White Gold Wedding Bands

Mens White Gold Wedding Bands are very much in fashion nowadays for many good reasons.
They have a different look and feel from the conventional yellow gold bands and bestow a degree of exclusivity to the wearer.

White variety of gold is similar in look to the more pricey and luxurious metals like platinum & titanium without costing as much.

The neutral white colour matches and goes with all attires.

White gold wedding bands are more sturdy and scratch resistant than their yellow gold equivalents because of the stronger metals that are used to make them.

They can be adorned with all types of gemstones such as diamonds. The neutral white colour emphasizes the beauty of the gemstones making them appear more lustrous and sensational.

Generally, White variety gold is rhodium polished and if this plating wears out, it can be re-polished with rhodium to get the shiny new look back again.

White gold wedding bands will need special care and maintenance. They should not be cleansed with any kind of cleaning solutions as they might get corroded and blackened. They should be regularly cleaned with silver polish cloth to keep them gleaming. Also, they should be taken off while doing cleaning work or any type of work which may damage the band.

Initially White variety of gold started gaining popularity for making jewelry as an alternate to the more expensive and scarce platinum which was out of reach of many people. Nowadays, white gold has come on its own and is vastly fashionable. It has become a preferred a medium for shaping all types of jewelry items.
White variety of gold is created by mixing yellow gold with metals like silver, palladium or platinum to give it a white color. Such a mixture of metals is termed as alloy.

Pure yellow gold by itself is a very soft metal and jewelry crafted out of white gold would be very delicate. Therefore yellow gold jewelry is crafted out of gold reinforced with Copper or Zinc while white variety of gold is reinforced and bleached with silver, palladium or platinum as stated above.

The degree of content of gold in a piece of jewelry (be it yellow or white) is determined in karats. The term karat which is used to denote purity of gold should not be mixed up with the term carat which is the measure of weight of a gemstone.

Yellow gold wedding bands for men also remain a popular choice for their traditional look and feel. Also, yellow and white gold wedding bands of the same karat weights have more or less the same value. The difference lies in personal tastes, preferences and a choice between the classical and the modern.

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