White Metals: Palladium, Platinum, White Gold, Sterling Silver

Which metal is right for your engagement or wedding ring? Learn about the differences between the white metals we use: palladium, platinum, white gold, sterling silver.
Compare the pro's and con's of white metals here:
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[@frabah1179]

I wish you would zoom in and show the metals side by side...

[@carlosdelacadiz6658]

Sterling silver when kept polished looks the best and even looks cool when tarnished.If Sterling silver was harder it would be the best.

[@opulan]

The patina it gains is quite astonishing but don't let it get too tarnished or it goes fully black

[@calangel]

Carlos De La Cadiz Well lucky for you, Stuller has a sterling that resists tarnishing more than regular sterling and also can be heat treated to a hardness equal to 14K yellow (~150 vickers)

[@Vanpotheosis]

Harder than gold...

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

GOLD AND SILVER PRICE IS MAINTAINED AND SELL THEM MINING LABOUR COST IS INCREASED......

[@Beowulf_98]

Silver is a precious metal. Silver and gold are the original coinage metals that date back to 6000 years ago, silver was more expensive than gold in ancient times because its less common as a native metal.

[@doihaley3134]

Very simply informative 😊 not too much jargon to try to understand....THANK YOU

[@HTCfan1234]

sterling silver is a precious metal, too. Just saying.

[@chipan9191]

she didn't say it wasn't a precious metal. she said it's not a traditional choice for a wedding or engagement ring. that's because it wears more easily than the other choices, and since you're always wearing wedding rings it's more likely to wear or break than the others.

[@kelvenguard]

YES she did at the end of the video, but she really meant more expensive metal

[@calangel]

chipan9191 actually, silver was used traditionally in that capacity. It's just not a contemporary metal choice. Well, I take that back. Silver is being used for more now than it was 10 years ago.

[@bitTorrenter]

Silver is a precious metal. Sterling Silver is an alloy.

[@Beowulf_98]

@@bitTorrenter sterling silver is still silver it's still a precious metal.

[@saxquiz]

Good explanations of the different metals pros and cons. Would have liked to see the difference in color too.

[@Interscope100]

I never had seen white gold before until now thanks!

[@divinity1079]

Silver is a precious metal....

[@chipan9191]

yes, but not a traditional metal for a wedding ring. it is too easy to damage for something you wear every day.

[@Beowulf_98]

@@chipan9191 golds the same it's soft. Do your homework

[@chipan9191]

desertfox xx98 yeah... but gold usually is mixed with other metals to make it stronger. Typically gold rings are only 14 or 16 karat.

[@Beowulf_98]

@@chipan9191 in England for gold to be classified as gold, 9ct is the lowest. So here in England the purity's go 9ct, 18ct and 22ct.

[@chipan9191]

desertfox xx98 great... that doesn’t refute what i was saying. Silver isn’t a popular choice for wedding rings because they don’t last like other precious metals do. Gold is better, but platinum is probably the best for a lasting ring.

A couple of years later gold prices fell back, I went to a jewelry store to have a ring made. I wanted my birthstone (Aquamarine) and I decided to be different and get the setting in white gold. I thought they mixed silver in with yellow gold to make the white gold ? I'm sure the stone was a synthetic stone. It was very different and people would comment on it, but they thought it was Sterling silver.

[@kuromibean]

This video contained all the info I was looking for...thank you!!! 😄

[@KrikawaJewelryDesignTucson]

Happy to help!

[@fabulouslifeinchrist1349]

What does 835 with sp in a hexagon with one corner open and three lines coming from both left and right side of hexagon but not touching it mean on a bracelet

[@calangel]

I know that they now have a tarnish resistant sterling alloy that can be kiln hardened in 30 minutes and gets as hard as 14K gold. Why not use this alloy?

[@robotaholic]

calangel hey I want to know about this. please send me a link or something. I'm a silver fanatic lol

[@calangel]

John Morris oh hey, KZbin didn't alert me about this! I'm a fan of silver as well. Go to stuller(dot)com, or search for 'continuum Sterling silver' in Google. A good place to go would be the bench Jeweler forums, that way you can learn about it. One bench Jeweler who only uses high karat gold and Platinum, routinely uses Continuum for making eye glass frames. His name is Joe, I believe, and he attests that once heat treated, this stuff has the wear resistance of of the commonly used stuff, including Platinum. I had a ring made of it, and although I have a newer one casted and heat treated by Stuller themselves, the older one still required very little polishing. Just washing your hands routinely (I work in healthcare) will keep any tarnish away!

