Hello everyone,
I just picked up a white gold ring this afternoon after having it polished and rhodium plated at a new jeweler. I recently relocated, so I had never been to this place before. When I first saw my ring, I thought it looked a little darker than before, but I figured it was just the lighting in the store. When I got home I placed it next to another rhodium-plated white gold ring and realized it really did look dingy. So I took it back and told the jeweler what I had noticed, and he offered to "see what he could do." He came back after several minutes having replated the ring again.
I can't tell if the ring actually looks better now or if it's just wishful thinking, but it's definitely still darker than my other wg rings. The jeweler told me that perhaps the first time he plated the ring, "the heat was too high" which resulted in it looking darker. He also told me that sometimes rhodium from different suppliers has slightly different shades. Is there any truth to this?
I've never heard of different shades of rhodium before. I have heard of rhodium being contaminated, causing it to darken, but he denied that when I asked about it. To be honest this ring is not a very expensive piece (ok, I confess, it has cz in it... you caught me!), but I still think it's pretty and want it to look nice, and I'd hate to think he's blowing me off because it's relatively inexpensive or because he thinks I'm naive (a mid-twenties woman with a cz ring, etc... but I have nice jewelry too!).
Am I speculating too much? Any thoughts?
I just picked up a white gold ring this afternoon after having it polished and rhodium plated at a new jeweler. I recently relocated, so I had never been to this place before. When I first saw my ring, I thought it looked a little darker than before, but I figured it was just the lighting in the store. When I got home I placed it next to another rhodium-plated white gold ring and realized it really did look dingy. So I took it back and told the jeweler what I had noticed, and he offered to "see what he could do." He came back after several minutes having replated the ring again.
I can't tell if the ring actually looks better now or if it's just wishful thinking, but it's definitely still darker than my other wg rings. The jeweler told me that perhaps the first time he plated the ring, "the heat was too high" which resulted in it looking darker. He also told me that sometimes rhodium from different suppliers has slightly different shades. Is there any truth to this?
I've never heard of different shades of rhodium before. I have heard of rhodium being contaminated, causing it to darken, but he denied that when I asked about it. To be honest this ring is not a very expensive piece (ok, I confess, it has cz in it... you caught me!), but I still think it's pretty and want it to look nice, and I'd hate to think he's blowing me off because it's relatively inexpensive or because he thinks I'm naive (a mid-twenties woman with a cz ring, etc... but I have nice jewelry too!).
Am I speculating too much? Any thoughts?
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