[Jewelry making - Article 01656] - Re: [Orchid] Palladium alloy for 18K white

[gwen doran]

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    Thanks for the resposnes so far... I will most definitely consider
    doing the set in palladium, even though this will be a new metal to
    me. (out of interest, does it work more like platinum or white
    gold... apart from the melting point?) 

    with regards to the 18 white alloy, perhaps I did not make the query
    clear enough... I normally do my own alloy of palladium and
    silver.(I am not in the US and do not buy pre-mixed alloys) what I
    need to find out is, if I left out the silver and just added 25%
    palladium to the fine gold, would it be a better mix for colour and
    texture or does the silver contribute to the colour being closer to
    the white of platinum? ( I was led to believe that the silver content
    was a bit of a cost saving exercise) 

Many thanks,
Gwen
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