Than clean gold to shine?

We all know that over time, gold jewelry lose its luster. And the blame for this is the admixture of metals, which are added to gold during manufacture to give it more strength. These metals under the influence of the medium oxidize and change their color. In addition, dirt and dust accumulate in the orifices of the decoration, which also worsens its appearance. If you want the gold to shine again, you need to know what it can be cleaned.

Clean the gold at home

There are several ways to clean the gold items home.

  1. The easiest way to clean gold jewelry with the help of warm water with the addition of liquid soap, dishwashing liquid or shampoo. In this solution, the products are soaked for two hours. Then a soft toothbrush must be cleaned jewelry. Rinse the golden object with water, wipe it with a soft cloth and polish with flannel. And then gold again will shine. In this way, you can perfectly clean even the diamond ring.
  2. Excellent cleaning agent for gold - ammonia. To do this, take a non-metallic container, pour ammonia into it and put gold jewelry there. Depending on how heavily contaminated objects are, they should be kept for three to twelve hours. Then remove, rinse and dry dry.
  3. Much faster can be cleaned gold objects with hydrogen peroxide. In one glass of warm water one must dissolve 1 tsp. ammonia, 1 tsp. liquid soap and 40 ml of peroxide. Soak gold in solution for 20-25 minutes. Remove, rinse and dry.
  4. If your decoration is made of white gold, then for its cleaning, prepare a solution: a glass of water 1 teaspoon of ammonia and a drop of any detergent. Decoration is immersed in the solution for one hour, then it must be washed under a stream of water and dried well. You can not use a rough brush or abrasives to clean jewelry from white gold, which can damage the metal.
  5. Gold jewelry with stones should be cleaned with great care, and those in which the stones are attached to the base with glue, you can not clean gold with water-based products at all. Such products are cleaned with a cotton swab that is moistened in cologne. Now the decoration should be wiped first with a damp, and then with a dry cloth.

Sometimes the owners of gold jewelry are interested in how often they need to clean gold. If you want your gold jewelry to always shine, as new, clean them regularly.