I know what it’s like to fall in love with jewelry that’s plated, and wanting to keep it looking good so you can wear it forever and ever. Cleaning gold plated jewelry, though, is a little different from cleaning solid sterling silver or solid gold. Because there’s a different metal underneath all that gold (brass, in our case), you’ll want to be a little more gentle.
Plating
All Plating is Not Created Equal
In the Studio, Jewelry Care2 CommentsMaybe I should back up just a second. What, exactly, is plating?
You probably already know that it’s gold over another material, but I’m willing to bet that most people who sell gold-plated jewelry couldn’t tell you much more than that. Why not? Probably because there’s so little gold on there that it’s not something they even want to talk about.
But I’m proud of how much gold-plating is on my jewelry, and I’m not afraid to talk about it!