Wedding set question

[AChiOAlumna]

My w-set is 18K WG and I know that rhodium replating is going to be an ongoing part of my life with my ring, but I would like to lengthen the amount of time between replates. I was told by my jeweler to expect the gold between the 2 rings to yellow first on the underside and between the rings as they rub together. He said one way to minimize this is to solder the rings together...while I usually wear my rings together (99% of the time), there are times where I just want to wear my w-band without the e-ring.

I was considering the use of the plastic ring guards to "attach" the 2 rings together. I thought that this way, my own skin isn''t constantly reacting with the WG (shielded by the plastic) and the two rings won''t be rubbing so much together.

Is this a feasible option?? Am I missing any drawbacks to trying this method? Does anyone have additional methods that I''m missing??

TIA all!!!

 

[jellybean]

One of my girlfriends who has a shared prong wedding set (both e-ring and wedding band are shared prong) bought those plastic things to keep the rings from rubbing against each other and possibly damaging the diamonds. She discarded the plastic things b/c she said they made the rings tight on her fingers and also looked unsightly. She said she also got water under them every time she washed her hands.

She wound up soldering her set together b/c she got tired of worrying about the rings rubbing together.

 

[AChiOAlumna]

Thanks JB for that feedback!!! Good to know....