[Jewelry making - Article 00019] - Re: [Orchid] Rhodium plating safe thickness

[James Binnion]

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    All rhodium plating wears off even if you could afford extra heavy
    plating (rhodium is currently over $6000.00 per oz) it will come off
    so there are two solutions to the problem: 

    (1) Switch to a metal that does not require plating like platinum or
    950 palladium or palladium white gold 

    (2) learn to live with the rhodium problems and the customer service
    and reputation headaches 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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