:: Palladium Testimonials :: “I love working with TechForm. After sending waxes to numerous casting companies with poor to fair results, I was worried that I would have to settle for less than perfect castings. For two years now, we have enjoyed a very rewarding relationship with TechForm. They are highly knowledgeable, friendly, professional, and best of all, the castings are superb! TechForm is as passionate about metals and casting as we are about metals and jewelry. TechForm has recently added palladium to their high-temperature line-up. We find it wonderful to work with and most importantly it has a beautiful platinum-like color and is a perfect substitute for white gold because of the price point. About half of our clients are choosing palladium instead of white gold for their custom rings.”
Lisa Krikawa, Krikawa Designs, Tucson, AZ
“We find TechForm’s palladium a wonderful addition to our store’s custom inventory. The true white color of palladium is barely discernable from platinum. Palladium makes our non-rhodium plated white gold rings look so warm that we have nearly stopped using white gold.”
Thomas Dailing, Thomas Dailing Designs, Stevens Point, WI
“As a diamond wholesaler and a designer manufacturer we were looking to upgrade our quality from the casting up. TechForm’s state of the art processes have allowed us to add palladium to our line with great success. The palladium products offer our customers the purity characteristics of platinum with the workability and price of 18KT gold with a crisp finish and high luster. We also use TechForm for our platinum castings which are far superior to the typical high volume casting houses, allowing us to offer better finished products. TechForm’s technical expertise has helped lead us into the next era of casting and manufacturing.”
Mark Bisler, Ideal Diamond Source, Richfield, OH
“For stone setting, palladium has no working memory, easily affords diamond finessing with channel setting, and allows smooth hammer setting on main stones. Finishing has a nice meld between platinum and gold, and, in my opinion, polishes beautifully. Pd950 laser welds smoothly and quite frankly, why did it take so long to reach the public market?”
Jim Dinkins, Lee Ayers Jewelers, Stevens Point, WI