What's the difference?

[Breeze]

Can anyone tell me please what the difference is between clad & plated?
On the Epiphany show, Pippa has just been banging on about it being clad in platinum NOT plated.
I don't get it, it's silver encased in platinum, yes? I just don't see how clad or plated are different.
Don't get me wrong, I like the range & have a few pieces most of which are as good as new. Except one that the platinum wore off about two months after I bought it, very odd as it doesn't look bright white silver underneath, just a dingy colour. :doh:

 

[RICKY S]

Plated - Doesn't sound good.

Clad - An excuse to charge more for basically the same thing.

 

[bags]

In the pecking order where does jacketing come then?:thinking::cheeky:

 

[bags]

Whilst I'm at it there's always cocooning?:tongue:

 

[Janey]

Just as 'faux' sounds better than 'fake'!

 

[minim]

"Bonded"
"Bonded" is the in word

 

[minim]

In the pecking order where does jacketing come then?:thinking::cheeky:

That's when someone steals your coat .....

 

[louise66]

Platinum plated makes the item sound like what it is - fake. Sterling silver clad in genuine platinum sounds better and is an attempt, basically, to convince the audience that they are buying a more superior piece than they actually are if they purchase jewellery in question. Anyone who chooses to invet in a piece of diamonique, silver, gold or stainless steel, is cognisant with the range and unable, therefore, to be mislead by however the presenter decides to describe the item.

 

[BurlyBeaR]

I think you'll find that "enrobed" is le mot de jour

 

[donna255]

What about Rolled? I remember when young people had rolled gold jewellery.

 

[cheesecake]

Argos still sell rolled gold I believe.

 

[Akimbo]

"clad" reminds me of Vera Duckworth's stone clad house....is this the image q wanted to conjure?

J xx

 

[Frazzled]

This might answer some of it, I guess it would apply to platinum as well?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-filled_jewelry

I have a pair of rolled gold drop earrings I bought when I worked at James Walker (decades ago!!). They still look as good now as they did then.