Nickel Gold

Nickel Gold

14 KT Yellow Gold over Italian Nickel Free Sterling Silver 1mm Box Vermeil Chain Necklace. This Chain comes with secure Spring Ring Clasp.

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White gold is routinely alloyed down with nickel. Nickel causes allergic reactions in a lot of people.

It’s in all probability showing up now, because your ring was plated in rhodium (the whitest fellow member of the platinum family) when you purchased it. This is normal, as white gold always has a little warmth to it, so it is almost always plated in rhodium.

The rhodium has worn off. The white gold, alloyed with nickel is in direct contact with your skin. You are reacting to the nickel. One easy solution is to fetch the ring in to the jeweler where you purchased it and have it replated with rhodium. Or, you could trade the ring in for a white gold ring that does NOT incorporate nickel, a palladium ring or a platinum ring.

The metal rhodium is basically inert to the skin, hypoallergenic, no reaction. What the reaction could be is a basic metals reaction and that SHOULD NOT be happening if the rings have a real rhodium plate.

My suggestion? Contact QVC and tell them of the problem. They must either give your cash back or replace the item with one with a real rhodium plate!

Green is a reaction in general to base metals, such as copper, etc., which are either preplate(done underneath the rhodium on metals like silver) or share of the the meatal alloy the ring is made of.

Either the plate is not rhodium or is a poor occupation at plating. QVC owes you an answer on this one and your may use my answer when you contact them if you want.

Without seeing the ring and genuinely examining it, I may say little with regards to the ring itself.

“Temporary Fix. Recommended for you to Try:

Rhodium is a hard and lasting white metal. Most white gold is given a quick plated layer of rhodium when brand new or when repaired.

This thin layer of rhodium gives the metal a whiter look. Rhodium is also a metal that does not react with the skin. A local jeweler will have to effortlessly be competent to refinish, buff up nicely and rhodium plate your ring. The look is good. The vantage to you is the rhodium provided a safety layer amongst the nickel in the ring and your sensible skin! The rhodium works very well when the plating is done correctly. You may suppose the rhodium to wear off in time but you will have to get 6mos to a year of wear before the ring will have to be plated with rhodium again. We many times do this service for ladies who love white gold earrings but have problems. With yellow gold problems, we plate the parts touching the skin and it works until the rhodium in the end wears away.”

Is your ring white gold? If so, the rhodium plating by a local jeweler must ease the problem immensely and the surface will last a reasonable amount of time before redoing is needed. If the ring is yellow, there are likely environmental issues here, including swimming pool chemicals and salty air(if living near the ocean).

Chemicals will oftentimes build up in a microscopic way and lead to skin reactions or smudges. Salty air may lead to a build up of residue which will cause smudges or even a heap of sensible skin reactions. For yellow gold, the solution is difficult but involves either avoiding the environmental issues or cleaning the ring rather often(every couple of days) with a good tame scrub with a tame dish detergent and rinsing well.

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5 of 5 humans found the following review helpful.
Great Necklace
By Jeanine M. Smith
I love this necklace. I wear it daily & it looks like real gold. It was a great price & a sturdy necklace. You will not be sorry if you buy this gold necklace.

5 of 5 persons found the following review helpful.
Lovely item
By Elizabeth Gabber
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2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
Very nice chain.
By Jake
This is a very nice chain. Exactly as described. I like the box link and the thickness is just right. Chain came in a very nice box.

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