which is better ? i have heard that white gold looses its luster after a while and tends to loose its shape over time … with palladium ive heard it has the same qualities as platinum but is about 25% cheaper in price … is it better to buy palladium or should i just shell out the extra money in platinum?
I will just say that i had serious problems with my platinum ring. It bent out of shape VERY easily and i actually lost a diamond out of my setting because of it. I eventually traded in my ring to get a white gold one because of all the problems i had.
That being said i talked to a jeweler about all of this and this is what they told me. Gold is actually STRONGER than platinum. Platinum is very bendable so it can make the ring get out of shape easily. The advantage of platinum is that it wont wear thin…it keeps its weight in other words.
White gold is really just yellow gold with a wash over it. Becauase of this the ring can yellow a bit over time, however if you have a good insurance plan with the place you got the ring they can re-wash it in the stuff that makes it white gold easily and it should not cost you any money. If you have a good ring you should only have to do this once every 1-2 years so it really isnt a big issue. Now white gold can wear thing quicker than platinum, (which means over time it loses weight basically) but i havent had a single problem with my white gold ring as far as bending out of shape/losing diamonds/ and other problems.
The jeweler i talked to said she personally NEVER buys platinum as it generally has more problmes than gold. Platinum is more of status symbol because it is more expensive and it is in vogue right now.
In short…get white gold and a bigger diamond, thats what i ended up doing after a year of problems with a platinum ring.