Can chlorine hurt WG and diamonds???

[btrflygrl23]

I was visiting a friend over the long weekend and she has a hot tub and I was in it. I remembered to take off my e-ring which is plat and another YG ring I had on but I totally forgot to take off my WG bangle with diamonds in it from WF.
Could I have hurt the diamonds or the WG??? I can''t remember if chlorine hurts diamonds and is there a chance it will wreck the WG?
Could those who know pls chime in. If chlorine isn''t any good for diamonds and WG then what should I do now to minimize anything I may have wrecked with my stupidity

I was only in the hot tub for about 45 minutes max, maybe closer to an hour but not more than that.

Thanks

 

[neatfreak]

YES! Chlorine is horrible for gold. It can wear it down and weaken it. But ONCE won''t kill it, but if you go in often take off your rings.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Hi,

I have a hot tub and it has Bromine rather than Chlorine in it (which I think is the case with most hot tubs) and that can hurt over a very long period of time. One evening in a hot tub won't do any harm. FWIW, I take off all my jewelry before going in.

 

[Lorelei]

You should be fine, just avoid further contact. Chlorites can be damaging to settings and prongs, so remove rings when using household cleaning products too.

 

[ML2014]

What about platinum and diamond rings? I take off my jewelry when I can but sometimes I just forget.

 

[chrono]

Lorelei, what on earth is your new avatar? At first I just saw the toilet bowl, then I realized it's a kitty in the bathroom unraveling the TP (although it also looks like kitty is typing on a typewriter

).

Butterfly,
Chlorine will not hurt diamonds but will eat away/weaken gold (white and yellow). One soak will not destroy it but I'd avoid further contact with chlorine.

Platinum does not react with chlorine.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 7/5/2007 12:05:37 PM
Author: Chrono
Lorelei, What on earth is your new avatar?

Butterfly,
Chlorine will not hurt diamonds but will eat away/weaken gold (white and yellow). One soak will not destroy it but I''d avoid further contact with chlorine.

It''s a kitty playing with loo roll!

 

[Miranda]

Does rhodium plating protect white gold? DH has a cow when I don''t wear my ring to the pool. He thinks I''m too protective because EVERYONE else is wearing theirs.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Date: 7/5/2007 12:11:24 PM
Author: Miranda
Does rhodium plating protect white gold? DH has a cow when I don''t wear my ring to the pool. He thinks I''m too protective because EVERYONE else is wearing theirs.

No, you should never wear white or yellow gold jewelry in a pool. I guess you could go lay out in the sun and not go in the water if wearing the jewelry is that important.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Date: 7/5/2007 12:11:24 PM
Author: Miranda
Does rhodium plating protect white gold? DH has a cow when I don''t wear my ring to the pool. He thinks I''m too protective because EVERYONE else is wearing theirs.

Miranda,
What are the specs on your stone? Honestly, with that one, I would not chance it! What if the ring slips off your finger? That is the bigger risk, IMO. . .and, even it the Rhodium is protecting your ring, it will eventually wear thinner and there is more chance the chlorine will be exposed to the white gold underneath.

 

[chrono]

I would not rely on the rhodium plating to protect the gold from the effects of chlorine. The plating layer is very thin and we can''t see the effects of the corrosion on the gold setting with the naked eye until it is too late.

 

[btrflygrl23]

Thanks so much neatfreak, lorelei, MC, and chrono and everyone else who replied. I definitely won''t be taking it in the hot tub again.

The bangle is rhodium plated though so is Miranda right that it somewhat protects WG? Or does the chlorine eat it away?

 

[strmrdr]

chlorine can attack the metals gold is alloyed with.
18k gold is 75% gold and 25% other metal.
100% gold would not be affected by chlorine but would be too soft for 24/7 wear.
Frankly I think the risk/scare of chlorine damaging a ring is overblown.
The concentration in a pool/hot tub is pretty low otherwise you couldn't swim in it.
I know people who have swam every summer day and spent time in a hot tub almost everyday for decades and their gold rings 18k and 14k are just fine.
10k gold would be more of an issue.

 

[kcoursolle]

chlorine is especially bad for any soldering on rings. It eats this away and weakens the ring.

I would clean your ring and stay out of the pools for now on young lady (with your jewelry at least)

 

[In the rough]

I would def. take the ring off before getting in to the pool...

 

[Miranda]

Date: 7/5/2007 12:18:59 PM
Author: MC

Date: 7/5/2007 12:11:24 PM
Author: Miranda
Does rhodium plating protect white gold? DH has a cow when I don''t wear my ring to the pool. He thinks I''m too protective because EVERYONE else is wearing theirs.

Miranda,
What are the specs on your stone? Honestly, with that one, I would not chance it! What if the ring slips off your finger? That is the bigger risk, IMO. . .and, even it the Rhodium is protecting your ring, it will eventually wear thinner and there is more chance the chlorine will be exposed to the white gold underneath.

Here''s a link to my ring MC https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/finally-figured-out-the-camera.42961/

I''m so glad this thread was started. I''ve learned a lot!

 

[Diamond*Dana]

I would not worry about your hot tub dip...it will be fine.

 

[MoonWater]

Date: 7/5/2007 12:04:35 PM
Author: Kajamie
What about platinum and diamond rings? I take off my jewelry when I can but sometimes I just forget.

I would like to know the answer to this as well. Also, what about palladium? I would like to buy my bf a wedding band that is either platinum or palladium and he loves to swim.

 

[rainbowtrout]

Palladium is in the platinum family so it should be fairly non-reactive. Although you can probably use it to catalyze reactions in class if you're a chemistry teacher, going in the pool shouldn't hurt it.


For plat and diamond rings, I think someone mentioned---unless you have a TOP notch setting, and not always even then, you get WG/YG solder which IS affected by chemicals.

And as the others have mentioned, not much in the way of chemicals hurts diamonds. I mean, if you drop it in concentrated acid you might have a problem....

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 7/5/2007 12:00:01 PM
Author: neatfreak
YES! Chlorine is horrible for gold. It can wear it down and weaken it. But ONCE won''t kill it, but if you go in often take off your rings.

I''m pretty sure chlorine isn''t harmful to *gold* but rather to the metals added to gold such as nickle and copper. For practical purposes this is correct - not many of us have 24k gold rings! Even still, no matter what you have, a quick search on the internet will pull up a ton of info. I was absolutely hooked on a white gold ring and switched to platinum so I could wear it when I swim.