How to clean gold at home

For information on how to clean the favorite piece of jewelry made of silver, Layfhaker already I told. Now it's time to refine darkened and tarnished gold jewelry with stones and without.

How to clean gold

There are several methods for cleaning gold jewelry at home:

1. Soak. Decorations should be placed in a special liquid, which can be drawn from the fact that you have in your kitchen, bathroom or medicine cabinet. After some time, plaque can be removed with a soft cloth simple.
2. Polishing materials at hand. Suitable if you have to return the product to a magnificent shine.
3. Mechanical cleaning. Applicable if the contamination did not succumb to the previous method. Use with caution in order not to damage the road surface heart decoration.

Soak

1. Salt. Dissolve in a beaker of hot water 3 tablespoons salt. Put to decorations at night and in the morning, rinse under running water.
2. Dishwashing liquid. In a glass of water stir a teaspoon of liquid detergent, add the gold and put in a water bath. Boil decorations for a few minutes, and then rinse off soap residue with water and wipe dry with a soft cloth.
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3. Ammonia + detergent. Dissolve in a glass of water and ammonia teaspoon tablespoon powder and boil. The hot solution is to place decorations 2 hours and then wipe them with a cloth.
4. Liquid Soap + Hydrogen peroxide. A teaspoon of soap and 2 tablespoons peroxide blend with a glass of warm water. Put the gold in the solution for 20 minutes.
5. Soda + foil. Dissolve 2-3 tablespoons baking soda in a beaker and pour hot water into the tank, the bottom of which rests a sheet of foil. Put to decorate the night and in the morning rinse them under running water and dry with a towel.

polish

1. Velvet or felt cloth. Old, proven way. Just take a piece of suitable material and comfortable Arrange to favorite TV series: Polishing can take a very long time.
2. Eraser. Soft white eraser will not only give the glitter of gold, but also remove the light touch.
3. Vinegar. Dampen a cloth napkin vinegar and gently treat decorations.
4. Lipstick. A fun way for girls. Apply lipstick (preferably colorless) on the piece of cloth and walk them on a tarnished gold.
5. Beer and egg white. And it is more appropriate brutal men. Stir little foam to the protein, soak into the cloth and rub decoration solution.
6. onion juice. The principle is the same: soak in the juice cloth and polish your favorite gold products. Do not forget at the end of the procedure thoroughly rinse and dry the jewelry.

mechanical cleaning

Of course, you can buy special toothpaste in the jewelry store. But if you want to effectively clean the gold without leaving home, to cook like easily from readily available materials.

Remember: use to clean jewelry aggressive abrasives such as soda or sandpaper, it is not necessary, a high risk of damaging the surface of the precious metal. Because we use a more soft and delicate mixture.

1. Dentifrice. Some powder, an old toothbrush and a bit of patience will be removed from gold chronic plaque.
2. Toothpaste + Vaseline. It works just as well as tooth powder, but more gently and tenderly.
3. Mel + soap. Interpret chalk (white of your regular set for children's creativity) into a powder and mix in equal proportions with the grated soap. Stir until a homogeneous paste and then rub the decoration by a piece of fabric. To avoid divorce, be sure to wash the gold running water.
4. Mel + ammonia. Crush and mix the chalk with sal ammoniac until a thick mass. Thoroughly clean the gold toothbrush or cloth, and then rinse and dry.

How to clean gold jewelry with stones

Be especially careful with such jewelry. Remember that some gemstones require special care. For example, opal, turquoise or malachite abrasives can scratch, so forget about teething powder, soda and salt. Rubin, topaz and garnet are sensitive to high temperatures, they can not be washed with hot water. A amber, pearls, coral or ivory do not like acids, alkalis and solvents - cleaning best left to the art.

If you are confident in their abilities, use the following methods of cleaning gold jewelry with stones:

1. Alcohol. Moisten a cotton swab alcohol-containing liquid (suitable strong alcohol, cologne or alcoholic lotion). Gently wipe the jewelry to remove fatty plaque and other impurities.
2. Petrol. Moisten them unnecessary soft toothbrush and process of gold products. Thin bristles are ideal for removing dirt from hard to reach places.

How to clean white gold

White gold is different from the conventional in that it adds silver, palladium or nickel to produce a lighter shade, and the top is often covered with rhodium. It protects the decoration and gives it a white luster.

strict methods are not suitable for such products, but will be useful as follows:

1. Ammonia + Hydrogen peroxide. Mix both liquids in the container in a ratio of 1: 2. Put the gold in the resulting solution for half an hour and then rinse under running water and wipe dry with a towel.
2. Sugar. Dissolve in a glass of water 2 tablespoons sugar. Soak jewelry in a sweet solution for 10-12 hours: it will return them to its former glory.

How to clean matt gold

Jewelery made opaque with a special polishing technique. And because cleaning such products do not use polishing materials, but only visible plaque removed. To clean matte gold, quite a few hours to soak it in a 25 percent solution of ammonia, and then rinsed in tap water and wiped dry cloth.

What to gold is getting dark

1. Keep decorations away from sunlight.
2. Remove rings and bracelets before harvesting, going to the bath or sauna, when erase and nail polish.
3. Be sure to wipe the gold products, if they are exposed to moisture.

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