Whether you need to refresh the rhodium plating on your engagement ring, or you want to add some color to an older brooch with some new gold plating, our experts are here to help. We can plate an item in just about any color you'd like thanks to the excellent high-tech tools we have at our disposal, and we'll return your item to you looking as good as the day you bought it.
Each item of jewelry is unique, and in order to give your piece the best possible care, we take all of its particular features into account as we work on it. For each gold or rhodium plating project, however, we do follow the same general steps.
As you may already know if you have any white gold jewelry, white gold is almost always plated with rhodium to give it a bright white color. Rhodium plating may be used on other colors of gold as well. But no matter what type of metal is underneath, the rhodium will eventually wear away, especially in the spots that are subject to the most friction.
This is especially true of rings, which are constantly in contact with your skin and other elements in the environment. Fortunately, applying a new layer of rhodium plating is a quick and easy process for our professional craftsmen, and we'll quickly have your rings or other pieces sparkling white again.
Rhodium plating is also appropriate when an older layer of plating is wearing thin, but it can give you the freedom to change the color of a piece as well. For instance, if you have an old yellow gold ring that you like the design of but you prefer a different color, we can take care of that for you.
We use only the latest technological tools in our work, and that gives us the ability to restore the shine or adjust the color to all kinds of fine jewelry. We can work on your antique pendant or your new custom made engagement ring, and the results will be equally stunning. Our experts also have extensive knowledge of the industry, and so can advise you about the best way to get your piece looking just the way you want it.
I admit flat out that I am a gemstone jewelry junkie. Off-the-shelf, manufactured jewelry doesn't satisfy me any more, and I "need" to create custom jewelry at least a few times a year. Joseph Jewelry is my favorite shop. Even if I am not shopping (but always looking), I love stopping in and chatting with Danny, his brother Joseph, and sweet Pascale, plus Ryan and Bonnie. They are terrific, know their stuff, and are always showing me something new. Lately, they have special events like a visiting fancy gemstone cutter who shares her collection of unique stones. I have had antique jewelry remade into new pieces, new pieces created from their designs, and new pieces from a few designs that I have mashed together. Their work always delights me and I will return (again and and again.)