How can I clean gold at home?

Despite the fact that modern stores have a huge range of jewelry from a variety of materials, gold products do not come out offashion. They are beautiful, and time gives them charm and adds value. However, if you look at the gold jewelry, long lying in the grandmother's casket, they will seem far from the same as in the display case. Yes, and bought recently, the bracelet is already shining not like the day you put it on for the first time. In fact, nothing terrible has happened, gold items can be returned to their original appearance. How can I clean gold at home?- At home, there are a lot of tools that will help you get rid of the plaque and black points on the decoration. About them you will learn from this article.

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How to clean gold at home?

At home, there is not always a professional jeweler, but you do not need it. You do not have to re-melt anything, and you certainly have all the necessary substances in your household. There are several ways to clean gold jewelry, but first of all it is necessary to understand why gold is dull.

What is made of jewelry

To this question, anyone who wears them will answer - of course, gold! But it is not so. Of pure gold, no one makes any decorations - it is too soft and badly keeps the shape. Crumble bracelets or earrings, if someone made them out of gold without any impurities, you can just finger.

Therefore, in the manufacture of jewelry( however, and not only jewelry) to gold, add other substances:

• silver;
• copper;
• cadmium;
• nickel;
• zinc.

They also react with other substances, which are full in the surrounding world. The result is an ugly plaque.

Important! Once it forms its various chemical compounds, then it is necessary to cope with the problem with the help of chemicals capable of destroying these compounds.

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What substances do you have on the farm?

Before you clean gold at home quickly and efficiently, inspect your cabinets. You can come in handy:

• dishwashing detergent;
• liquid ammonia;
• liquid soap;
• laundry detergent;
• hydrogen peroxide;
• salt;
• toothpaste;
• bulb;
• chalk;
• petroleum jelly.

Paste or solution?

Decide how to clean gold, to shine, at home, quite simple. It depends on several circumstances - the samples of gold, the presence of stones, and also on what type of cleaning you prefer. There are two ways to clean gold jewelry:

• mechanical;
• chemical.

Important! For a mechanical method, you need a paste that is easy to make with your own hands. The effect of the substance is combined with physical effort, so the method can be more effective. With a chemical cleaning method, you do not need to do anything, just put the ring in the solution. But this method requires more time.

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Mechanical cleaning method

To make a paste, useful:

• toothpaste;
• laundry soap;
• chalk;
• Vaseline;
• water.

Method 1:

1. Chalk must be crushed, and soap - grate. As for the quantity, all substances, including water, are taken in equal parts.
2. Stir them.
3. Take a cotton shred, dip it in a paste - and polish your ring until it starts to shine again.

Important! Shine will recover fairly quickly.

Method 2

Excellent tool for mechanical cleaning of gold - tooth powder. Add a few drops of water to it, put it on a rag - and go ahead. This tool will not only give shine, but if necessary remove the black.

Method 3

Combine chalk and ammonia in a 1: 1 ratio, mix well to obtain a homogeneous mass. To clean gold with such a mixture is better with a cotton cloth.

Method 4

Food vinegar also perfectly cleanses the gold. This method combines chemical and mechanical - vinegar dissolves some contaminants, and you remove the remnants from the surface with your movements. After cleaning, rinse the object.

Important! Vinegar is not worth rubbing the gold of high taste.

Method 5

Very interesting option! In order to use it, you only need lipstick. Take a little on a rag and shine your ring up to shine, and then rinse it and dry it.

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Kitchen methods

Before you clean the gold at home to glitter, you can look in the refrigerator, as well as where you usually keep the vegetables.

Get out:

• Beer;
• 1 egg;
• Bulb.

Now acting.

Option 1:

1. Separate the protein from the yolk - you need a protein.
2. Mix protein with beer at the rate of 1: 1.
3. Take the mixture on a cloth and clean the object.

Option 2

Squeeze the juice from the bulb. Moisten a rag in this juice, wipe the object, and then rinse it and leave to dry.

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Chemical cleaning

Gold is a wonderful material, you can clean it in many different ways. There are several chemical methods, and they are extremely simple.

Option 1

Dissolve in the water a little economic soap. Put the gold jewelry in there and leave it for a couple of hours. Then decorate the need to dry.

Option 2

To clean the gold at home quickly and efficiently, decorations can be boiled in soapy water. It will be enough for five minutes, after which the rings and earrings will have to be cooled and dried.

Option 3

No soap is needed for this method, but you need soda:

1. Bring the water to a boil.
2. Put a spoonful of soda into a saucepan.
3. Place the decorations in the solution and boil them for 10 minutes.

Option 4

The solution is made of ammonia, water and peroxide.

Important! On a glass of water you need 3 teaspoons of ammonia and 2 tablespoons of peroxide .

Place the gold jewelry in a glass with a solution and wait a couple of hours.

Important! For chemical cleaning, take aluminum cookware, only enameled or steel.

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Different types of gold

Different kinds of gold require different attitudes. Therefore, before you grab the first hand that comes under your arm to clean gold at home, make sure that you are on the right track.

For example:

1. For cleaning white gold, which includes nickel, it is best to use an alcohol solution - it can be diluted medical alcohol, vodka or cologne.
2. For yellow gold, solutions based on ammonia are suitable, as well as various cleaning pastes.

Important! The rest of the funds, of course, will not cause harm, but it's better to use the methods that give the maximum effect. Therefore, before preparing the solution, select the one that is suitable for your jewelry .

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Jewelery with stones

Wedding rings, bracelets without inlays usually do not cause any problems. It's another matter if you have a ring or earrings with stones. Regardless of whether soft or hard stones are inserted into your ring, consider several points:

1. If the stones are glued - the ring can not be kept in solution.
2. Soft stones react poorly to vinegar and ammonia.
3. You can not use paste to work with soft stones.
4. The best way to clean jewelry with soft stones is with a soap solution.
5. But for the cleaning of objects with hard stones, a mixture of ammonia and peroxide fits perfectly.

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A few words about professional and semi-professional gold cleaning

Semi-professional cleaning is available at home. Only it is not used tools for it, but special wipes with impregnation or industrial pastes. Both are easy to find in a hardware store or even a hypermarket. Just do not forget to read the instructions on the package and strictly follow it.

Jewelry workshops usually use a variety of chemical compounds, and recently it has become very popular to purge gold by ultrasound. Many manufacturers now offer ultrasonic household appliances that could be useful for cleaning gold. However, you should not take risks, especially if you have jewelry with stones. The sound of high frequency is capable of destroying some stones, so it's better if professionals clean it up.

We hope that you are convinced that it is quite easy to clean gold at home. It is necessary only with a mind to approach this matter and find the right remedy. With a second nuance we have helped you, so from now on the purity of your jewelry depends only on your desire!