Plated Stud 0.5

Brass under 0.5 µm of 18k gold. Our thinnest layer, and our lowest price.

$18USD · incl. 25% moms

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Plating wears

Plating wears. When it does, the base metal touches your skin. How long that takes depends on the thickness, where you wear it, and how often. We list the thickness so you can compare.

The base metal on this piece is brass, and brass contains nickel. Once the gold is gone, brass is the surface against your skin.

Delivered sealed

Earrings and other pieces worn in a piercing are delivered sealed. Once the seal is broken they cannot be returned, because they cannot be resold safely. This is the only exception to the fourteen-day right, and it does not apply to necklaces, bracelets, rings or clasps.

Your right of withdrawal in full

About this piece

Half a micrometre is a flash plating. It is what most jewellery sold as gold plated actually carries, and almost nobody prints the number. We print it because it is the reason this stud costs eighteen dollars and the identical stud at 5.0 µm costs seventy-eight.

What we would tell you before you buy

At 0.5 µm the gold is thinner than a human hair is wide by a factor of about a hundred and fifty. Worn daily it will not last a year. Brass contains nickel.

Specification

Metal against skin: 0.5 µm 18k gold
Base metal: Brass
Plating material: 18k gold
Plating thickness: 0.5 µm
Weight: 0.9 g
Dimensions: 5 mm face, 0.9 mm post, 10 mm post length
Worn in a piercing: Yes — stricter nickel limit applies
Contains a magnet: No
Origin: Designed in Alingsås, Sweden. Made in Italy.

Nickel release

Not yet tested

Method: EN 1811, after EN 12472 wear and corrosion pre-treatment
Limit that applies: 0.2 µg/cm²/week · worn in a piercing
Report reference: None issued

This batch has been submitted for testing and no report has been issued yet. We publish the reference here as soon as we hold one. Until then, treat this piece as untested.

Your rights on this order

You can report a fault for three years from delivery. For the first two years, if something is wrong, we have to show it wasn't faulty when you got it. Not the other way round.

You have fourteen days to change your mind, counted from the day after your parcel arrives. You do not have to give a reason. This piece is delivered sealed, and the seal is the one exception — see the notice above.

If we say no to your claim and you disagree, you can take it to Allmänna reklamationsnämnden (ARN). It is free for you, and we will follow their recommendation.

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