Confused over gold thickness

Gabidog · ‎04-21-2010

Did a caller ask about the difference between the electroform gold vs. resin filled during the finale of the Gold Rush? Not sure Lisa answered other than to say electroform was thinner...so how thin is the gold over resin? I am totally confused about silicone core, resin filled, etc. I try and buy just gold because I figure it can always be sold for a decent price whereas not sure if that is the case with the other forms of manufacturing. Can anyone clarify?

rudy · ‎03-09-2010

I agree, it was a very baffling answer.

Lavenderjunkie · ‎03-10-2010

There are no concrete answers. If they told us how thin the gold was or how little gold they used, no one would buy the jewelry.

Electroform is a process to create jewelry that is hollow. The amount of gold used is much thinner than the earlier processes of casting jewelry. Older electroform was probably much thicker than what they make today. And in the past people complained that electroform jewelry could dent. So now they fill it with resin.

There are other methods of making 'gold' jewelry where a thin amount of gold is filled with other materials. My suspicion is these methods use even less gold than electroform.

kabella · ‎01-30-2012

Judging from the prices alone, I assume the resin filled peices being offered is a thin gold overlay.

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

I have a couple of electroform pieces from a few years ago and the gold is much much heavier than the resin or clad pieces. I haven't purchased any electroform in the last 2-3 years so I don't know what it's like today.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

I wouldn't buy either as an investment or with the idea that it could be sold at some point in the future. I doubt anybody would buy the resin-filled stuff at any price. They'd have no way of knowing its weight.

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esmeraldagooch · ‎03-10-2010

I believe they are not filled afterwards with resin. They lower resin molds into a electrified bath of metal just as they do wax molds when making electro form, but don't drain the resin like they do with wax.

teainlondon · ‎03-09-2010

Maybe that's why they had the gold buyer on--to try to give credibility to the resin and electroform. I didn't buy his spiel. I'm not buying unless it's pure gold. I watched part of a couple of shows and realized that it was just another tactic to make people think it was the best thing going. So now they aren't saying plated, clad, coated, painted on--whatever all the terms they've used. I guess Q is trying to get that bottom line up. I saved money and bought nothing. Sterling silver that is sterling silver is okay, but all the other unknowns, not for me.

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Fluffy_2 · ‎05-22-2012

Old electroform gold was thick enough to stand on its own and in many cases was very heavy too. Resin covered with gold foil is another story... Sure, you can hold piece of foil in your hand, but it's weightless. You can figure out an amount of gold foil by looking at the price. If piece cost $300 then it probably has approx. 3 grams of gold foil bonded to resin.

(QVC prices for 14K are around $100 per gram)

fortune · ‎03-14-2010

On 1/25/2014 kachina624 said: I wouldn't buy either as an investment or with the idea that it could be sold at some point in the future. I doubt anybody would buy the resin-filled stuff at any price. They'd have no way of knowing its weight.

The problem is that manufacturers aren't required to label the resin-filled pieces. No one will know if they have real gold or junk.