

- 18k gold
- the layer on top · 2.5 µm
- Brass
- the base metal · contains nickel
- Your skin
- what the base metal meets once the gold is gone
µm2.5 micrometres of 18k gold over brassof gold
Plated · D-02
Plated Stud 2.5
The same stud with five times the gold on it.
$32USD · 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 fullAbout this piece
Identical brass core to the 0.5 µm stud, identical shape, identical finish. The only difference is that the plating bath ran five times longer. Everything you pay extra for is in the thickness.
What we would tell you before you buy
Five times thicker is not five times permanent. It is still a coating over brass, and brass contains nickel.
Specification
- Metal against skin
- 2.5 µm 18k gold
- Base metal
- Brass
- Plating material
- 18k gold
- Plating thickness
- 2.5 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.
Not sure this is the right metal?
Metal Match asks three questions about what you have worn before. It does not ask about your health, and it cannot tell you what you react to.
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