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Can you colour platinum

Hi I'm a level six jewellery student and was wondering if anyone knows if you can colour platinum at all.

Sarah Roston
trainee jeweller - Sheffiled, South Yorkshire, U.K
publicly reply to Sarah Roston

Try black platinum plating, or black rhodium [adv: black rhodium plating solution on eBay or Amazon [affil links] or even nickel. Hope it helps and good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2006
publicly reply to Goran Budija

Platinum cannot be colored. Black platinum is caused by improper plating techniques and the platinum bath is thereby completely ruined.

Blake Kneedler
Feather Hollow Eng. - Stockton, California
2006
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