Rhodium plated is my favourite. Not only is there no maintenance of sterling silver but I also like the colour and look better!! Thanks for another great video!!
I personally prefer the look of silver without dipping, dipping it makes it look darker. I much prefer having to polish it and keeping that natural silver look
Whenever I order silver and it comes rhodium dipped I always get worried I’ve been ripped off cuz it looks so close to stainless and nothing like actual silver 🤣
I have a 10mm 24” rhodium dipped chain and a 10mm 7.5” rhodium dipped bracelet both from GVJ. They’re absolutely worth it 👌🏻 Gus is the real deal. And his customer service, craftsmanship, and timeliness are second to none.
I just got a 24 inch silver 8mm cuban made by Gus Villa it looks amazing … i got a 10mm gus bracelet already …im trying the silver for both to get sizing before i go for the 18k gold upgrade ……i wanted a 10mm but gus answering machine was full …gus fix your phone system bro ….you make a great product and your channel info is on point thanks for all you do
Between ypu and Cubs Knoes, I've gotten an incredible amount of education in the past week. TBH I don't think yellow gold looks good on me. And I would never buy something that is gold plated. But you're honest reviews of other Jewelers products has been invaluable! If I want an old man on a fixed income living in the projects in inner city Portland Oregon, I'd invest in a fat handmade white gold Cuban link in at leadt 8 mm & 26" long. I'm nearly blind and can't even really appreciate the facial reactions of other people who will be looking at my jewelry. So my goal is to get a piece that I can glance down at my chest and admire for myself. I judt adore longer firey or icy chains! But I have a burning question that I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere. What does a 26" to 28 chain with substantial girth look like on a guy who's about 5'7" 175 lb? Since my interest in having the jewelry is to be able to admire it for myself as in rockin it, i need to see about where it would rest. I can't find videos of people rockin anything longer than 26" unless they have a pendant. I know you're a real busy man. But do you thinlk you could baby find a picture of a video of a guy wearing a long thick chain? Thankman!
Aluminum foil, very hot water, salt, baking soda... Look it up on TH-cam or Google it works wonders on cleaning gold and silver. For copper coins use aluminum foil and white vinegar
no, get the chemicals ignore that guy. get wrights silver cream, you can remove tarnish and polish it at the same time. best of both worlds. make sure you get the round one, it comes with a nice little magic eraser. trust me bro, this is the way to go, been polishing jewelry for over 20 years. tarn-x is great for quickie, takes seconds if your piece is still fairly new. but it doesn't really polish it like wrights. i only use tarn-x for high tarnished pieces. tarn-x is NOT good for you bro, wrights silver cream is fairly mild.
I work in construction and wear my bracelet daily ..I got some bleach on it the other day …f’d it up bad …i hit it with the polishing wheel …looks amazing took a min or two ….if it was rhodium plated im thinking the bleach would have messed that up too and the wheel i imagine would have taken the coating off …so i agree with you if you wear it everyday dont dip in my opinion
@@erikdexter3100I'm gonna buy a chain shortly for daily wear. Im in construction too and own a couple of good sanding machines, how often do you need to polish your bracelet and what grade? Does polishing affect its life?
Awesome Video Gus. I have another Q&A… Playing off the Rhodium dipping question. Whats the difference between Rhodium Dip vs Palladium Dip vs White Gold Plating Silver?
Ok.. so I’m thinking about getting a 10mm 24” silver cuban… I’ve been shopping. Because I shop the shit out of everything… I will probably wear this chain a lot .. the difference between the Rhodium and non Rhodium is $300 extra .. so if I go non Rhodium and use a ultrasonic cleaner.. I should be able to clean the chain whenever it gets dirty without damaging it… right?! I only have one chain ( figaro link 14k 22”) that I have had since I was 16 and never comes off. But I have always wanted a cuban. Thanks for any advice you have. I really want a 8mm 14k 22” ( but can’t afford that right now) maybe someday 🤷♂️ The main reason I am looking at buying from you is because you are “local “ ( I live in central Florida) and you have hand made products chains.
Im from germany and i have a friend and he is a goldsmith so i requested if he can make me a 10mm 21,5cm 925 silver cubanlink bracelet whit an boxlock. After two years now i have startet to wear only whitegold so the color of the bracelet wouldnt look so nice in combo with my whitegold chain and rings and i decidet so rhodium plating it at a very well known jewelery shop in my town. It cost me around 85€ to dip it and i dont regret it because it looks now exactly like my whitegold chain and rings.
