White gold in pool / re-plating questions

These are great questions, I don't have the answer but from personal experience-I go swimming nearly every day (FL is so hot) and I don't take my ring off and I've never had any issues with the pool. I DO have an ultrasonic cleaner I clean it every few weeks though, not sure if that makes a difference.

I found several articles that indicated that white gold was especially sensitive to chlorine and bleach due to the alloys used to make it. Here is one: http://www.eskewjewelers.com/eskews-blog/diamond-jewelry-can-i-bring-them-into-a-pool-or-hot-tub

I would have your ring checked by your jeweler and take it off from here on out!

I have a white gold engagement ring, Ive never worn it in the pool for fear of damaging it or losing it (im paranoid, better safe than sorry) anyhow i've had mine since 2012 and in my experience how often you have it re-plated depends on the work. I had t done 2 or 3 times in about a year, year and half period by the jeweler we got the ring from. It would turn almost roe gold in color after a few months.

We stopped in a pawn shop looking for wedding bands and they re-plated it right then and there for free (Our jewler was going to start charging us). It hasn't been replated since and that was about 2 1/2 years ago. It needs re-plated but it does't look like rose gold, maybe silver.

You can get a machine to do the plating yourself, we plan on purchasing one eventually b/c it will get expensive to keep having someone else do it. We'e had quotes from $20 -$50 by different places so I'd recommend shopping around a bit.

Hope this helps!

Went through the same thing last summer with my white gold e ring--i swim a few times a week on my lunch hour and noticed some change in colour after a few months, so stopped wearing it to the pool. my understanding from the jeweler we worked with while making our wedding bands was that all white gold will eventually need to be replated anyway, so i think it's not that you can't undo the damage, just a matter of how often you want to worry about it.

My jeweler said to re-plate it every 6 months. I have had mine for almost a year now and it isn't discolored at all. I will probably re-plate it right before the wedding. Luckily my jeweler does not charge for re-plating.

ETA: I go in the pool about once a week with my ring...oops maybe I should stop doing that

If the ring looks like it needs to be replated, then do it.

There is no set amount of time that a ring should be replated in, everyone has different amounts of wear on their ring depending on body chemistry, finger shape/ size, how often you wear your ring, what type of work you do, etc.

Don't wear your ring in the water though, more for the sake of it not slipping off of your finger than anything else.