[Jewelry making - Article 00095] - Re: [Orchid] Sterling - Rhodium and Nickel Plating?

[Craig Binninger]

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    Good Morning, Sorry to inform you but I think you got it backwards..
    Rhodium and silver are not a good match as eventually you will
    pollute your rhodium. At over 4000.00 an oz. you really don't want
    to mess up your plating solutions These pieces are usually nickel
    plated with rhodium over plating the nickel. I know it sounds crazy,
    and I don't like it. But most of these pieces are 10k white gold and
    produced in China. Regards, Craig PS Your other comment on 24K not
    being close to pure gold is merely a problem with your refiner. If
    refined properly you can expect to receive gold that is.9999+.
    Actually the in house refiner at a company I worked for was
    producing fine gold at.99997. OK so it wasn't completely pure, but
    close.
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