How to clean the gold chain at home?

Since ancient times, gold jewelery has been considered not only objects for human decoration, but also indicators of a special status, familiarity with luxury and wealth. Chains, rings, bracelets - all this is so fascinating with its chic glitter. But, unfortunately, over time, this brilliance disappears somewhere and the gold becomes dull and dark.

Gold in jewelry is a fusion. After all, the metal itself is rather soft, and 99% gold can only be seen in the form of ingots (most often). What additional metal impurities are part of the alloy determine the cost of the product, its color, and the degree of interaction with the environment.

If the chain is made of white gold, then both silver and nickel, copper can be impurities in it, but from above it will be covered with a thin layer of rhodium, which is prone to abrasion. For such products aggressive cleaning methods should be avoided. Red gold contains copper, therefore, as a rule, it is not so high sample.

This means that it is exposed to dirt more strongly, and the metals entering the alloy can react ambiguously to washing in a particular solution. And if rare and expensive alloys of blue, violet or green gold are contaminated, then better not to risk and use special professional cleaning tools.

Gold is a frequent “neighbor” of many precious and semi-precious stones and materials. Of course, the chain with stone inlays is very attractive in appearance, but you should be very careful when cleaning such an ornament. After all, pebbles can fly off in the process of mechanical cleaning (if they were glued) or they can completely change their color, become smaller or dissolve in an aggressive composition. For example, pearls very actively interact with vinegar and dissolve.

You can clean the gold chain at home using the most common available materials, such as salt or soda, ammonia or dishwashing gel.

When cleaning gold, the main thing is to assess the degree of contamination. In particularly advanced cases, it is better to trust the professionals or try several means and methods of cleaning. It is worth noting that there is a mass of recipes for how to clean gold products, but there are only a few cleaning methods: ultrasonic cleaning, mechanical, simple “soaking” in solutions or rubbing with various mixtures, as well as boiling.

Quickly and effectively clean the chain using coarse salt. Here are some recipes for salt-based cleansing products:

• Add a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice to the coarse salt. Rub the mixture with gold, after rinse and dry.

• Take a tablespoon of salt, soda and soap. At the bottom of the enamel tableware put baking foil. On the foil - a chain. Decoration cover soda-salt mixture and pour a glass of hot water. After half an hour the chain can be washed and dried.

Favorite means of many hostesses to combat dirt is the most common baking soda. She cheers up even the heaviest pollution.But for cleaning gold products - bracelets, rings, chains, it is better to dilute it or make a paste or a solution from it. Soda is an abrasive, so scratches may occur when using powder.

You can clean the decoration with a matte surface with a paste consisting of water, lime, soda and salt. Apply the paste to the flannel cloth, wipe the chain with it and leave to act for 4 hours. After that, of course, wash and dry.

Line the bottom of the enamelled cup with food foil or soft cloth (napkin, handkerchief, rag). Add water and 1-3 tablespoons of baking soda, get the ingredients to dissolve, put the dishes on fire. When everything boils, remove from the heat and place the product there. A few minutes is enough for the procedure to take effect. In the end, the chain is washed under running water and dried naturally.

Strengthen the cleaning properties of soda solution can be using vinegar. When the solution boils, you need to add 2 tablespoons of essence, hold on the fire for another 3-4 minutes. Then place the decoration there. If there is a lot of dirt, you can try boiling some gold in this composition for some time.

Ammonia will help to get rid of blackness. When using it, consider product testing. Base gold can be cleaned 10% solution. But jewelry of higher quality will withstand 25% ammonia.

For cleaning, you need to put the product in a jar with a substance (30 ml will be enough) to leave it for a couple of hours (or even for a day, if the layer of dirt is large) and then rinse with warm water.

You can also pour 100 ml of hydrogen peroxide into an enamel bowl, add 30 ml of ammonia to it. Put the decoration for 12 hours in the solution, then wash and dry.

The chain will shine like a new one, if you use ammonia to clean it:

• You can use a mixture of ammonia and water in a ratio of 1: 10. You should put a chain in this solution for a couple of hours. After washing and drying the product.
• Take 1 teaspoon of ammonia, a few spoons of hydrogen peroxide (from 1 to 3, if the product is massive), a pinch of laundry detergent, half a glass of water. Put all the ingredients in a small container, mix, and then put back the chain for half an hour. As time runs out, the decoration can be reached and thoroughly rinsed with water. Then wipe dry with a napkin or soft cloth. Gold will once again shine and will sparkle with beautiful highlights. This recipe can not be used if the decoration is inlaid with stones.
• 2 tablespoons of ammonia in combination with 1 teaspoon of soda can help clean the gold. Hold the jewelry in this mixture for a day, rinse and dry. At the end, go through the chain with a cotton pad dipped in vegetable oil. Radiance and shine are provided.

