46. How Long Does Permanent Jewelry Last - Documented - Free Permanent Jewelry Training

My 11 year old daughter's permanent gold filled bracelet finally broke after 7 months of love and rough wear.

Frankly I’m surprised it stayed on this long because she is such a tomboy - 6 weeks of sailing summer camp, mountain biking, hiking, swimming in the lake and salt water pool, and on the swim team in the fall school term.  It finally got caught on a handle, snagged and broke.  

Many people ask how long can a permanent bracelet be expected to last?  So, I’ve documented the life of the well loved Bracelet, with checks at 1 and 3 months as well.  I would imagine that the identical bracelet on an adult, or a child who is more careful, it could really last years of normal wear.

Interestingly it broke at one of the links and not where I had welded the jump ring.  I had used 7.5w power and welded it with the Orion Micro Welder mPulse model, with a 24ga 3mm jump ring.  

The tarnish is minimal - just slightly darker when you compare side by side with a new chain.  I have also compared it to my own bracelet that I had welded 5 months ago.The components I used:
-Her gold filled paper clip chain made in USA (online product code CE01G)
-My bracelet chain also gold filled made in USA (CE02G)
-Jump ring gold filled 3mm 24 ga made in USA (FJ12G)

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About us: Stones And Findings is a wholesaler of premium jewellery components. We supply many stores that weld permanent bracelets. Our chains and components are high quality and well made (all 925 silver chains are made in Italy and gold filled chains are American).

Note on Micro Welder I have used in this video:
Orion Micro Welder mPulse 30 is made by Sunstone Engineering, in the USA. Stones And Findings is a premier licensed distributor for Orion Micro Welders.
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[Hollysuzette]

Is your jump ring 14k or 14k GF? Also, jewelers trick after you weld the jump ring. You can squeeze it with parallel plyers to make it more resemple the chain. Many thanks.

[sachinsonishreejijwellers]

Can you tell that how can we do 5 % gold chain