How to clean gold at home to shine?

Gold products are always in fashion and in price. But if earlier to afford such decorations could only very well-off people, now they are in every family. In itself, gold is a very soft metal, so in order to add gold to hardness, alloys are made, to which copper, silver and other metals are added. Therefore, you need to know how to clean gold at home, so that it shines. This will be discussed in this article.

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Causes of gold tarnish

Thanks to these additives, gold becomes harder, but at the same time, spots appear on it after a while. There are other reasons why gold loses its original shine and becomes dull. These include:

• environment, which adversely affects not only the person, but also the jewelry;
• decorations contend with our skin, which means - with sebum, which is unavoidable in the work of the sebaceous glands, especially in the summer;
• decorative cosmetics and creams, which are used by most women, also lead to contamination of gold products.

The question arises what to clean gold at home, so that it glitters and pleased us further with its beautiful appearance. First of all, you need to take good care of gold, then the question of how to wash gold will not appear so often before you.

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Gold care rules:

• Gold is adversely affected by alkalis and acids that are contained in all detergent powders. This noble metal also does not like solvents, which are part of the liquid for removing varnish. Therefore, if you remove the nail polish, you should also remove the gold rings, otherwise they may darken.

Important! Some cosmetics contain compounds of mercury, chlorine or sulfur, which also do not like your gold jewelry. Try to limit, if possible, the contact of gold products with these substances.

• When working with paints and abrasives, be sure to remove the gold items.
• You should not wear your favorite jewelry when you go to a bath, a solarium or a sauna.
• Gold jewelry is not recommended to be stored in a cardboard box. Cardboard in its composition contains sulfur, as a result - over time the product will darken.
• Periodically clean your gold jewelry. The best option is to clean the gold once every 3-4 months. But the earrings are recommended to be cleaned more often, since they directly come into contact with cosmetics, hair care products.

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Preparing to clean

Before you start cleaning your gold, you need to find the dishes in which you will clean it:

• You need to pick up such a container to make the cleaning solution completely covered the product.
• Many products have hard-to-reach places, for example, convex patterns, ornaments or inserts of stones. It's just so difficult to clear them. Therefore, prepare an old toothbrush. It is quite suitable for cleaning such areas.

Capacity and toothbrush prepared, now proceed to address the issue of how to clean gold to shine at home.

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Mechanical method

The simplest and most affordable way to clean gold to shine at home is to use cloth. You will need fleecy fleece-like material. Take a rag and wipe your jewelry carefully until it shines.

Important! This method is suitable for any product, and if you use it regularly, you will not need to prepare or buy any cleaning solutions. But with strong pollution, this method does not work - then you will have to look for funds more feasible.

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Ammonium alcohol

As always in a difficult moment, people's recipes will come to our aid. An excellent means for cleaning contaminants is a mixture of water, ammonia and detergent. To begin, prepare the mixture:

1. Boil a glass of water, pour into a deep container.
2. Add a tablespoon of detergent or other detergent.
3. Pour 1 teaspoonful of ammonia.
4. Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are dissolved.
5. Place the gold products in this solution, leave for 2 hours.
6. Rinse under running water, thoroughly wipe with a cloth.
7. One cup of water dissolves 1 tsp.ammonia. In the solution, a cotton swab is wetted and the decoration is well worn. At the end, the product is washed with a soap solution and rinsed with clean water.

Important! There are other ways of cleaning products with ammonia:

• Mix the chalk powder with ammonia and the resulting paste, wipe the product.
• You can simply dissolve ammonia in water, put the product there for an hour, then rinse with warm water and wipe dry.

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Detergent for utensils

This method also copes well with large contaminants:

1. Dissolve in a glass of water a teaspoon of any detergent.
2. Pour into a deep container, put a soft cloth on the bottom.
3. Put gold jewelry there.
4. Boil the solution for 10 minutes with the ornaments, rinse well under running water and wipe dry with a cloth.

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Hydrogen peroxide

Proceed as follows:

1. In a glass of warm water, add a teaspoon of liquid soap and ammonia and 40 ml of hydrogen peroxide. Pour the solution into a deep container.
2. Place the gold products in the solution for 20 minutes.
3. Rinse the products well and wipe them dry.

