If you are interested in the gold vermeil products, you should at least learn about the vermeil itself before going for this product type.
First, what is a “vermeil”? Some of you might have no idea at all about the meaning for this word. Vermeil (pronounced as Ver-May) is referred to a piece of jewelry that consisting of at least 92.5% of silver and coated with at least 2.5 microns of gold. The quality of gold should be higher or equal to 14K. The higher gold content would be the better for the gold vermeil jewelry product.
Then, there are two different way for electro plating product.
The Flash plating is the method that dipped the metal into the gold electroplating solution for a short time. This method is also called “color plating” as only little of gold will be coated on the metal piece. By this way, the gold will wear off within a couple week.
The Micron plating – this method is measured the coated gold on the metal surface. This is the standard method for gold vermeil. The jewelry pieces are placed in a gold solution for certain of time, depend on the gold thickness which in general, 2.5 micron is an acceptable thickness for gold vermeil jewelry.
Check for the color of gold vermeil jewelry before make a purchase. The different of gold quality will give a different color in gold vermeil jewelry. The 14K, 18K, 24K, 32K of yellow gold, pink gold or other gold tone will give a different color tone on the gold vermeil pieces.
If you are decided to go with the gold vermeil jewelry, the only recommendation is, go with the trustable seller. As you can see from the above information that there are different way for plating, and if you are not use to these technique, you might not be able to differentiate between the flash plating and micro plating items. Talk to the sellers, ask for their comment on each pieces. Talking to the sellers can give you more information than you can expect. You will probably learn a new tip on how to look for the high quality gold jewelry that you are not known before. Keep talking and ask for their advice for the best piece you should go for.
