FAQs
How Haja Jewellery is made...
Stainless Steel - Base Metal
316L Stainless Steel is a premium grade stainless steel known for its durability, corrosion resistance, and hypoallergenic properties. This metal is particularly favoured for jewellery due to its ability to withstand daily wear without tarnishing or rusting. Its strength ensures that pieces remain intact and maintain their appearance over time.
Stainless Steel vs. Titanium Steel
These are basically two different names for the same material. You can say your jewellery is made of Stainless Steel, or Titanium Steel. Both are true.
Titanium steel means that during the gold plating process titanium is used to adhere to stainless steel, and gold adheres to titanium, making gold coating on stainless steel possible.
Why is Gold-Plating used?
Vacuum Ion Gold Plating has high abrasion and colorfastness. After testing, the coating retains its colour and gloss even under harsh conditions. Gold coating makes jewellery environmentally friendly and durable.
Gold-Plating Method: IP / PVD
Vacuum ion plating technology (IP), or Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD): is a technique for depositing thin films of gold on the surface of a coated product under vacuum conditions using physical methods.
SAFE Gold-Plating Method
Jewellery Gold Coating is done at temperatures of several thousand degrees in a vacuum.
Haja Jewellery has been developed using SAFE high temperature gold-plating methods which involve titanium (and does NOT involve nickel).
This method is more expensive, but safe and makes jewellery more durable and of a higher quality.
I can find Gold Plated Jewellery cheaper, why buy Haja Jewellery?
Be careful! Many suppliers from China use UNSAFE out-of-furnace coating methods of gold plating, which involves nickel to adhere gold to stainless steel. This can irritate the skin and also will not last.
How Durable is Gold Plated Jewellery really?
In a laboratory setting our jewellery has been tested for 2 weeks in salt water. In real life, our team wears our jewellery daily, for more than a year at a time, swimming, working out, showering - living life!
In normal conditions the jewellery avoids discoloration or tarnishing for up to 24 months, and more.
180-Day Warranty
Our jewellery is very long-lasting. We provide a 180 day warranty.
Will Gold-Plated Jewellery Tarnish after 180 days?
No. Actually gold-plating lasts much longer, year and more. Haja Jewellery can be used daily: in the sun, in the sea and shower.
To increase the longevity of your jewellery, avoid friction and physical impact on the pieces. Direct physical damage can damage the plating.
As with other beautiful items in your life, treat them with care and it will last longer.