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Salt

Very simple and low-budget method: dissolve in a glass of hot water three tablespoons of salt, put decorations there and leave for the night. In the morning, rinse and wipe dry.

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Sweet solution

This is the sweetest way to get rid of dirt, though it does not get rid of heavy dirt, but ordinary fat and dust will remove:

1. Dissolve a tablespoon of sugar in a glass of water, lower your item of gold there.
2. Leave for a few hours.
3. Rinse your jewelry well and dry it.

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Foil plus soda:

1. In a glass of hot water, put a couple of tablespoons of baking soda.
2. At the bottom of the deep container, put the foil on which you need to lay out your jewelry.
3. Top with soda water and leave overnight.
4. Rinse products well, dry them with a cloth.

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Boiling with soda

There is also a way to clean gold at home quickly and efficiently - with soda:

1. Pour water into the container and heat it.
2. Put your decorations there. .
3. Add soda: 1 tablespoon of the substance goes to the glass of water.
4. Boil for a few minutes.
5. Brush them, rinse and dry.

Important! Some recommend rubbing gold items with soda with the addition of vinegar, but this can lead to surface damage. The higher the sample, the more likely that your gold jewelry will be scratched by the mechanical effects of soda.

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Other ways to clean

In addition to chemical, there are other methods of cleaning with home-made tools.

Bow

Gold decoration can be cleaned with onions. But, of course, there will be a smell, which then it will also be necessary to wash off something. But your ring will shine with a golden sheen, since the onion eliminates tarnish and dirt on the sides:

1. Slick the onion through a fine grater to the state of gruel.
2. Strain the mass through gauze to remove excess liquid.
3. Put the remaining mass in a spacious container, put decorations there.
4. Rub the onion decoration, then rinse under the tap and dry.

lipstick One way to quickly clean gold at home to glitter is the use of lipstick. It replaces GOI paste and quickly removes dirt and gives the products a beautiful shine. Suitable for this, any lipstick - apply it to the decoration and rub with a soft cloth.

Beer and egg

For this method, you need a pair of egg whites and a jar of beer. Mix them, and with this solution, clean the gold items. Clean best with a soft cloth.

Vinegar

Vinegar is almost in every kitchen. Its solution can safely clean your gold jewelry. Apply a little on the cotton pad and work on the surface of your product. You will be pleased with the result. Vinegar will restore your ring to its former shine.

Tooth brushing powder

For cleaning gold jewelry, it is necessary to take a powder without whitening effect. You can use toothpaste. Apply a little money to the gold surface, treat it well with an old toothbrush or soft material.

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Professional cleaning methods

In addition to popular methods, there are also special liquids or pastes for cleaning gold products. There are also special napkins with which you can polish jewelry. Before buying a product, carefully read the instructions. There it will be indicated for which metal this tool is intended, whether it is possible to process this tool with various inserts, for example, stones.

Important! If the product you have chosen is for gold only, gently wipe the product without touching the stones.

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Cleaning of gold objects with stones

The stones require special attention, and in order to avoid the risk of damage to the jewelry, adhere to the following recommendations:

• The product, decorated with diamonds, cubic zirconium or cubic zirconium, can be cleaned with ammonia or a soap solution. Diamonds can even be rubbed with a brush.
• Turquoise, coral and pearls are enough to wipe with a flannel cloth.
• Ruby, opal, lapis lazuli can be washed in a solution of baby soap.
• You can not stain stones if they are glued to gold.
• You can clean dirt from hard-to-reach places with cotton wool soaked in a special compound that can be purchased at a jewelry store. Or you can use ordinary cologne or alcohol.
• Do not clean the frame with sharp objects - there may be ugly scratches on it.
• If contaminations on hard stones such as diamond, ruby, sapphire, topaz, emerald, amethyst, tourmaline, zircon are strong enough, they can be cleaned with refined gasoline. A toothbrush can be used for cleaning.

In this article we have told you many ways that will help you to clean gold at home to glitter. Which of them to give preference - decide for yourself, so that you can comfortably and easily cope with the pollution of your jewelry.