Tag: Plating
Plating related articles
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Industry Insights
Jewelry Finishing: Polishing, Tumbling, and Buffing Explained
The step that turns a gray casting into a gleaming piece is finishing. This manufacturer's guide explains polishing, tum...
Care & Cleaning
Caring for Gold-Plated and Vermeil Jewelry So It Lasts
Gold plated and vermeil jewelry lose their color when treated like solid gold. This guide explains how to wear, clean, s...
Care & Cleaning
How to Remove Scratches from Gold and Silver Jewelry
Fine scratches on gold and silver are part of wearing jewelry, but light scratches can be buffed out at home while deep ...
Industry Insights
PVD Coating vs Electroplating: Why Factories Choose Each Finish
PVD coating and electroplating both color jewelry, but they wear, cost, and repair very differently. This manufacturer's...
Comparisons
Gold Vermeil vs Gold Plated: What the Difference Actually Means
Both sound like gold, but gold vermeil and gold plated are built differently and wear differently. This guide breaks dow...
Metal Guide
Black Rhodium Jewelry: The Dark Finish That Re-Plates - HOLYCOME
Black rhodium is a thin black plating over silver or gold that gives jewelry a modern dark look. This guide explains how...
Metal Guide
Argentium Sterling Silver: The Anti-Tarnish Upgrade - HOLYCOME
Argentium sterling silver adds germanium to 92.5% silver, resisting tarnish and firescale far better than ordinary sterl...
Metal Guide
PVD Coating Jewelry: What It Is, Durability and Colors Explained - HOLYCOME
PVD is a vacuum-vapor process that bonds a thin hard film to jewelry. This guide explains how IP gold and black PVD diff...
Industry Insights
Electroplating Demystified: Gold And Rhodium Plating
Why does white gold need rhodium? Why does gold plating wear off? This guide explains the process, common platings and h...
Care & Cleaning
My Sterling Silver Turned Black: Care And Refinishing
Black silver is tarnish, not a defect. Here is the science, three home fixes, storage habits and when to re-plate.