[Jewelry making - Article 00053] - Re: [Orchid] Rhodium plating platinum?

[David L. Huffman]

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>      she asks, "they won't be that color when they are finished, will
>     they?" 

Hi Richard;

    That caught my eye.  I think if a customer asked me that, I'd have
    to say, 

    "Actually, that will be the color.  I can Rhodium plate it, but that
    will wear off in a fairly short time.  If the issue is to have a
    white metal to set off the diamonds better, short of an all platinum
    mounting, perhaps we can design something using platinum for the
    stone settings, and yellow gold for the rest of the mounting.  If
    you're not in a hurry for this, I can send for a couple samples of
    other white gold alloys to see if any of them are more to your
    liking.  Of course, both these options put us into a custom mounting,
    which will run slightly more money.  I'd be glad to give you a price
    for this mounting in platinum too, for your consideration. . .it's a
    wonderful metal for jewelry. " 

    If they're ready to go to the next level to get what they want, then
    that's a better sale.  If they understand that what you are showing
    them is the real color of white gold, and that most of what they see
    in stores is plated, if they don't want to spend more, then they'll
    go for what you have and either have it plated or not.  Just don't be
    surprised if when you sell them the plated version and you end up
    having to re-plate it every third month. 

David L. Huffman

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