New White Gold earrings have spots?! Please advise!

[winternight]

I received some white gold earrings for my birthday and they have a wierd yellow tinged spotting on them. Like water spots but slightly yellow on the surface. Faint but visible. They are polished to a high mirror finish. I tried just washing them with soap and water, but I''m afraid to try anything else. I''m going to take them to a jewelr to see if its just some residue, but I''m concerned that this problem could get worse with time. Anyone have any ideas on what it is?

 

[neatfreak]

Well white gold is plated with rhodium to make it look white, "white gold" often has a yellowish look to it in it''s "natural" state. It''s possible that it was a poor rhodium job and thus the yellowish tint of the WG underneath is coming through?

Might not be, but could be it.

 

[luvmyhalo]

I agree with Neatfreak. I had a white gold setting re-rhodium plated and it came back kinda spotty looking. If the jewelers rhodium isn''t clean, it can cause this. I would take them back to wherever you got them from and see if they can re-dip them.

 

[winternight]

thanks. this is disappointing. because we got them online I''m not sure I want to return and have then redone. I might just return them.