One of the most simple, but no less effective available tools for cleaning gold are the usual means for washing dishes, as well as gels and shampoos. They perfectly wash not only the dishes, the head or the body, but also the decorations will be cleaned without problems. There are several main cleaning methods:

• Make a soap solution with foam, put gold there, rinse (you can even wipe it with a toothbrush with soft fibers), rinse.
• Mix water, ammonia and shampoo. In the resulting solution, put a chain of white gold for half an hour. After washing and drying naturally.
• A gold product without stones can also be boiled in a soap solution. Tablespoon means for a glass of water, 5 minutes of boiling - and the result on the face. But if this is not enough, hydrogen peroxide can be added to the composition. First boil the chain in a soap solution, then add a spoon of peroxide to the same place and hold on the fire for another 5 minutes.

• Make a strong infusion of chamomile flowers (200 ml of boiling water, infusion hour).Strain it so that there are no small particles that can settle or clog the links of the chain. Add some tar soap to the infusion (you can use laundry soap, dishwashing liquid or laundry detergent instead). 1.5 cm from the bar is enough. Crush the soap, add it to the chamomile and heat it in the microwave. It is necessary that the ingredients are completely dissolved. Next, place the decoration in the solution for 2-3 hours. After it remains to rinse the product and dry it.

Salt, soda, ammonia, or various detergents are among the most popular cleaning methods. However, this is not a complete arsenal of tools to combat dirt. Mustard, old lipstick, toothpaste or powder, a solution for contact lenses, potatoes and onions, soda - all this can be used to make the chain shine again. Some recipes:

• Toothpaste can be used as a preventive measure or to remove small stains. It is enough to apply it on a toothbrush with a soft nap, rub the product with the composition, rinse under warm water and leave to dry on a soft cloth.
• To clean the gold, it can be dropped for a day in a bowl with vinegar essence.
• Wipe the gold with mustard, rinse with water and dry.

• The favorite "grandmothers" methods of gold purification are the use of alcohol, cologne or gasoline. It is necessary to moisten a soft cloth, wipe the product.
• Freshly chop the onions and / or potatoes into mush, add 2 tablespoons of water. Put the chain in the mixture for 2-3 hours.
• Freshly prepared onion juice is also effective in combating pollution. But if you do not want to squeeze the juice of the root crop, you can simply wipe the chain with two halves of onion, and then rinse and dry your favorite piece of jewelry.
• Dilute citric acid with 100 ml of water or squeeze a lemon. Leave the decoration in concentrate for half an hour.
• 100 ml of beer and egg white are also rubbed into gold to get rid of dirt.
• Soda (usually used "Kola", but you can and "Pepsi", "Sprite") cleans well.
• Go through the chain segments of the old lipstick, which includes titanium dioxide. After cleaning the product with a cotton pad.
• You can put gold in a contact lens cleanser.

In order to avoid further contamination of your favorite gold jewelry, you need to follow some simple rules:

• Try to avoid excessive contact of jewelry with water, aggressive substances, cosmetics.
• When you visit the pool, sauna you need to remove from the chain and other products of gold. It will not be superfluous to remove the decorations while cooking and cleaning.
• Store jewelry should be in boxes, special bags or boxes. Jewelry storage sites should not be made of cardboard, as it contains sulfur, which is bad for impurities in the gold alloy.

Removing the decoration for the night, you can put it between two pieces of potatoes. In the morning, you can simply rinse and dry the sparkling decoration.

To add extra shine, you can place decorations for 5-6 hours in a highly concentrated sugar solution, then polish.

So that gold glittered and continued to delight the eye, you can polish it with a composition based on chalk and vaseline. Take 1 tablespoon of household shavings or tar soap, a tablespoon of chalk powder and a tablespoon of water. You can also add petrolatum to this composition. Apply the mixture with a cotton pad on the product.

For example, you can wrap the chain in baking paper and put it in a container filled with salt for a day.Do not forget to repeat at the same time that “salt cleans this object from the negative”. After a day, the used paper and salt are thrown away, the decoration is considered to be cleared of bad energy.

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