Rhodium Plating
Showroom-Grade White.
Rhodium plating for white gold and finished jewelry — even, durable, and color-matched to your brand's showroom tone.
And when a piece
actually needs it.
Rhodium plating is a thin electroplated layer of white precious metal applied over white gold to give it the bright, cool tone customers expect. White gold is not naturally white — it is a yellow-gold alloy, and as the plating wears the warm base colour shows through, usually first on the underside of a ring shank. You need re-plating when a white gold piece looks yellowish or patchy, typically every twelve to twenty-four months on daily wear.
$60–$120 depending on piece size and how much surface preparation the item needs first.
Ranges are consumer-facing guidance from our published guides. Every job is confirmed in writing after evaluation.
Read more in Rhodium Plating Guide and How Much Does Jewelry Repair Cost?. Often paired with Polishing & Refinishing.
Engineered for
retail programs.
Plating tanks are temperature- and chemistry-monitored daily, so the tone delivered in volume matches the sample you approved on day one.
Pieces are stripped, deep-cleaned, and inspected for porosity before plating — a missed prep step is the most common cause of premature wear in field-returned pieces.
Inside the
rhodium plating bench.
Every job is bench-executed by senior jewelers — never outsourced, never automated past the standards of fine jewelry.
How the job
moves through.
Insured Intake
Pieces logged, photographed, and assigned a tracked job ticket on arrival.
Bench Execution
Routed to the senior jeweler matched to the repair discipline required.
Multi-Point QC
Second-jeweler inspection against original photos and your program spec.
Branded Return
Cleaned, polished, packaged in your branded materials, insured back to store.
Rhodium Plating,
answered.
Specific questions about rhodium plating — what it costs, when it's needed, and what we do differently.
- How long does rhodium plating last?
- On a daily-worn ring, roughly twelve to eighteen months; on earrings or pendants, several years. Wear rate is driven by friction, not age.
- Can yellow or rose gold be rhodium plated?
- Yes, though it is a cosmetic change rather than a restoration — and it will need periodic renewal. Two-tone pieces are masked so only the intended areas are plated.
- Why does plating sometimes fail early?
- Almost always inadequate preparation. Residual polishing compound or unaddressed porosity stops the rhodium bonding, so every piece here is stripped, ultrasonically cleaned, and porosity-checked before it enters the bath.
Ready to add rhodium plating to your
repair program?
Explore the full
repair bench.
Ring Sizing & Resizing
Precision ring sizing and resizing for retail chains and brand partners — sizing up, sizing down, and structural resizing across gold, silver, and platinum.
Learn about Ring Sizing & Resizing 02Prong Retipping & Rebuilding
Worn, broken, or missing prongs rebuilt and re-tipped under high magnification — protecting center stones and accent diamonds.
Learn about Prong Retipping & Rebuilding 03Stone Tightening & Replacement
Loose stones tightened, missing stones replaced — with GIA-graded matching for diamonds and bonded sourcing for colored stones.
Learn about Stone Tightening & Replacement