With different articles of precious metals, you periodically confronts the question of how to clean gold, silver or platinum to make them look like new.Earrings, bracelets, chains, pendants and rings severely polluted in the process of socks and lose their original luster.But we want our jewelry shine as before.This can be achieved by only two ways:
- Clean gold at home on their own.
- Give jewelry for cleaning the workshop.
If your products have inserts of natural pearls, precious stones and they were black or green spots, the second option you prefer.Incorrect use of cleaning agents may damage the precious stones and natural pearls to make dim.
How to clean gold at home, you must first know the people with a predisposition to allergic reactions.After all, during wear jewelry, they accumulate a large number of microorganisms in the form of a plaque.Because of his products become dull and inconspicuous.Openwork decoration polluted much faster than smooth.In the patterns accumulated sweat, dust and dirt.All dirt on the jewelry can cause irritation of sensitive skin.
Simple Tips to help you learn how to clean gold and get rid of plaque and dirt.
- first step is to wash the items with soapy water.To make it perfect liquid for dishes, laundry detergent or antibacterial soap and water with a temperature of not less than 50 degrees.How to clean the gold in the solution?Omit all products in ready solution and leave for 1-2 hours limp.After this time, with a toothbrush gently cleanse each product.Use only brushes with soft bristles.Otherwise, it is possible to scratch the product.We pay special attention openwork parts, fasteners and fixings stones on decoration.In such remote places dirty plaque is going faster.After a thorough cleansing wash decorations under running cold water, were dried using a towel and polish with a soft cloth.
- should know that jewelry is not made of pure gold.In the alloy always present silver or copper.The number of milligrams of pure gold can be found by looking at a sample of the product.Any alloy tends to oxidize.From this there are stains on the products.Therefore it is necessary to know how to clean gold by chemical means.For this purpose, suitable ammonia solution (ammonia).It can be purchased at any pharmacy.Dilute a vial of water sal ammoniac that its concentration was not less than 25 percent.In the prepared solution we put all jewelry and leave for several hours.When reacting ammonia and oxides of copper or silver compounds are obtained which are well soluble in plain water.After the time we obtain jewelry from the solution, rinsed under running cold water, were dried and polish with a soft cloth.
- mechanical way to clean jewelry involves the use of various pastes.Their composition varied.The basis is a vegetable oil, petroleum jelly or soap solution.As abrasive particles are added to the base of a white powder of magnesia, tripoli, lead carbonate or corundum.Professional cleaning paste jewelry can be purchased in specialized shops or jewelery salon.This cleaning method is used in case of failure of the first two.If, after washing and processing of ammonia remained in the product coating or stain.Apply a small amount of toothpaste on a soft cloth and clean the product, moving in the same direction.After cleansing wash decoration with water, dry them and polish.
should not be used for this type of cleaning soda, tooth powder and paste for cleaning utensils.These mixtures contain large particles that can spoil the appearance of the decoration, scratch it.In this processing, the weight of ornaments decreases as erased upper gold layer.
