What is 'rhodium plating'?

What is 'rhodium plating'?

Rhodium plating is the process used to plate finished jewelry pieces to get a harder, more brilliant white appearance. Rhodium plating is used in the plating of white gold pieces once it's finished, because it has yellowish stains that gold tends to have. It's also used, in cases, to finish platinum pieces to give it a shinier more polished look. Overtime the rhodium finish tends to wear, and that's natural. It happens to wear and tear. It's very, very easy, and it should be inexpensive to have your ring re-rhodium finished at a jewellery store by a professional.