How to clean gold at home to shine?

Gold items are always in fashion and in value. But if earlier only very wealthy people could afford such jewelry, now they are in every family. Gold itself is a very soft metal, therefore, in order to add hardness to gold, alloys are made in which copper, silver and other metals are added. Therefore, you need to know how to clean gold at home in order to shine. This will be discussed in this article.

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Causes of Gold Dullness

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 luster and becomes dull. These include:

• an environment that adversely affects not only a person, but also jewelry;
• jewelry is in contact with our skin, and therefore with sebum, which is inevitable when the sebaceous glands work, especially in the summer;
• decorative cosmetics and creams, which are used by most women, also lead to contamination of gold products.

The question arises of how to clean gold at home, so that it shines and delights us further with its beautiful appearance. First of all, you need to properly care for gold, then the question of how to wash the gold will not arise before you so often.

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Gold Care Rules:

• Gold is adversely affected by alkalis and acids, which are found in all washing powders. The solvents that make up the nail polish remover also dislike this noble metal. Therefore, if you remove the nail polish, it is better to remove the gold rings too, otherwise they may darken.

Important! Some cosmetics contain mercury, chlorine, or sulfur compounds that your gold jewelry doesn't like either. If possible, try to limit the contact of gold items with these substances.

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

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Preparation for cleaning

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

• It is necessary to choose a container so that the made cleaning solution completely covers the product.
• Many products have inaccessible places, for example, convex patterns, ornaments or stone inserts. Just cleaning them up is quite difficult. So get your old toothbrush ready. It is quite suitable for cleaning such areas.

We prepared the capacity and the toothbrush, now we will begin to resolve the issue of how to clean gold to shine at home.

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Mechanical method

The easiest and most affordable way to clean gold to shine at home is to use a cloth. You will need fleece-like fleece material. Take a cloth and wipe your jewelry thoroughly until it sparkles.

Important! This method is suitable for any product, and if you use it regularly, you do not need to prepare or buy any cleaning solutions. But with severe pollution, this method will not work - here you will have to look for stronger means.

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Ammonia

As always, in difficult times, folk recipes will come to our aid. A great cleaner to clean up is a mixture of water, ammonia and washing powder. To start, prepare the mixture:

1. Boil a glass of water, pour into a deep container.
2. Pour a tablespoon of washing powder or other detergent into it.
3. Pour 1 teaspoon of ammonia.
4. Mix thoroughly until the ingredients are completely dissolved.
5. Place gold items in this solution, leave for 2 hours.
6. Rinse under running water, wipe thoroughly with a cloth.
7. 1 teaspoon is dissolved in one glass of water. ammonia. A cotton swab is wetted in the solution and the decoration is wiped well. At the end, the product is washed with soapy water and rinsed with clean water.

Important! There are other ways to clean products using ammonia:

• Mix the chalk powder with ammonia and wipe the resulting paste.
• 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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Dishwashing Detergent

This method also copes well with large contaminants:

1. Dissolve a teaspoon of any detergent in a glass of water.
2. Pour into a deep container, put a soft cloth on the bottom.
3. Put the gold jewelry there.
4. Boil the solution with the decorations for 10 minutes, rinse them 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. Put the gold products in the solution for 20 minutes.
3. Rinse the products well and wipe them dry.

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Salt

A very simple and low-budget way: dissolve three tablespoons of salt in a glass of hot water, put jewelry there and leave it overnight. Rinse and wipe dry in the morning.

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Sweet solution

This is the sweetest way to get rid of dirt, although it will not save you from strong pollution, but ordinary fat and dust will be removed:

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

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Foil plus soda:

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

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Boiling with soda

There is another way to clean gold at home quickly and efficiently, using soda:

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

Important! Some people recommend rubbing gold items with soda and vinegar, but this can damage the surface. The higher the sample, the greater the likelihood that your gold jewelry will be scratched from the mechanical effects of soda.

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Other cleaning methods

In addition to chemical, there are other methods of cleaning with household improvised means.

Onion

Gold jewelry can be peeled with a bow. But, of course, there will remain a smell, which then will also need to be washed off with something. But your ring will shine with a golden sheen, as the bow eliminates dullness and dirt on the sides:

1. Rub the onion through a fine grater until gruel.
2. Strain the mass through cheesecloth to remove excess fluid.
3. Put the remaining mass in a spacious container, put decorations there.
4. Rub the decoration with the onion mass, then rinse under the tap and dry.

Lipstick

One way to quickly clean gold at home to make it shiny is to use lipstick. It replaces GOI paste and quickly removes impurities and gives products a beautiful shine. Any lipstick is suitable for this - apply it on a piece of jewelry and rub it with a soft cloth.

Beer and Egg

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

Vinegar

Vinegar is in almost every kitchen. Its solution can clean your gold jewelry without risk. Apply a little on a cotton pad and treat the surface of your product. You will be pleased with the result. Vinegar will return your ring to its former luster.

Toothbrushing powder

To clean gold jewelry, you need to take a powder without a whitening effect. You can use toothpaste. Apply a bit of the product on a gold surface, thoroughly treat it with an old toothbrush or soft material.

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Professional cleaning methods

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

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

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Cleaning gold items with stones

Stones require special treatment, and to avoid the risk of damage to jewelry, follow these guidelines:

• A product decorated with diamonds, cubic zirconia or zirconium can be cleaned with ammonia or soapy water. Diamonds can even be brushed.
• It is enough to wipe the turquoise, coral and pearls with a flannel cloth.
• Ruby, opal, lapis lazuli can be washed in a solution of baby soap.
• Do not wet stones if they are glued to gold.
• To clean the dirt from hard-to-reach places, cotton buds dipped in a special composition, which can be purchased at a jewelry store, will help you. Or you can use ordinary cologne or alcohol.
• Do not clean the frame with sharp objects - ugly scratches may remain on it.
• If the impurities on hard stones, such as diamond, ruby, sapphire, topaz, emerald, amethyst, tourmaline, zircon, are quite strong, you can clean them with refined gasoline. You can use a toothbrush for cleaning.

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In this article, we have told you many ways that will help you clean your gold at home to make it shiny. Which one of them should be preferred - decide for yourself, so that it would be convenient and easy for you to cope with the pollution of your jewelry.