[Jewelry making - Article 01146] - Re: [Orchid] Making our own wedding rings...

[ginger meek allen]

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Hi, Amy.

    You will find gold much more fun to work with, particularly in the
    hot work. In fact, I would strongly recommend palladium white gold to
    you. I am assuming you won't be rhodium plating the rings, in which
    case metal color is a consideration for matching the platinum e-ring.
    The white color of palladium white gold is excellent, and a fairly
    good match to platinum. At the bench it works like platinum, and best
    for me, it's nickel-free. After having our wedding rings made (many
    years ago!), about a year into the marriage I developed an allergy to
    my ring, or specifically to the nickel contained therein. (I wasn't
    allergic previously.) So, I had to ditch that ring. Fortunately, I
    have kept the husband! 

    Hoover & Strong offers excellent quality palladium white gold
    seamless ring blanks - milled and cut to your specs: width,
    thickness, finger size. You can then finish as you choose with
    texturing, forging, stones, etc. (Remember to order it small if you
    will be forging it.) The usual disclaimer - I'm just a happy
    customer. 

    To come up with the gold: 

    - Panning? I doubt it. 

    - Buying vintage? Maybe, if you can find a clueless pawn-shop owner
    who's been under a rock for a year. With prices so high right now,
    even the ignorant are becoming educated about gold as a commodity.
    (Not implying anything about pawn-shop owners! Don't email me about
    that!) 

    - Forking up the cash? Yep. 

    All in all, any gold you can recycle is a good idea, but I have
    found trying to refine gold myself to be tricky at best. Silver, no
    problem. But gold is a different story. Send it to Hoover and they'll
    send you wedding ring blanks in return. 

    All in all, go for it. Your rings will mean that much more if you
    make them yourselves. Best wishes to you and your marriage! 

ginger meek allen
www.gingermeekallen.com
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