How to clean gold to make it look like new

Having a variety of products from precious metals, you occasionally face the question of how to clean gold, silver, or platinum, so they look like new. Earrings, bracelets, chains, pendants and rings heavily polluted in the process of socks and lose their original luster. But we want our jewelry shone as before. This can be achieved only in two ways:

• To Clean gold at home by yourself.
• Give jewelry for cleaning in the workshop.

If your products have inserts made of genuine pearls, gemstones, or they were black or green spots, then the second option is for you. Improper use of cleaners can damage gemstones and natural pearls are dull.

How to clean gold at home, you should first know that people with a predisposition to allergic reactions. After all, during the wearing of jewelry, they accumulate a large number of microorganisms in the form of plaque. Because items become dull and unattractive. Openwork decoration dirty much faster than smooth. In the patterns of accumulated sweat, dust and dirt. All the dirt on jewelry can cause irritation of sensitive skin.

Simple tips will help you learn how to clean the gold and get rid of the plaque and dirt.

• The first step is to wash items in soapy water. To make it perfect dishwashing liquid, washing detergent or antibacterial soap and water with a temperature of not less than 50 degrees. How to clean gold in this solution? Omit all products in the prepared solution and leave to dwell for 1-2 hours. After this time, use a toothbrush to gently clean each piece. Use only brushes with soft bristles. Otherwise, there is the opportunity to scratch the product. Pay special attention to delicate parts, fasteners and mounting stones in jewelry. In such remote places dirty RAID is going faster. After a thorough cleansing rinse jewelry under running cool water, dry it with Terry towels and polished with a soft cloth.
• You Should know that jewelry not made of pure gold. In the alloy there are always silver or copper. The number of milligrams of pure gold can be found by looking at a sample of the product. Any alloy has a tendency to oxidation. From this, the products appear on the spot. Why you should know how to clean gold using chemical means. For this purpose, suitable ammonia solution (ammonia). It can be bought in any pharmacy. Can be diluted with water to a vial of ammonia, so its concentration was not less than 25 percent. A solution was prepared by stacking all the decorations and leave for a few hours. The interaction of ammonia and oxides of copper or silver are obtained compounds that dissolve well in plain water. After some time take out the jewelry from the solution, rinse under running cool water, dry and Polish with a soft cloth.
• Mechanical way to clean jewelry involves the use of different pastes. Their composition varied. Are based on vegetable oil, petroleum jelly or soap solution. As the abrasive particles added to the base powder of white magnesia, diatomaceous earth, carbonate of lead or corundum. Professional paste for cleaning jewelry can be bought in specialized shops or jewelry salon. This method of cleaning is used in case of failure of the first two. If after washing and processing of ammonia on the product left a plaque or stains. Apply small amount of toothpaste on a soft cloth and clean the product, moving in the same direction. After cleansing, rinse the jewelry with water, dried and polished.

Should Not be used for this type of cleaning soda, tooth powder and cleaning paste for kitchen utensils. These mixtures contain large particles that can spoil the appearance of the jewelry, scratched it. This treatment the weight of the jewelry decreases as erased the top layer of gold.