[@robotaholic]

Silver is the shiniest metal that exists. All real mirrors use silver oxide. Silver is the most electrically conducive metal that exists, and it has antimicrobial properties. The trick to having perfect silver jewelry is to have 925 for the piece, then coat in pure silver because it doesn't tarnish. 925 tarnishes because they use copper to make it harder. Read Wikipedia or the encyclopedia. Thank you for the video, even though you threw silver under the bus.

[@MM5165]

you seem to know a lot about sterling silver I have a question! What metal is closest to sterling silver? We're adding a basket setting to hold my center stone on my sterling silver ring and I don't want there to be a noticeable difference between by sterling silver band and my basket setting being soldered to the ring? (The jeweler making the basket setting doesnt work with sterling silver so we have to choose something else)

[@Disinf3ctant]

I have 999 bullion bars which tarnished. I wouldn't bother. Daily wear pieces self polish and stuff that sits in the drawer can be cleaned with the bi carb and foil trick

[@khalil7011]

@@MM5165 I know this is a very old comment but to answer your question, the closest metals to sterling silver would be .935 Argentinium silver which contains more silver and uses germanium instead of copper/nickel to reduce tarnish, or alternatively fine silver which is just .999 pure silver. In terms of completely different metals to silver entirely, platinum looks the most similar to sterling silver though it is very expensive.

[@bitTorrenter]

@@khalil7011 One of the main positives in using Germanium is it prevents firescale.

[@Beowulf_98]

That's bullshit silver tarnishes no matter how pure the alloy.

[@karijussila7537]

I have heard that 19 k white gold can almost be as strong as platinum but doesn't form a patina. The jeweler I spoke with also mentioned that it's alloy will be whiter than 18k gold and that it doesn't require the Rhodium plating to maintain it's colour, making it lower maintenance. I was wondering if you know how the alloy changes to get these traits in 19k white gold, and if the claims of improved properties are fair?

[@girlisunglao6547]

I buy ring but is platinum 100 setting with diamond, I don't know what that means? 100 PT.

[@wyeung0827]

Pure gold and silver have the same mohs hardness of 2.5. its just depend on how it's mix with different metal to get different hardness. i dont understand why she said silver is softer than gold.

[@robotaholic]

sam I want to know about this, please send me a link or something

[@chipan9191]

because people only really get 14 karat or 18 karat white gold, and those are harder than silver.

[@argentummoonjewellery3503]

It’s true that pure gold (Vickers hardness of 30) is slightly softer than pure silver (Vickers hardness of 35) but alloyed and the hardness was change dramatically. 18k golds can range from 60 HV to 155 HV and standard Ag/Cu sterling is 70 HV

[@jeffw1267]

Platinum is only about 10% denser than gold. 21.3g/cc density vs. 19.3g/cc. You're right about it being harder to work with but it's also intrinsically harder and tougher than gold.

[@SJWsAttack]

But rings are generally denser because 14k White Gold only contains about 58% gold and the rest is Nickle or other alloys while Platinum rings are usually 95% platinum which is also why the are much more expensive.

[@calangel]

Once again, Jewelers are spreading that lie about Platinum not losing weight. A long term study published at the Santa Fe Symposium about Platinum shed the truth on this inadvertently. They studied the long term wear resistance of Platinum alloys, and the found that the alloys with the highest wear resistance were overwhelming the harder ones. Go figure. Also, one of the participant's rings was a 18KY/Plat inlay ring, and the microscopic pictures show how much more scratched and beat up the Platinum was. White gold and even yellow gold alloys are harder than Platinum Here's some additional info. They have silver alloys now that are harder than any but the most niche Platinum Platinum alloy like S2. Continuum, by Stuller, is the silver. You should use it. The real reasons so many people's Platinum jewelry lasts longer are that because of the cost and esteem afforded Platinum, people take better care of it. They're hard on gold, and even harder on silver. Also, metal preserving polishing techniques like burnishing are used on Platinum and seldom if ever on gold.

[@Disinf3ctant]

Rhodium plating is so confusing. Why even bother with the gold at that point.

[@kelvenguard]

just use a plastic ring and plate it... just a waste of Gold

[@drraeesahhassan9838]

Hahahahcthats what I said!! :D

[@Lookout4the3rdrail]

Question...if white metals are not perfect ? Is in your opinion gold perfect ?

[@Vanpotheosis]

1:46 Platinum today costs half as much as gold. Actually, gold has been less expensive than gold since 2008... Kind of calls the rest of the info into question.

[@casan0gal]

You sound like you are holding your burp throughout the video.

