Rules for cleaning gilded silver at home

Silver with gilding is found quite often, since jewelry from it looks luxurious and aristocratic, emphasize the taste of its owner, while not differing in high cost. However, sooner or later the time comes to clean the gilded silver. You can do this at home. We offer you to get acquainted with the most popular methods.

Basic Rules

In order to properly clean the gilded silver and not harm it, you must adhere to the following rules.

• Chalk and toothpowder, of course, can remove contamination, but at the same time they will scratch the surface of the product itself, so you can not use them.
• For work, do not use products designed to clean both gold and silver.
• If the pollution is not strong, a piece of suede fabric will help get rid of it. It will also allow to polish the refined jewelry, to give it shine.
• Some gold-plated chains are equipped with clasps made of base metal, so when in contact with water, they may become rusty. That is why a piece of jewelry with a fastener in an aqueous solution is not immersed.

The first stage of silver purification with gilding is the degreasing of contamination, for which the surface should be wiped with ethyl alcohol (in its pure form) or vinegar diluted with water (2 tbsp. Per glass).

Soap

If the pollution is small, soapy water is the easiest and most convenient way to restore silver to its former splendor. In a liter of water is stirred 2 tsp. grated soap, after which jewelry is immersed in the liquid. They must be gently rubbed with a sponge, then rinse.

Ammonia and soap

This method helps to quickly get rid of greenish spots that can occur on silver products with gilding. Consider the procedure.

1. In 1 liter of warm water add 1 tsp. soap (you can rub the bar on a fine grater or just take a liquid).
2. To drop liquid ammonia into the resulting soapy liquid - 6 drops.
3. Stir the resulting solution.
4. Immerse products in it for half an hour.
5. Rinse the silver.

The final step is to polish the gilding with a suede fabric.

Tip

Silver cannot be kept in a solution for a longer time, it will not become cleaner from this, and a layer of gilding can peel off.

Wine alcohol

This substance helps to quickly and effortlessly remove stains from a gilded product without spoiling it. How to act?

1. Soak a sponge with alcohol.
2. Rub the product until completely cleaned.

In conclusion, you can also use a piece of suede, then the products will shine like new.

Baking soda

This simple product will help restore the beauty and brilliance of gilded jewelry, remove blackness. Proceed as follows:

1. pour 300 ml of water into the container and put on the stove;
2. put jewelry in heated water;
3. add 1 tsp baking soda;
4. boil;
5. boil for 5 minutes;
6. turn off the stove, cool the water and rinse the product.

Tip

You can’t rub the gilding with a sponge with soda - the dirt will be removed, but the thing itself will be scratched.

Beer

This drink does a good job of cleansing silverware with gilding and removes light dirt from jewelry. The procedure is as follows:

1. pour beer into a container;
2. place the products there for half an hour;
3. rinse silver under a stream of cold water;
4. to dry.

For shine, you can rub with suede.

Soap, Vaseline and Chalk

The procedure is simple.

• Taken 1 tbsp.l Vaseline, chalk, water and pre-grated soap.
• Using a soft cloth, gilded products are carefully coated with this compound. You can not rub, you just need to apply the product on the surface.
• Wait 10 minutes.
• Rinse products and rub them with suede.

If you strictly adhere to the recommendations, the method is completely safe. The chalk must be thoroughly ground to a powder state.

Sugar

A simple, effective and safe means of updating gold-plated products at home.

• In a glass of warm water add 3 tbsp. l Sahara.
• Stir well.
• Put jewelry in a glass.
• Leave on for 4 hours.
• Take out items and rinse.

Tip

This method will not help to get rid of stubborn dirt and heavy pollution, but it will perfectly update the jewelry and restore its original shine.

Lemon acid

It’s easy to make a composition that helps clean home-made gold-plated silverware.

• Pour ½ liter of water into an enameled pan.
• Add a bag of citric acid (15 g) to it.
• Put the container on fire, bring to a boil.
• Place the decorations in boiling liquid.
• Boil them for 15-20 minutes.

Next, the product must be cooled and rinsed. This method is suitable for cleaning blackened jewelry and cutlery with gilding.

Javelin water and protein

Another effective tool to help clean gold-plated products. Javelin water can be purchased in specialized stores or notice "White." The sequence of actions is as follows:

• beat 1 egg white with a fork, whisk or mixer;
• add to it 1.5 tbsp. l "Whiteness" or javelin water;
• put the decoration in the resulting thick mixture;
• gently rub the product with a sponge;
• rinse off.

Important!

Work should be done with gloves so as not to damage the skin of the hands.

Bow

This is one of the easiest and safest ways to update the appearance of gilding and eliminate small contaminants. The decoration or cutlery is rubbed with onions, left for an hour and a half, then rinsed and wiped.

Tip

You can simply place the product that needs to be cleaned in the onion gruel, which is simple to cook: pass the vegetable through a meat grinder or a blender.

Salt

This method will not help get rid of stubborn stains, but will return the product to its shine and slightly clean the metal.

1. 200 ml of water is poured into the pan.
2. Add 1 tsp. salt.
3. The solution is put on gas, heats up.
4. Products are immersed in it, brought to a boil and boiled for 15 minutes.

After this, jewelry and appliances should be rinsed and polished with suede.

Pollution prevention

In order for gilded silver to retain its attractive appearance for a long time, you should follow simple care rules that will help to avoid pollution.

• When sweat enters, silver is oxidized, so during sports training products from it should be removed.
• After each use, cutlery is washed and wiped with a suede cloth.
• Gilding and gold items are stored separately. When choosing a place where such things will lie, it should be remembered that dampness leads to the appearance of black spots.
• Items made of gilded silver should not be exposed to direct sunlight.
• A layer of gilding can damage the accidental effects of perfumes or cosmetics.
• Wipe the gilded silver with a soft flannel.

Compliance with these simple rules will help to achieve an attractive appearance of gold-plated products and jewelry for a long time.