate me but I''d have to be prepared for the look which was a lot grayer and more like silver than what I was probably hoping for.
I don''t really want the rhodium plating, so if I do go with WG, is the palladium kind more platinum-like? And finally, he suggested using 19K, which was some new type of mixture that just came out which for some reason allowed (counter-intuitively) for more of a bleaching effect. Not sure if the 19K is only available with nickel, though.
I''m on a budget, and most people would probably tell me to just spend most of it on the colored stone and custom setting design work. Platinum would eat up a lot of the funds. The only two things holding me back, though, are what I hear about the longevity of white gold and how it wears down over the years and loses material. Also, I know that both I and the woman for whom the ring is intended have always wanted (and/or dreamt about) platinum rings. Though perhaps the e-ring could be gold, and the bands platinum?
Anyway, the question here also has to do with diff''t white gold alloys.
I went to one place that told me the quality white gold alloys are the ones with palladium -- don''t cause any dermal allergic reactions, and the color is slightly grayer and more platinum-like. The other place told me that nickel-based WG is what they use (and it''s the standard in North America). He did not give me the impression that the nickel alloys were cheaper and/or worse, like the other place did. He did say that if I went palladium, he could accommodate me but I''d have to be prepared for the look which was a lot grayer and more like silver than what I was probably hoping for.
I don''t really want the rhodium plating, so if I do go with WG, is the palladium kind more platinum-like? And finally, he suggested using 19K, which was some new type of mixture that just came out which for some reason allowed (counter-intuitively) for more of a bleaching effect. Not sure if the 19K is only available with nickel, though.
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