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Has anyone bought a setting from Precise White Gold? |
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| P: 10/19/2005 5:40:39 PM | |
DeannaBana Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,081 Last Post: 5/8/2007 Member Since: 6/11/2005 |
I found the link to this company Precise White Gold, a compoany that claims they have WG solitaire settings that never require rhodium plaing. Has anyone purchased a setting from them? Are they as good as their website claims? Would you recommend them? Their website is www.precisewhitegold.com.
Deanne Campbell |
| Posted: 10/19/2005 5:40:39 PM | |
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| P: 10/19/2005 7:11:35 PM | |
ecf8503 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,008 Last Post: 11/13/2009 Member Since: 2/14/2005 |
Deanne! Any news on the cushion yet??? :) I have not heard of them before, nor can I find the alloy used listed anywhere on their site (granted it was a quick peek - they do have some nice looking settings!). I assume it is a palladium alloy, which is widely known to provide a whiter base color that doesn't yellow like the nickel based ones CAN - but DON'T ALWAYS do. I inquired about using a palladium alloy with my WG setting, but the cost was almost double that of the standard nickel. There are a lot of factors that go into whether a WG ring will yellow or not - body chemistry, what alloys in what percentages, purity of the ingredients, and quality of the rhodium plating used over it (and I'm sure there are more). I decided to stick with the standard nickel based alloy in my 18k WG setting - for cost, for reduced weight (don't shoot me, but I don't really care for the weight of platinum), and because I like the shiny bright white of quality WG as opposed to platinum, especially in a smooth setting with no inlaid diamonds in the shank, etc. My setting is a designer one (A. Jaffe) and their reputation is on the line if they don't make a quality product - I was willing to take that chance. If you are still planning on a simple setting to keep cost down (and if this will hopefully be a temporary setting!), I'd stick with a nickel alloy if it is in fact cheaper in the setting you prefer (and as long as you are not allergic to nickel). That said, I believe that Vatche uses a palladium alloy in their WG rings instead of nickel. Keep us posted! Hopefully others with more knowledge in metallurgy will chime in as well.
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| Posted: 10/19/2005 7:11:35 PM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 11:27:51 PM | |
koko Cut Rock Total Posts: 315 Last Post: 9/12/2007 Member Since: 10/2/2005 |
Not yet, but I will in the future if it means no re-plating. I think all white gold should be alloyed this way.....jewelry shouldn't require maintainance to keep its color!!
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| Posted: 10/19/2005 11:27:51 PM | |
| P: 10/19/2005 11:29:07 PM | |
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ecf8503 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,008 Last Post: 11/13/2009 Member Since: 2/14/2005 |
Nickel alloys are banned / outlawed / not allowed / not made in Europe... :)
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| Posted: 10/19/2005 11:29:07 PM | |
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