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Is it OK for your ultrasonic cleaner?

Rhodium-plated silver or brass

Yes
Check first
No

The rhodium layer is thin – safe on white gold, less certain on cheaper metal.

Updated from your answers.

A few questions to be sure

Is the piece solid, or plated/gilded?

How to do it

Time
3 min
Water
Lukewarm, 30–40 °C

Run it briefly and look for spots or flaking afterwards.

With these answers we do not recommend the ultrasonic cleaner, so there is no how-to.

Pick your cleaner to see if it fits, which setting to use and what its manual says.

Why

Rhodium is a hard plating layer. Jewelers do this routinely on white gold, but on silver or brass there is a risk that worn areas come off further, and manuals warn about plated surfaces.

Watch out for

  • Stop if you see spots
  • White gold: see white gold

Sources

  1. Velleman – ultrasonic cleaner manual (PDF)
  2. Pandora – jewellery care and maintenance

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