What Does “Gold-Filled” Mean?
Do you know what “gold-filled” means? Do you know that “gold-filled” is NOT just another word for “gold-plate”? Debunking the myth that gold-filled is the same as gold plate is made even tougher when Wikipedia says it’s synonymous with “rolled gold plate” [insert eyeroll here]. Gold plate refers to a microscopically-thin film of gold pressed onto a base metal. When I say “microscopically-thin”, I’m talking millionths of an inch. Gold-filled, in contrast, means that an actual thick layer of 12 karat or 14 karat gold has been heat-and-pressure-bonded to a base...
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