What is Gold Filled? Gold Filled Wire Single Clad Gold Filled Sheet Double Clad Gold Filled Sheet Karat Gold Overlay Brass Core Gold filled uses a karat gold overlay which is then bonded to a brass inner core. JK Findings manufactures gold filled with 1/20th 14 karat gold, meaning it is 5% 14 karat gold by weight with a brass core (90% Copper / 10% Zinc). (INCORPORATED IN THE U.S.A. WITH LIMITED LIABILITY). Why Choose Gold Filled? 14K GOLD GOLD FILLED BRASS GOLD PLATED V Not Durable High Material Cost P Low Cost V V Tarnishes Easily High Cost of Product P Resists Wear V V No Gold Value P Resists Tarnish P 5% Gold Value Are Gold Filled What Jewelry and Gold Plated Why Do Customers Can Be Made the Same? Prefer Gold Filled in Gold Filled? Jewelry? Gold Filled Gold Plated 5% Gold by Weight 0.05% Gold by (1/20 14K Gold) Weight There are only a few limita- Gold plated jewelry is often tions of gold filled jewelry. NO. Gold filled uses a mechan- associated with low quality. It can It cannot be cast, because ical process to bond a layer of wear and tarnish easily and will the gold and base metal will gold to a brass base metal using sometimes react with the wear- mix together. Gold Filled also heat and pressure. Electroplat- er’s skin. cannot be diamond cut, which ing is a very thin layer of gold would expose the base metal Gold filled jewelry is more similar which may tarnish quickly. to tarnish and reduce the per- to 14K gold in its resistance to centage of gold. Gold filled jewelry has inherent wear and tarnish and is just as value in 5% of its weight being beautiful as 14K gold. 14K gold. The amount of gold in gold plated jewelry is insignifi- cant and has little value. (INCORPORATED IN THE U.S.A. WITH LIMITED LIABILITY)..