edstreet
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From another posts I was asking, as was others, about Sterling silver.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f14/sterling-silver-life-span-131998/
www.penturners.org/forum/f211/question-el-toros-132093/
The problem is there have been a number of disputes on several sides of the topic as to what the 'truth' is. It has been my attempt to find out the truth of the matter and my first stop, today in fact, was to Berea Hardwoods. They are the manufactures of the 'sterling silver' kits. They also make a wide variety of other platings like platinum, rose gold and the like. This is the reply I got when I inquired about the plating process.
Sterling silver plating is the most shiny. One of my upcoming projects is to get the same kit with all 4 types of plating, sterling silver, chrome, rhodium and platinum then take a compare photo and show the difference.
As you can see the plating itself is indeed 'sterling'.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f14/sterling-silver-life-span-131998/
www.penturners.org/forum/f211/question-el-toros-132093/
The problem is there have been a number of disputes on several sides of the topic as to what the 'truth' is. It has been my attempt to find out the truth of the matter and my first stop, today in fact, was to Berea Hardwoods. They are the manufactures of the 'sterling silver' kits. They also make a wide variety of other platings like platinum, rose gold and the like. This is the reply I got when I inquired about the plating process.
Dear Mr. Street,
Thank you for your interest in our products. In response to your question:
Our chrome is trivalent chromium plate. Chromium's symbol is Cr and is the 24th element listed in the Periodic Table.
Our sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper by mass .Silver is the 47th element listed in the Periodic Table and its symbol is Ag.Sterling silver plating is extremely common; Google sterling silver plating for many examples.
Regards,
The Berea Hardwoods Co. Inc.
The Berea Hardwoods Co. Inc.
18745 Sheldon Rd.
Middleburg Hts. Ohio 44130
Phone: 216 898-8956
Fax: 216 898-8962
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Sterling silver plating is the most shiny. One of my upcoming projects is to get the same kit with all 4 types of plating, sterling silver, chrome, rhodium and platinum then take a compare photo and show the difference.
As you can see the plating itself is indeed 'sterling'.
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