Following the topic on Hallmarking that started here http://bit.ly/1reOhNJ It was moved to here http://bit.ly/1reOCjt I can't buy or sell precious metal items in the UK. I looked for an alternative. I thought Polished Nickel may be the answer to replace Silver. However when reading about the material, I found this NOTE. Please note Some people may have a nickel allergy, so we do not recommend using the Polished Nickel finish for wearable items, particularly jewelry. This information was in the Design Tab under the Materials Tab. A customer would not necessarily look at the Design Tab if they were just buying. I looked into this and found that there is a European Directive banning certain items that contain Nickel. I don't think this NOTE is sufficient to advise people on the dangers of using this. Besides this there is no 'Note' or warning on the content of 'White Gold' that has a content of 9% Nickel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_Directive http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/risk_assessment.html
This has been discussed before here. https://bit.ly/1rmseSU It appears that Shapeways is putting the onus on the shop owner for disclosing this information. quote title=andrewsimonthomas wrote on Fri, 27 June 2014 21:03]In the Design Guidelines for gold, https://www.shapeways.com/materials/gold?li=nav we do list that "14k White Gold consists of 58% Gold, 24% Copper, 9% Zinc, and 9% Nickel" If you plan to sell a product in a material that you know has nickle in it, I'd also recommend noting it in the description that it can be 9% Nickle as well.[/quote]