[Jewelry making - Article 01063] - [Orchid] Working with Palladium

[Beth Thompson]

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    I just created a chain necklace using Palladium large and small
    rings and pearls. I soldered the larger rings and toggle bar with
    fine yellow gold. The first rings I made with fine Palladium then
    the smaller rings with.950. There was a noticable difference in
    whiteness between the two after soldering, the.950 turned blueish
    from oxidation so I tried to briefly pickle them. This didn't work
    but what did work was lightly reheating them with a weak flame and
    or sanding them with fine sand paper. I finished them in a polishing
    machine. The end result was that the palladium was nearly as white
    as Platinum and whiter than non-treated white gold, and a lot less
    expensive! 

    My question is why is it not used as much in jewelry, for chains in
    particular since it is lighter weight as well? 

Beth Thompson
Cimmaran Designs

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