“All that glitters is not gold”: jewelery with a matte finish

Decorations from gold have firmly entered our lives. On the for centuries processing technologies precious metal have undergone significant changes, which entailed a radical change in the appearance of jewelry. To the main technological processes of gold surface treatment can be attributed polishing, blackening, enameling and matting. It's about matting one of the most beloved and widespread precious metals - gold today is our article.

Mattifying gold: features of the specifics of the process

If earlier bright and shiny were in fashion accessories, today modern dandies and fashionistas prefer jewelry of elegant and discreet design. Helps to achieve this specific processing technology gold - matting , which began to be used by jewelers relatively recently.

There are several ways of education on precious metal surface rough surface. It is this kind surface and is the result of matting.

1. One of the matting methods is surface treatment with special brushes. The brush design is a sleeve on which bundles of steel or copper wire are attached ( d is no more than 1.2 mm). Thanks to the built-in brush motor come into motion, thus, the surface acquires a certain grain.

2. In order to give the surface a certain area of gold coarse-grained roughness, coinage is used – steel rods with different sections and engraved notches. Hammer hits the coinage and moves along the product, which acquires the desired degree of matting.

3. Sandblasting/shot blasting technology is a process of knocking out by quartz particles ( d – 50-80 microns) under the pressure of certain irregularities. Combining "sandblasting" with other technologies, you can get unevenness, reminiscent of golden grains.

4. Through the use of a laser beam a very thin surface layer of metal is matted.

Where buy jewelry with a matte surface?

Elitegold studio jewelers offer a great choice of models with a matte surface. For example, frosted wedding rings. Feature of bespoke engagement ring Modesta is what accessories are made of gold of different colors and with different types of surface. The headband is a combination of two white matte headbands. precious metal, between them is a thin strip with a glossy surface. Women's ring can be supplemented with inserts (of your choice).

Very stylish and impressive look decorations that combine glossy and matte surfaces in their design. However, despite all the originality and unusualness, matte accessories require special care. In microscopic nervousness accumulates dust and dirt, which special cosmetics help to clean jewelry or the application of ultrasound. FROM jewellery with a matt finish you need to handle with care: if you accidentally scratch it, the defect will be impossible to correct. Matting is the final technological operation making jewelry - they will make your image harmonious and complete!