White gold???

[kmci]

Hi, I don''t know if this is the right place to be asking this, but its worth a shot. We are almost ready to have my diamond set for my e-ring, and have decided on white gold as opposed to platinum. My only concern is the yellowing. I''ve just been going through my jewellery collection and came across my grandmothers w-ring. I was always under the impression it was white gold, but compared to my white gold rings it has not got even the slightest hint of yellow. Unfortunately it has been resized at some stage, and all that is left of the inscription is

"18ctRod......."

Keeping in mind that this is from the late 1940''s, early 1950''s, can anyone confirm that this is white gold, or did they use something else back then??

 

[arjunajane]

Hi kmci, I could be wrong but I''m pretty sure that was just a different hallmark for 18k WG on your g''ma''s ring.
Everyone will be a little bit different, but personally my first ering is WG, and in 3 yrs of continuous wear I only had to have it re-rhodium plated once.
And that was just a small spot of yellow wear on the underside.
I have read of an number of people on the board having to replate every couple mths, I think it can depend on your body chemistry quite a bit.
Do have you have any other jewellery in WG at all?

If you''d like to do a search, there are a ton of threads on WG vs Plat, with lots of arguments for each side.

 

[DiamondGirlHH]

I have few pieces of jewelry in 18K white gold and every so often I do need to get them rhodium dipped by my jeweler to keep them looking "white". Compared to my platinum jewelry, my 18K white gold pieces do look yellower if they are dipped. I guess it all depends on the wear and tear because usually the bottom of the shanks to wear off the rhodium first.

Recently I bought a pair of diamond stud earrings and after my jewelers recommendation I got them in 18K white gold but with "palladium alloy", I was guaranteed that they were not dipped and they never have to, so far so good.

 

[neatfreak]

Keep in mind that there are MANY incarnations of white gold. Some more resistant to yellowing than others. And each person''s body chemistry plays a part too, so just because your friend only has to rhodium once every 3 years doesn''t mean it''ll be the same for you.

 

[oldminer]

The whitness of white gold is very much alloy dependent no matter if it is 14K or 18K. There are whiter and more yellow types of white gold. The actual gold is always yellow and no white gold ever is perfectly white. It is prety difficult for a consumer to get much further than trusting the source of the ring to use a white as possible alloy mix.