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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1476380, member: 75105&quot;]If properly bonded to the base metal, gold or silver plating should <i>never</i> peel, but instead wear down to the base metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides gold plating, there is gold wash, which is a process that covers the base metal only about .2 microns thick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, it&#039;s meant as a display piece. It&#039;s mean to be in a protective holder, and looked at, not handled around.</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t really take much gold to plate things. Heavier plating results in higher prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a set of gold plated silver ware for 80 dollars.</p><p><a href="http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/14-kt.-Goldplated-Flatware-Set/29209/product.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/14-kt.-Goldplated-Flatware-Set/29209/product.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/14-kt.-Goldplated-Flatware-Set/29209/product.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/14-kt.-Goldplated-Flatware-Set/29209/product.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/14-kt.-Goldplated-Flatware-Set/29209/product.html" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Now, silverware is something meant to be handled, its jostled around in the dishwasher, stabbed into food, etc. So it&#039;s plating must be very thick and durable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only that, but a lower gold content must be used, because high purity gold is very soft.</p><p><br /></p><p>A gram of 14kt gold is $29</p><p><br /></p><p>It probably did not even take a gram of 14kt gold to plate that entire set. It just goes to show you how little gold it takes to plate an item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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