Best Practices for Working with Platinum: Tools and How to Avoid Contamination

Best Practices: Platinum Tools and How to Avoid Contamination

Quality Assurance Benchmarks highlight workmanship of semi-finished and finished jewelry. Learn best practices for working with platinum tools, including how to avoid contamination.

Jeweler working with various platinum tools at the bench

Tools for Working with Platinum

Tools for Prefinishing, Polishing and Buffing Platinum

Tools for Soldering Platinum

Featured Quality Assurance Benchmarks

Learn how to determine finger and ring sizes accurately. Contains video and illustrations

Determine Finger and Ring Size
Learn how to determine finger and ring sizes accurately
 

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    Learn how to evaluate the quality of a platinum cobalt ring with diamonds in the shank that was sized down using a laser welder with these helpful illustrations and instructional video.

    Sizing Down: Platinum Cobalt
    Sizing down a platinum cobalt ring using a laser welder


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      Learn how to evaluate the quality of a platinum ring that has been prefinished, polished, and buffed.

      Prefinish and Finish Platinum
      Evaluate a prefinished, polished, and buffed 
      platinum ring


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        Evaluate the quality of the setting of a ring with platinum prongs

        Set a Round in Platinum Prongs
        Setting a round center stone in a ring with platinum prongs


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          Best Practices for Working with Platinum: Tools and How to Avoid Contamination