Making a White Gold Ring
I have the opportunity of making a white gold wedding ring for a man getting
married in 6 weeks. He wants a brushed finish to the ring. Since I have not
used white gold before (I work almost exclusively with silver) I feel a bit
apprehensive. Comments and advice would be very much appreciated.
Will I need to get the ring plated at the end of the process?
Any suggestions where this can be done?
What metal finish do you suggest?
I guess that I would brush the ring after plating not before?
One parameter wasn't mentioned: the thickness of the metal.
Maybe the men experts here are going to laugh but I simply don't have
enough force to bend, say 8 mm x 0.8 mm (or thicker) white gold stripe
into a ring. Well, I guess I can do it but it doesn't worth the effort.
In such cases, I make the ring from silver (while enjoying the work)
and then cast it in white gold. Make sure you calculate the contraction
in advance. 6 weeks is plenty of time for the whole process.
Sarit.
http://sarit-jewelry.com