Anodizing

Anodization

Today we're talking about anodization (again)!

It's simply the process we use to change the color of jewelry We often get questions about anodization, so here's some information.

Anodization is only possible on titanium (or niobium); it's not at all possible with "surgical steel." We use quotation marks because it doesn't designate anything special; "surgical steel" is far from being used in surgery: it's just a type of metal that is not standardized for implantation in the body.

The best way to tell if a piece of jewelry is made of steel? Very simple: if it's sold at a ridiculously low price, it's crap

I hear some of you in the back: "blah blah blah I've had steel jewelry for 10 years and I'm not dead," I've been playing soccer on the highway for 10 years and nothing has ever happened to me. I've been eating McDonald's for 15 years and I'm not dead, so it's not bad for your health either. What did you expect from a piece of jewelry bought for 2/3/5 euros ?! Anyway, let's get back to anodization.

It's not about plating a color onto the titanium jewelry or coating it with another alloy. Titanium has a unique property: it reacts to electric current flowing through it (electrolysis bath).

The result? A beautiful color that changes depending on the voltage! It only takes a few seconds to get blue, green, or even a beautiful gold, rose gold, or copper, for example.

This allows us to offer you a beautiful range of different colors for your initial jewelry placements, and at no extra cost A quick word about black: brace yourselves, black is technically not a color!

Getting black jewelry is much more complicated than anodization. So, if you see cheap black jewelry, it's definitely a crappy plating