[Jewelry making - Article 00134] - Re: [Orchid] Palladium plating system

[Andreas Grau]

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    Searching the archives, I found a discussion "Rhodium plating
    silver" 

    http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200008/msg01124.htm 

>     Rhodium plating will and should last for a few years.The problem is
>     that their is a difference in the quality of Rhodium plating from
>     plater to plater.there are also sinthetic rhodiums that do not last
>     more than a few weeks and then there is paladium plating which
>     requires 4 times more plating than good rhodium to be
>     equivalent.Many who use paladium instead of Rhodium do not realise
>     this. 

    And while these statements don't contradict each other, they don't
    draw the same picture, neither. I agree that plating is an art in
    itself, and there are good platers and there are bad platers, and
    there are jewellers who buy a rectifier and a bath. 

    There is stressed jewelry, mostly rings and probably bracelets,
    where the coating takes more physical stress than, say, earrings. 

    So in my layman thinking I'd say: Ok, I'd lightly paladium-plate my
    earrings and neckware myself, double on bracelets and find a *real*
    *good* rhodium plater for my rings. 

    Right? Wrong? Irrelevant? 

    Thanks,
    Andreas

    P.S.: Who are the *real* *good* platers in France or Europe. Reply
    off-list if you wish. Thanks!
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