It wears off easily. Its makes it look like stainless steel. It's expensive. It's a total no for the rhodium plating. Only rhodium plate if you are gonna to have it locked away for ever and never wear it 😂
Gus is informative, but he forgot one of the biggest cons, Rhodium can last you anywhere from 3 months to a year before it needs to be replaced. That's a "convenient" con he forgot about, and shouldn't he mention this? Or he is trying to sell more expensive jewelry? This alone makes me like him a little bit less here. And like you said, it literally looks like stainless, sterling silver is so beautiful, leave it alone people! You can remove tarnish easily with wrights silver cream and polish it at the same time in less than one minute. If you see black/brown spots on your silver, a lot of people get all upset and think tarnish is ever-lasting, it's easily removable, that is a beautiful thing for me to see.
@@nickhobbs6514 Uh oh, what to do, admit defeat, or....yes...perfect...slander. So Mr. Evidence, how come our boy chose to say it at the END of the video? Maybe he knows many won't finish the video, thus more chains in Rhodium will be sold. How can we ladies and gentlemen of the jury know for sure...that this wasn't his plan all along?
@@snapple21i wonder if some are made with white metals in the alloy itself because i have white gold rings with chips in them (and an old 18k one that's split) and the entire things are white
Clean my ropes after/before wear. Before to give nice shine, after to remove anything from it. Been wearing silver since my first cuban in 6th grade in 96. 6mm w diamond cut on one side, with a big eagle.
"It resembles white gold" because white gold is plated in rhodium too. Duh? Rhodium plating looks like stainless steel. No reason to plate silver in it. Gus promotes it because he wants to make more money.
To be fair lots of people are weird and wanna rock stuff that looks like white gold for cheap. Natural silver does look better tho, tarnished black or polished. I always question if I got ripped off with steel if I order a silver piece and it comes plated
I disagree, Rhodium outshines stainless steel, there not even comparable for people who are really into this stuff. Like...at all. I still agree natural silver is the better way to go, you can easily remove the tarnish. And yes it does look somewhat like steel color-wise, but not the way it shines, a rhodium piece can be extremely beautiful and sparkle a way natural silver can not.
@@vision821k4 They are very comparable to people with proper vision. Sorry, your elitist-slanted reply is gonna get you nowhere. Rhodium factually does not shine brighter than silver as silver reflects more light. Do more research. Stainless steel when also mirror polished is at best only 4% less light reflected. Something you're unlikely to even perceive unless under specific lighting conditions and side by side. Given a 74% figure for rhodium, it is just factually far duller than silver which reflects 95-99% of visible light. Silver is, in fact, the shiniest metal (and unless you want to tone down the bright shine, plating it is objectively bad).
@@matthewdavis9437 Wrong. Rhodium has a reflectivity of 70 percent, sterling silver has a 40 percent reflectivity. Where did this 95-99 percent claim come from? Evidence? You know, the evidence you don't have because it doesn't exist HAHAHA. You don't have proper vision or education since anyone not even an expert but a love for jewelry knows this. And if you were capable of reading, why call me an elitist when I said I like natural sterling silver more? Did you miss that part dummy?
How Gus doesn't have millions of subscribers is beyond me, his videos are insanely informative and well put together. Keep this up man! Big props.
He's only been on TH-cam for 6 months , and I agree he should have a million easy , gus is killing it 👏
Rhodium plated is my favourite. Not only is there no maintenance of sterling silver but I also like the colour and look better!! Thanks for another great video!!
I personally prefer the look of silver without dipping, dipping it makes it look darker. I much prefer having to polish it and keeping that natural silver look
Whenever I order silver and it comes rhodium dipped I always get worried I’ve been ripped off cuz it looks so close to stainless and nothing like actual silver 🤣
I have a 10mm 24” rhodium dipped chain and a 10mm 7.5” rhodium dipped bracelet both from GVJ. They’re absolutely worth it 👌🏻 Gus is the real deal. And his customer service, craftsmanship, and timeliness are second to none.
GVJ is so good in fact that I also have a gold over silver 8mm chain from them. And I also just recently ordered a 6mm 14k solid gold chain
How much extra was the dip?
@@MGIV-vb7dz I forget exactly how much off hand. I want to say it was a couple hundred extra
Really thinking about getting a 950 or 999 Cuban. This is good information. As always with this page
I just got a 24 inch silver 8mm cuban made by Gus Villa it looks amazing … i got a 10mm gus bracelet already …im trying the silver for both to get sizing before i go for the 18k gold upgrade ……i wanted a 10mm but gus answering machine was full …gus fix your phone system bro ….you make a great product and your channel info is on point thanks for all you do
Hello! For. Scratch resistance which is best for plating between rhodium, platinum and palladium? Which plating could not scratch and last long?
