white gold ring - cleaning & re-dipping

apple_green · December 2009

I've had my white gold e-ring for 4 months now. I seem to remember reading that you should have it cleaned twice a year... is that correct? And how often do you have it re-dipped (not sure if that's the right term)?

I can tell it needs both of these things - it's not quite as sparkly and there are some scratches in the gold. I'm lazy though, since the jewelry store where FH got it is a good 40 minute drive away!

danieliza1127 · December 2009

The jewelry stores recommend every 6 months to year, just depending on how much it needs it. A good cleaning will do wonders though. If you've only had it 4 months, I wouldn't get it dipped yet but I would take it in and have them clean it. Any jewelry store will do it for you while you wait and look around, it only takes a couple of minutes.

I had my e-ring dipped after one year. Now it's been a year and 3 months and both my e-ring and wedding band need it, I'm just too lazy to go have it done. I'll probably do it this month though.

ButtonsPepper · December 2009

I've had mine just over a year, it's been re dipped once, and needs it again. I can see my white gold ring needing to be re dipped every 6 months, but I will probably do it once a year. Cleaning will be every 6 weeks. Check your contract if you have it insured, there should be something stating you needing to get it cleaned/inspected to make sure all settings are good to go. I know with mine if I don't get it checked once a year, the insurance won't hold up if I lose a diamond or something.

pandasquishy · December 2009

I have a white gold ring, I clean it whenever I want either with the solution they gave me at the store, or I take it to the store and get it power cleaned. There's no limit.

I haven't had mine redipped yet and I've had it for a year and a half. It really needs to be done and I'll do it before the wedding.

sucrets4 · December 2009

I just got my ering dipped after a year. They cleaned it as well.

I clean it at home about once a week with the red jar of cleaner stuff. I've heard that getting it professionally cleaned too much isn't a good thing, but I'm not sure how true it is. It kinda makes sense, though.

I don't think my mom ever cleaned her rings or had them redipped. She said that occasionally she'd clean it with some ammonia, lol. She's so low maintenance.

apple_green · December 2009

I'm thinking about having it cleaned this weekend... I know I want it cleaned and dipped right before the wedding in September, so maybe I'll wait until then to get it dipped the first time. I'm bad, I never clean my ring at home!

kristinanddan · December 2009

I have mine cleaned and re-dipped every 6 months. Takes all of 2 minutes, and I can tell (and hate) when the gold has started to turn yellow.

danieliza1127 · December 2009

Kristin, the dipping takes 2 minutes? When my jeweler did it in store they kept the ring 24 hours, and now that they don't do it in the store anymore, it takes 7-10 business days.

apple_green · December 2009

Like Dani, I was told it would take a week or two

kristinanddan · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_white-gold-ring-cleaning-re-dipping?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:d42363ad-1240-4f3f-82fa-380fe6252bf2Post:733cf8b8-3c8e-41d3-846d-25a3dec7f32e">Re: white gold ring - cleaning & re-dipping</a>:
[QUOTE]Kristin, the dipping takes 2 minutes? When my jeweler did it in store they kept the ring 24 hours, and now that they don't do it in the store anymore, it takes 7-10 business days.
Posted by danieliza1127[/QUOTE]

Our jewelery store does it right there while we are waiting. Is your ring from a chain jeweler? I believe they send it out to have done.

danieliza1127 · December 2009

It's not a national chain, but I think it's a local chain. They clean it while we wait, but not the dipping.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · December 2009

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[QUOTE]I just got my ering dipped after a year. They cleaned it as well. I clean it at home about once a week with the red jar of cleaner stuff. I've heard that getting it professionally cleaned too much isn't a good thing, but I'm not sure how true it is. It kinda makes sense, though. I don't think my mom ever cleaned her rings or had them redipped. She said that occasionally she'd clean it with some ammonia, lol. She's so low maintenance.
Posted by sucrets4[/QUOTE]

Someone on another board mentioned that her jeweler said if you get them re-dipped too often, it wears away at the gold, since a tiny layer of gold is stripped off when they do it.

My mom never had her's dipped, either, but it was a little yellow-ish. I have a 10k white gold glass ring from high school which looked good for about a year, then started to get a yellowish cast.

kristinanddan · December 2009

I wonder if the dippng process is different if it is done quickly in the store or if they send it away - maybe it is more permanent? Mine does seem to need to be re-dipped every 6 months, maybe it isn't as good.

missy68 · December 2009

I was asked to bring my ring in every 6 months for it to be inspected (the stones) and cleaned. They've both been cleaned once (rings were purchased together in April, and I took them in just after the wedding, in October).

The engagement ring is a little more scratched than the wedding ring, but there are some scratches on the wedding ring from the Ering.

Neither needs to be redipped at this point, and show no signs of yellowing.

They can be both redipped and resized in the store, within a couple of hours (sizing), overnight at most depending on the time of day and their workload. I REALLY liked that about this store. It is a chain (Jared), but their store is a little separate from the mall which supposedly also allows them to use the tools necessary to do the work in house.

iamjoesgurl · December 2009

I think my jeweler called it re-plating and they recommended it every year. They did it for free when we picked up my band (the yellow was showing through on my engagement ring). I think that white gold is naturally a little yellow and the re-plating is to put a thin layer of another metal over the white gold. My jewelry store has jewelers onsite to do the work so they can do it in a matter of a few hours. I can see it taking longer if they have to send it out to be done.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · December 2009

Kristin - it can depend on your environment and skin chemistry - how fast the gold will yellow.

joesgirl - white gold is mixed with another, white metal to make it "white". It's really made from yellow gold, because gold only comes in one color in nature. They plate it with rhodium, usually, to keep it white.

tlv204 · December 2009

I had never heard of redipping actually until a few months ago. I have to have it inspected and cleaned every 6 months for the warranty, but they never said anything about redipping. However, when I took it in right before the wedding to have my wedding band attached, it came back much "whiter," so maybe they did it then and I didn't realize it? I had had it about a year and a half at that point.

lawstudent1 · December 2009

Does redipping hurt the diamonds????
My ring is white gold with lots of little pave diamonds....II'm guessing the rhodium dip isn't supposed to get on the diamonds, which makes it seem like it would be impossible to get mine cleaned? I'm getting married in June, and the last time I tried my e-ring on with my band (also white gold) the e-ring was yellower than the band and needed to be dipped.

phoeny_moonstar · December 2009

Mine gets cleaned every other month, and gets re-dipped twice a year per insurance.

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