How to clean gold plated silver?

Gilded silver looks very beautiful - whether it is elegant jewelry, spoons or interior items. However, over time, these products darken, they raid, which greatly spoils their appearance. To avoid this, you need to properly care for products. After reading this article, you will learn how to clean gold-plated silver so that it starts to shine again, like on the first day after purchase.

In order not to have to frequently clean cutlery and jewelry, you need to understand the reason for the browning on them. The reasons are usually as follows:

• contact with rubber, onions, egg whites, salt, household gas;
• negative effects of cosmetics;
• stay in a room with high humidity;
• contact with sweat (need to remove jewelry during physical exertion so that the metal does not begin to oxidize);
• contact with drugs, chemicals (gloves are recommended when doing household chores).

Clearing gilding, you need to remember certain rules:

• abrasive compounds are not suitable for cleaning precious metals. They may scratch the surface;
• Before cleaning, dip a soft cloth in alcohol and wipe the product with it;
• wipe the gilt can only be a cotton swab. Suede is also suitable for this.

If you are going to carefully clean the jewelry, you should first remove minor contamination. It can be:

• spots;
• fat;
• dust.

Moisten the sponge with turpentine or ethyl alcohol and apply the product to the product. After that, you can begin a more thorough cleaning.

Mix in a container 1 tbsp of saline and 1 tbsp of water. Put the product there and leave for 20 minutes. Some combine ammonia with chalk and put this mixture on the gilding. You must wait for the paste to dry. Then remove the chalk with running water and wipe the product thoroughly using a soft cloth.

To clean the spoon of silver, you can use a solution of soap and ammonia. Prepare 6 drops of ammonia, 1 hl of soap (you can use liquid or grated hard), 1 l of warm water. Put the gilded silver in this solution, leave it there for 30 minutes. Then take it, rinse with water and dry thoroughly. Do not keep the product in solution for too long otherwise, its surface may deteriorate.

To get rid of the darkening on silver, another option is also suitable. Take 15 drops of ammonia, mix them with toothpaste. Using a toothbrush, apply the resulting agent to silver. Clean it carefully, then rinse it in clean water and dry it. Since liquid ammonia smells unpleasant, it is best to clean it on the balcony or on the street.

This cleaning method is the simplest:

• Pre-soak the silverware in soap and water. Then put in 1 liter of water (it should be hot) 50 g of soda. Place the silver in the container, wait for the solution to cool. Then the product will need to be removed and dried using a soft cloth;
• You can put baking soda (15 g) in water, put silver there and wait a few hours.Then the decoration will need to be washed and dried thoroughly;
• If the silver surface is dark, mix the soda with a few drops of water. You will get gruel, which should be applied to the product.

Use this tool with caution. Peroxide is suitable for silver, but before cleaning you need to make sure that there will be no unexpected results (in the form of reactions). It all depends on the composition of the product.

Beat the yolk from the egg thoroughly, add the amber water (1 tbsp) to it, mix them. Dip a sponge into the mixture and wipe the product. Clean it using suede or wool material. Thanks to this method the silver will begin to shine again.

Put silver in beer, wait 30 minutes. Then rinse the product, dry it and rub it with suede to make it shine.

Dissolve vinegar (2 tablespoons) in 1 liter of water. Put the decoration in there and wait 15 minutes, then dry the product thoroughly. Then rub it with wool or suede material to shine.

This tool is safe for gold-plated silverware. It effectively helps to cope with stains and darkening. Dip a cotton swab in the wine alcohol, wipe the surface with it, then rub it with suede to make it shine.

At the present time there are a variety of means by which you can clean silver jewelry from black at home. This can be done quickly and easily. Put the product in a cleaning agent wait a few minutes - and you're done. The silver surface with gilding will shine again.

It is necessary to look after gold-plated silverware regularly - only in this case they will always look beautiful. Remember that you need to store jewelry in special cases with soft upholstery. When removing jewelry, wipe it immediately using flannel material, otherwise stains may appear on the surface due to sweat.

Visual methods of cleaning silver and gold at home, see the video below.