[@1011Nando]

😂😂😂

[@MM5165]

What metal is closest to sterling silver? We're adding a basket setting to hold my center stone on my sterling silver ring and I don't want there to be a noticeable difference between by sterling silver band and my basket setting being soldered to the ring? (The jeweler making the basket setting doesnt work with sterling silver so we have to choose something else)

[@massimilianoilardi3571]

Ciao signora come riconoscere il platinum e palladium con acido

[@StevenBeDrummin]

Of these metals, which is the whitest? Do you know of any alternative metals that are almost as white as these?

[@KrikawaJewelryDesignTucson]

Of these, platinum would be the 'whitest'. Here is some info on alternative metals - www.krikawa.com/ring-advice/about-precious-metals

[@frankv7068]

Silver! My pick

[@iamnoone348]

What about Titanium?

[@jamescook16]

honestly i think you did a good job think you very good information you know your stuff i would most definitely would buy from you

[@KrikawaJewelryDesignTucson]

Thank you James!

[@jamescook16]

@@KrikawaJewelryDesignTucson your very welcome ive always wondered the difference and no one ive ever asked could tell me they are like if it is not marked you cant tell ive always found that to be bs so thank you you helped alot

[@mrhawk1924]

You sell titanium diamond rings

[@jeffw1267]

How about a rhenium ring? Rhenium is much rarer than platinum and you can buy it for only $2/gram. So what about that? Huh?

[@nycupperes]

jeffw1267 It could be toxic and radioactive.

[@kelvenguard]

Turn you into GREEN LANTERN..... lol

[@polo8791]

sure you recommend the more expensive

[@opulan]

expensive things are expensive for a reason, if they weren't good they wouldn't be pricey. Recommending the best is what a retailer or business should do

[@Beowulf_98]

Alex G so that they get more money out of you, company's don't give a fuck about the customer anymore. they just want your money. 😒

[@chipan9191]

you want a cheaper durable ring get tungsten. it will never scratch or bend. that's becoming the most common wedding band for men in the US.

[@TheDestineyAngel]

Why buy a ring when you could just get a ring pop for your special somebody.

[@jmdza]

I swear I've seen her in that Parks and recreation show

[@shinyam75]

What about aluminum?

[@AndrewVanBouwman]

its good, Keep the edges of your homemade pies from burning by covering them with it

[@chipan9191]

personally i prefer tungsten. you'll never scratch it, and it will keep forever so long as you don't wack it on something hard all the time.

[@SuperDeadRooster]

@@chipan9191 I think you'd have to smack a diamond.

[@chipan9191]

@@SuperDeadRooster no. Tungsten is hard but it's also brittle. If you hit it hard on a metal surface it will shatter. But a diamonds and tungsten tools are the only thing that can scratch it.

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

GOLD AND SILVER PRICE IS MAINTAINED AND SELL THEM MINING LABOUR COST IS INCREASED........

[@power_of_Christ_God]

Gold cost more than platinum now

[@Vanpotheosis]

Since 2008*

[@aznbx2417]

As of today... 9/3/19 Gold is $1525 per oz Palladium is $1540 per oz Platinum is $943 per oz Silver is $18.45 per oz And btw Silver is considered a precious metal...🤦‍♂️ Do your own research folks.

[@Macewrx]

thanks Is there any difference in colour plat and plad?

[@KrikawaJewelryDesignTucson]

+Macewrx Palladium is a hair darker. It's super hard to distinguish, practically impossible if the piece is polished. Holding two sandblasted, identical pieces, there is a minute difference in shade. The easiest way to tell the difference is by heft. Palladium is significantly lighter than platinum.

[@Macewrx]

Krikawa Jewelry okay I want a Snake chain With a nice polish I would go with silver but the shine does not last im not a fan of white gold. I wonder why then dont Sel platinum mix with Palladium I want plantium but I dont want the denses or cost soo hard to chose

[@Beowulf_98]

Krikawa Jewelry sterling silver is a precious metal you clearly have no idea it's been a precious metal for 5000 years it was known to humans since the stone age, the other's are precious to you because they get you more money, your no fucking different from other jewellers. all you want is people's money. greedy cow. 😠😡

[@IlkinSantak]

@@Beowulf_98 Not precious. Too cheap.

[@Beowulf_98]

@@IlkinSantak it was used in coinage for thousands of years and its more pricey than other metals, so it is a precious metal.

[@critterpower]

Where is the video where they show a set of goddamn rings next to each other so I can simply see the difference up close?! You had one job....

[@mycolouralchemy1259]

Platinum isn't super expensive anymore...costs less than gold 😁