Palladium Wedding Rings

Hi all,

I hope I'm keeping within the forum rules here, please let me know if anyone objects to this post and I will remove it....

I've noticed a few questions popping up about palladium, so I thought I'd give you a bit of information about it. This is taken from our website:

"This rare transition metal is a close relative of platinum and is naturally white in colour. 

It does not need to be Rhodium plated and there are no difficulties with sizing or diamond setting, making it an increasingly popular choice. 

Like Platinum, Palladium is hypoallergenic and is ideal for setting diamonds or being engraved.

As with Platinum our palladium is hall-marked by the UK Official Assay Offices and is 95% pure."

Long story short, palladium has all the benefits of platinum, without the price tag, in fact most of our palladium rings are cheaper than our 18ct white gold rings, and some are almost a third of the price of our platinum ones.

If you've spoken to me about rings in the past, you'll know I always bang on about how great palladium is. It's lighter, so some find it more comfortable, and more durable and hard-wearing.

It will never lose it's beautiful colour, and in my opinion, if you are looking for a 'white' ring, you really should check palladium out, I love it!

Not only that but I believe that as far a metals go, palladium is actually rarer than platinum is. I think palladium is increasing in popularity. I know that it's not too easy to get in bullion form at any rate. Now that I have set a date and have found a good wedding planner and source of cheap wedding invitations, I guess I should think more about the rings. I'll have a look at palladium ones and see what sort of designs look good.

Thanks for the info Laura.. Would there be any problems with having an 18ct white gold Engagement ring next to a Palladium wedding ring in terms of it rubbing the white gold?

my hubbys ring is palladium..

BB - No problem at all, we would even re-plate your ER for free if you wanted us to...

Teehee - Have you got used to saying 'my hubby' yet? Took me ages!

oh yeah, I think after a year I should have!  olololol......

Both our rings are palladium too. You wouldn't know the difference next to my ER which is platinum.

Yay! Another palladium convert!

Think I'm swaying towards Palladium.. I will have had a full set then, I've had a platinum ER, platinum and yellow gold ER and a 18ct white gold ER lol.

Haha, how've you managed that?? You lucky sod!

My plat/gold ring was my nan's engagement ring, so 52 years old, White gold one is current ER and the platinum one was when I was engaged at 21 lol.

Just gonna have a mooch on smooch for some pretties!

My o/h rings is palladium and we both love it he saw it in platinum but it was £1950 they said they could make it in palladium for £450 erm yes please very happy with it xx

My OH's ring is palladium and mine is platinum - you can't tell the difference!  (apart from in the price)

OHs gone for Palladium too - I'm still thinking about it, but have a few weeks I think before mine is made.

I was very keen on getting a palladium WR, but then I tried one on last weekend and it seems much thicker than white gold so it didnt look right next to my ER (which is white gold).

Laura - would that have just been the designs at the place I tried it on or is that true no matter where I try rings on? As the white gold WR sat in line with my ER but the palladium one sat higher, so it didnt look as good IYKWIM?

Also, the shop assistant told me palladium would wear my ER down quicker than a white gold WR - I wasnt sure to believe her or not as I thought it wouldnt really make much difference with it being a lighter metal.

I'm confused.com!

xxx