White gold- jewelry tips
White gold has become more popular recently. Before you go with the white gold, you should know about its character before make your decision.
In nature, most of the metals are generated with various shade of grey except gold which come in bright yellow and copper, the reddish brown color. Gold is present in the yellow form while copper is in the brownish-red color. White gold is a gold alloy of gold mixed with palladium, silver and other metals inside.
The white gold appears to be whiter than the normal gold color, which always appear as yellowish color. The color of white gold is also depend on amount of gold inside. If you go for the 12K white gold which mean you have 50% of pure gold and 50% of other metals into the mixture, the color of this 21K white gold will be whiter than 18K white gold which contain 75% of pure gold inside. In the other way, the 18K is more yellowish than 12K in term of white gold.
Typically, white gold is always coated with rhodium in a similar way as platinum for the jewelry making propose. With rhodium plating, your white gold jewelry will look whiter with tarnish proof and extremely hard. However, rhodium can disappear according to jewelry use. With platinum, it is not easy to notice this lost as the nature color for platinum is grayish white, but for white gold you can notice this lost easily as the yellowish still be a nature of white gold. This is a point about using white gold as your jewelry especially for the wedding ring. The couple needs to wear the ring every day; therefore the rhodium can loosen easily. For the wedding ring, platinum is a better choice although the price is more expensive but it will stay with you for a long time. If you are really falling in love with white gold, you can go with it. The two-tone rings will be the answer. Start by overlay with a platinum and followed by a layer of rhodium. This way will increase the ring lifetime, but also more money need to paid for.
Keep in mind about the properties of the white gold jewelry as this problem can always occur. Platinum might be a better choice, but if you love white gold just go with it. Take a good care of your jewelries and the two tone jewelry are recommended for your white gold.