I bought a rhodium Iced out chain ❤
Between ypu and Cubs Knoes, I've gotten an incredible amount of education in the past week.
TBH I don't think yellow gold looks good on me. And I would never buy something that is gold plated.
But you're honest reviews of other Jewelers products has been invaluable!
If I want an old man on a fixed income living in the projects in inner city Portland Oregon, I'd invest in a fat handmade white gold Cuban link in at leadt 8 mm & 26" long.
I'm nearly blind and can't even really appreciate the facial reactions of other people who will be looking at my jewelry. So my goal is to get a piece that I can glance down at my chest and admire for myself.
I judt adore longer firey or icy chains!
But I have a burning question that I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere. What does a 26" to 28 chain with substantial girth look like on a guy who's about 5'7" 175 lb? Since my interest in having the jewelry is to be able to admire it for myself as in rockin it, i need to see about where it would rest.
I can't find videos of people rockin anything longer than 26" unless they have a pendant.
I know you're a real busy man. But do you thinlk you could baby find a picture of a video of a guy wearing a long thick chain?
Thankman!
Whats the best way to get silver cleaned up at home to give it that high polish look ?
Aluminum foil, very hot water, salt, baking soda... Look it up on TH-cam or Google it works wonders on cleaning gold and silver. For copper coins use aluminum foil and white vinegar
no, get the chemicals ignore that guy. get wrights silver cream, you can remove tarnish and polish it at the same time. best of both worlds. make sure you get the round one, it comes with a nice little magic eraser. trust me bro, this is the way to go, been polishing jewelry for over 20 years. tarn-x is great for quickie, takes seconds if your piece is still fairly new. but it doesn't really polish it like wrights. i only use tarn-x for high tarnished pieces. tarn-x is NOT good for you bro, wrights silver cream is fairly mild.
I'll stand on what I said. High maintenance high reward!!! Don't dip!!!
Why?
@@sheritee7328 ir chips off pretty easily and you will need to dip it again. Obviously not the worst thing in the world, just annoying
I work in construction and wear my bracelet daily ..I got some bleach on it the other day …f’d it up bad …i hit it with the polishing wheel …looks amazing took a min or two ….if it was rhodium plated im thinking the bleach would have messed that up too and the wheel i imagine would have taken the coating off …so i agree with you if you wear it everyday dont dip in my opinion
@@erikdexter3100 Right on
@@erikdexter3100I'm gonna buy a chain shortly for daily wear. Im in construction too and own a couple of good sanding machines, how often do you need to polish your bracelet and what grade? Does polishing affect its life?
Awesome Video Gus. I have another Q&A… Playing off the Rhodium dipping question. Whats the difference between Rhodium Dip vs Palladium Dip vs White Gold Plating Silver?
Ok.. so I’m thinking about getting a 10mm 24” silver cuban… I’ve been shopping. Because I shop the shit out of everything… I will probably wear this chain a lot .. the difference between the Rhodium and non Rhodium is $300 extra .. so if I go non Rhodium and use a ultrasonic cleaner.. I should be able to clean the chain whenever it gets dirty without damaging it… right?!
I only have one chain ( figaro link 14k 22”) that I have had since I was 16 and never comes off. But I have always wanted a cuban.
Thanks for any advice you have.
I really want a 8mm 14k 22” ( but can’t afford that right now) maybe someday 🤷♂️
The main reason I am looking at buying from you is because you are “local “ ( I live in central Florida) and you have hand made products chains.
You the man! No more DJI for me..
Show us a video of you guys dipping in rhodim next video
I just get platinum! But jewelers ain't ready for that convo cause it don't make them money 😂😂😂 Hey Gus, can you rhodium plate my platinum?
what width/size are those cubans on ur neck?
It's .80 per gram to coat gold on silver. How much do you charge to put another coat of rhodium on or is that not a service you offer?
Is there a way to know whether or not you have true Rhodium on your chain and not to the "fake" rhodium?
Can you take rhodium dipped jewelry swimming in the ocean and in pools?
Where can you get rhodium plating done?
Kay jewelry does it. It’s $100 for a dipping.
Is yellow gold electro dip to look rose gold worth it ?
