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Material Programme

Gold Filled

Not a coating but a bonded layer — a sheet of karat gold mechanically fused to a base core under heat and pressure, measured as a percentage of the total weight.

Layered gold filled heart pendant necklaces
Specification

What you are buying

The numbers our quotation is built on. Every one of them is adjustable — tell us your target and we will engineer to it.

Standards

1/20 14K · 1/20 12K · 1/10 available

Gold content

5% or 10% of total weight

Core

Jeweller's brass

Bond

Mechanically bonded, heat and pressure

Forms

Wire · sheet · chain · findings

Tarnish

Highly resistant; safe for daily wear
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Everyday fine jewelry

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Permanent jewelry

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Chain programmes

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Wellness and body jewelry

Straight answers

What buyers ask us

How is gold filled different from gold plated?
Thickness and method. Plating deposits a microns-thin layer electrochemically; gold filled bonds a sheet of karat gold that is a measured percentage of the item's weight — around a hundred times more gold. Plating wears through, gold filled generally does not.
What does 1/20 14K mean?
The gold layer is 1/20th — five percent — of the total weight, and that gold is 14 karat. It is a weight ratio, which is why gold filled is quoted differently from plating.
Is gold filled suitable for permanent jewelry?
Yes, and it is one of the most common choices for it, because welded-on pieces are never removed and so need a finish that tolerates constant contact with skin, water and friction.
Next step

Price a gold filled collection

Six steps, the same questions our factory asks internally, and a costed answer back from our team.

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