What Does 18K Gold Plated Mean?

When it comes to 18K jewelry, many people may confuse about many kinds of 18K jewelry with different stamps like 18K,18GP,18KGP, in order to clarify the difference between them, we now firstly know more about 18K gold plated.

What is 18K Gold Plated ?

18K Gold Plated also called 18KGP, Gold plated is a method of depositing a thin layer of gold. 18K is a kind of stamp,K represents the purity of gold which means 18K gold containing 75% gold.18k gold plated in business is also called forging gold, commonly used in jewelry and ornaments.

18K Gold Plated Physical performance is stable,not easy to fade and antioxidation under the normal temperature condition .

Usually, 60% of the gold is not easy to cause human body skin irritation, so 18K gold is low cost and a wearing more comfortable.

How long can 18K gold plated last?

18k gold plated is a kind of special exercise methods of forged alloy, generally refers to platinum alloy or copper plating but not contain ingredients of silver. And general alloy,18k gold plated jewelry can be used for a long time, it will not fade generally within 1-2 years if you maintain and clean it in a proper way.

Only we know the meaning of 18k gold plated will we not be cheated when we buying 18K gold plated jewelry.