“That drug money”
Excuse me why are you calling me out Gus😂😂
Just kidding I swear😅
How about .999 Silver? Sorry I’m new to this, do they Tarnish? Again idk I’m new to chains lol
How long does Rhodium plating last
Can you use a ultrasonic cleaner for a prism cut rope????
yes
Im from germany and i have a friend and he is a goldsmith so i requested if he can make me a 10mm 21,5cm 925 silver cubanlink bracelet whit an boxlock. After two years now i have startet to wear only whitegold so the color of the bracelet wouldnt look so nice in combo with my whitegold chain and rings and i decidet so rhodium plating it at a very well known jewelery shop in my town. It cost me around 85€ to dip it and i dont regret it because it looks now exactly like my whitegold chain and rings.
Why do some people say rhodium plating burns silver?
Because it does. You need nickel substrate first
It wears off easily. Its makes it look like stainless steel. It's expensive. It's a total no for the rhodium plating. Only rhodium plate if you are gonna to have it locked away for ever and never wear it 😂
exactly
Gus is informative, but he forgot one of the biggest cons, Rhodium can last you anywhere from 3 months to a year before it needs to be replaced. That's a "convenient" con he forgot about, and shouldn't he mention this? Or he is trying to sell more expensive jewelry? This alone makes me like him a little bit less here. And like you said, it literally looks like stainless, sterling silver is so beautiful, leave it alone people! You can remove tarnish easily with wrights silver cream and polish it at the same time in less than one minute. If you see black/brown spots on your silver, a lot of people get all upset and think tarnish is ever-lasting, it's easily removable, that is a beautiful thing for me to see.
@@vision821k4but he says exactly that at 6:30 🙄
@@nickhobbs6514 Uh oh, what to do, admit defeat, or....yes...perfect...slander.
So Mr. Evidence, how come our boy chose to say it at the END of the video? Maybe he knows many won't finish the video, thus more chains in Rhodium will be sold. How can we ladies and gentlemen of the jury know for sure...that this wasn't his plan all along?
Dude I know. I’ve ordered silver not realizing it was rhodium plated and thought I’d been ripped off and sold a stainless steel chain 🤣
"plating my white gold in rhodium" isnt white gold already made with rhodium in the alloy?
It will still start looking yellow over time and needs to be plated. Only metal that won’t do that is platinum.
@@snapple21i wonder if some are made with white metals in the alloy itself because i have white gold rings with chips in them (and an old 18k one that's split) and the entire things are white
Plate it with nickel costs $5 and it will not tarnish and it's scratch resistant.
So if you are a low maintenance person and don't mind paying an absurd premium, go for rhodium-plated jewelry
Clean my ropes after/before wear. Before to give nice shine, after to remove anything from it. Been wearing silver since my first cuban in 6th grade in 96. 6mm w diamond cut on one side, with a big eagle.
"It resembles white gold" because white gold is plated in rhodium too. Duh?
Rhodium plating looks like stainless steel. No reason to plate silver in it.
Gus promotes it because he wants to make more money.
Agree 100%. Amazing how many ppl don't get it 😂😂
To be fair lots of people are weird and wanna rock stuff that looks like white gold for cheap. Natural silver does look better tho, tarnished black or polished. I always question if I got ripped off with steel if I order a silver piece and it comes plated
I disagree, Rhodium outshines stainless steel, there not even comparable for people who are really into this stuff. Like...at all. I still agree natural silver is the better way to go, you can easily remove the tarnish. And yes it does look somewhat like steel color-wise, but not the way it shines, a rhodium piece can be extremely beautiful and sparkle a way natural silver can not.
@@vision821k4 They are very comparable to people with proper vision. Sorry, your elitist-slanted reply is gonna get you nowhere.
Rhodium factually does not shine brighter than silver as silver reflects more light. Do more research.
Stainless steel when also mirror polished is at best only 4% less light reflected. Something you're unlikely to even perceive unless under specific lighting conditions and side by side.
Given a 74% figure for rhodium, it is just factually far duller than silver which reflects 95-99% of visible light.
Silver is, in fact, the shiniest metal (and unless you want to tone down the bright shine, plating it is objectively bad).
@@matthewdavis9437 Wrong. Rhodium has a reflectivity of 70 percent, sterling silver has a 40 percent reflectivity.
Where did this 95-99 percent claim come from? Evidence? You know, the evidence you don't have because it doesn't exist HAHAHA. You don't have proper vision or education since anyone not even an expert but a love for jewelry knows this. And if you were capable of reading, why call me an elitist when I said I like natural sterling silver more? Did you miss that part dummy?