Why Is My White Gold Ring Turning Yellow? Rhodium Plating Explained
White gold turns yellow when its rhodium plating wears thin and the warmer alloy underneath shows. Why it happens, how often rings need replating, and what else you can choose.
The Journal
Straight answers before you buy: how lab-grown diamonds compare, what the 4Cs mean, how to choose a setting, size a ring, care for your jewelry and sell gold. Written at our showroom in Paramus.
Jewelry Care
3 articles
Can Any Ring Be Resized? Bigger, Smaller, How Often and How Fast
Whether a ring can be resized bigger, smaller or more than once, which styles cannot be, what affects cost and turnaround, and when a repair cannot wait.
How to Clean a Diamond Ring at Home (and When to See a Jeweler)
GIA's at-home method for cleaning a diamond ring, what never to use, when ultrasonic cleaners are risky, white gold and rhodium, and a simple professional care schedule.