Commenter skip who wears a tungsten carbide wedding band and is about to replace it brought up a very interesting negative issue about tungsten carbide.
Ceramic vs tungsten wedding band.
Only ceramic comes in these colors.
While tungsten itself is extremely scratch resistant black tungsten rings are not as scratch resistant because the outer surface is actually titanium.
Which is a better option.
Another vote for getting both a tungsten and a silicone band.
Considering the quality of material and other properties ceramic and tungsten both are durable and high quality.
However if you are looking at black rings we finally have a level playing field for comparison.
However it would be better if you keep the tungsten in its original shade.
The choice of ceramic wedding bands is a commitment to long lasting rings with the added benefit of designer quality style.
If you think you ll need to resize a wedding band contemporary metal bands are not the right choice.
This in depth article covers many of the more popular alternative metals and non metals like titanium tungsten carbide ceramic cobalt carbon fiber and more.
It is this titanium alloy that gives the black color to black tungsten rings.
Kirsten on july 5 2016 at 1 35 pm.
Silicone rings are really ideal for everyday wear.
If metal allergies are not a problem white gold bands are easy to resize and they offer a good amount of scratch resistance.
Black tungsten vs black ceramic any colored tungsten carbide ring other than its natural silver color is achieved through a process called ion plating.
Cobalt chrome titanium and tungsten wedding bands cannot be resized.
A fitting companion to the durability and scratch resistance of tungsten.
Our line of ceramic wedding bands offers distinct styling of black rings with the elegance of tungsten carbide s shine.
Ceramic wedding bands rings with tungsten.
I have had my wedding band for 5 years now and got it because of the low price and that it is basically indestructible.
One other thought on the cons of tungsten carbide wedding bands.
However having a black tungsten wedding band with diamonds is a better option because it will look great.
Devoted may 2017.
This is true for all tungsten jewelry in the world.