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okay! for venusparfait and all us jewelry makers here on listia, this is what fire mountain gems just told me in a live chat about gold plated jewelry findings:
"Gold plating has an industry standard of of .15 to .25 mils thickness of gold, silver or nickel which is plated to the surface of the base metal."
karat refers in this case not to the weight as it does in other instances such as gemstones, but quality of the gold. oh shoot, now i forgot just exactly what she said, but i know 18kt gold plated is much softer than 10kt gold plated. and i believe this has to do with the percentage of the gold (which is mixed with some other metal) in the mixture used for plating. it is layered over another metal. and plating, we all know this i think, will eventually wear off if the jewelry is worn. the more often and the longer it is worn, the quicker the plating will wear off. gold filled, you guys probably know this too, is 100 times more durable than gold plated, this gold is mixed with, not layered onto, the base metal used for the jewelry. but then of course it is much more costly. anybody can enhance this conversation, or correct me, i would appreciate it. thanks!

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Mar 10th, 2012 at 1:45:34 PM PST by

what karat of gold is it plated with?

Mar 9th, 2012 at 9:57:41 AM PST by

various items in auction. i don't know offhand and will have to research that information for each type of finding. when i have purchase jewelry findings, i don't recall the karat ever being mentioned. or the method of plating. perhaps this would be more important to me if i were making very expensive jewelry, but i am new at this and am settling for the best quality i can afford. i will see if i can find anything out and get back to you.

Mar 10th, 2012 at 1:08:02 PM PST by

this is supposed to be free shipping! YIKES!

Mar 11th, 2012 at 8:50:56 AM PDT by

Free shipping! i messed up on this auction. don't know how this happened.

Mar 11th, 2012 at 8:51:42 AM PDT by

FREE SHIPPING. oh geez. too late. anyway, free shipping always on my auctions.

Mar 11th, 2012 at 8:52:54 AM PDT by

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