How to clean gold with diamonds at home?

Not all that glitters is gold. But in our case, I want the gold jewelry to shine, adding to the image of festivity. And if you are also a happy owner of gold jewelry with diamonds, then success in men and envy in women are your eternal companions. However, even such beauty may fade over time. Therefore, it is important to know how to clean gold with diamonds at home, so as not to rush headlong into a jewelry workshop every time a darkening appears on the rim or a stone fades.

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Causes of Gold Pollution and Dullness

Everyone who studied chemistry at school will remember that gold is a soft metal. If jewelry were made of gold of the highest standard, then we would not be able to wear these products for a long time, because they would be deformed even with the slightest touch of a finger. To make this metal harder, silver, copper, and other metals are added to the alloy.

However, along with hardness, a tendency to age and tarnish also appears, because under the influence of the environment, the alloy undergoes changes:

1. Gold products are constantly in contact with our skin, through the sebaceous glands of which sweat and fat are secreted.
2. Also, creams and decorative cosmetics, perfumes, which we actively use every day, can fall on them.
3. Urban smog and dust leave their mark.

All these factors age gold, lead to its dullness, and diamonds turn into muddy pebbles. Do not despair, each problem has its own solution. By following some rules, you can easily clean gold and diamonds at home. But before you start cleaning jewelry, read our article onhow to check gold for authenticity at home. 

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General Jewelry Care

In order for your jewelry to always look perfect, you need to properly store, wear and care for them.

Heat:

1. Gold and diamond products are undesirable to wear in hot weather.
2. Do not forget to remove jewelry before going to the bathhouse or sauna.
3. Remove rings when washing hands or dishes with hot water.

Important! Heat makes any material dull. For the same reason, do not leave your jewelry in direct sunlight, then you will have less clean gold with diamonds at home.

Professional jewelry cleaning

Even with a very careful attitude and regular home cleaning, at least once every six months diamond products need to be shown to a specialist. If necessary, he will strengthen the stones, check the jewelry for scratches, damage, and with the help of ultrasonic cleaning remove dirt and oxide.

Also, be sure to find out all abouthow to wear women's rings on your hands. 

Gentle cleaning

All gemstones, especially diamonds, are very sensitive to fat contamination, so try not to touch the surface of the stones with your fingers. Even you need to clean diamond jewelry with cloth gloves; during this process, use a soft cloth for wet cleaning and a velvet cloth for dry.

Important! In no case do not use aggressive abrasive products to clean jewelry.Solutions should only be made on the basis of warm water, because hot liquid will cause irrevocable clouding of your products.

Features of cleaning white gold

White gold is not only expensive and beautiful, but at the moment it is also very stylish decoration. This is an alloy of gold in which palladium, platinum or nickel is added. To make it more resistant, products from this alloy are coated with rhodium.

Owners of such jewelry that are wornring on the middle finger of the left hand, often wonder how to clean white gold with diamonds at home. We hasten to make them happy - there are no special rules. Follow the guidelines for cleaning regular gold with diamonds, such as earrings and rings, at least once a month at home.

Jewelry Storage:

1. Jewelry should be stored in opaque boxes with a soft, preferably velvet backing.
2. Diamond rings are recommended to be stored in separate cells each.
3. For a necklace and tiara, select a separate box.
4. Necklaces or bracelets can be wrapped in velvet fabric, previously unfastened the locks.

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Gold & Diamond Cleaners

There are many “grandmother's” ways to clean diamonds in gold at home.

Soft cloth or napkin

This is the easiest and most affordable way. Within 5-10 minutes, wipe the gold product with a piece of soft cloth like felt, fleece to a shine.

Important! If you do this regularly, you may not need other methods.

Soap solution

Old dirt can not be cleaned only with a cloth. Add soap or dishwashing gel to warm water. Gold is soaked in this solution for 1-2 hours. When the dirt becomes soft, gently brush the product with an old toothbrush and dry it with a soft cloth.

Soda solution

This method is acceptable only for products without stones, buying which you need to know some nuances. Therefore, it will be very useful to familiarize yourself withproperties and signs of gold and silver. 

1. Add one tablespoon of soda to a glass of water.
2. Fold the decorations in this liquid and boil them for several minutes.
3. Then brush, rinse with water and pat dry.

Important! Rubbing products with soda, and even with the addition of vinegar, is impossible: soda will scratch the surface, and acetic acid will ruin your stones and metal alloy.

Sweet water

Another unusual, but effective way to clean gold with diamonds at home:

1. Dissolve a tablespoon of sugar in one glass of water.
2. Soak the jewelry in this solution for four hours, make sure that the gold is completely covered with liquid.

Important! Using this simple method, you can get rid of ordinary fat and dust. Just remember to rinse thoroughly with running water afterwards so that the products do not remain sticky.

Toothpaste and paste

These simple oral hygiene products are found in every bathroom. They contain light abrasives that can perfectly cope with metal contamination. Toothpaste is especially good, since it contains foaming elements that soften the effect of the abrasive.

With an old soft-bristled toothbrush, apply the paste to the gold and gently brush. The cleaning process will take you 10-15 minutes.

Important! It is not recommended to use products that have colored granular pigments.

Peroxide and ammonia

These funds helped us more than once when it was necessary to remove pollution from any surfaces at home:

1. To prepare the solution, we need a glass of water, 2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide, 3 teaspoons of ammonia, a few drops of liquid soap.
2. Mix everything thoroughly
3. Leave the gold in the resulting substance for a couple of hours. Ammonia and peroxide react chemically with oxides, so even very old impurities and an oxide film are removed from the surface of gold, which includes copper and silver.

Important! Recall that the dishes should be enameled or glass.

Onion juice

1. 1. When you cook borscht or cut salad, you can clean your decorations at the same time:
   2. Cut the onion in half and rub the surface of the product well.
   3. Leave the gold in this condition for 2-3 hours.

During this time, the juice will have a good effect on pollution - it will dissolve them. You just have to rinse under running water and dry.

Coca Cola

The legendary drink! It saves us with indigestion, helps with a hangover, is indispensable at home for cleaning rust, getting rid of blood stains. Coca-Cola is no less effective when cleaning gold:

1. Fill the jewelry with a drink for half an hour.
2. Then rinse and wipe dry with a soft cloth.

Hyposulphite and borax solution

With severe contamination, sodium tetraborate pentahydrate or a solution of jewelry borax must be used.

Important! You can buy it in jewelry stores and workshops, as well as in hardware stores with the label "Poison for cockroaches." Often found in pharmacies mixed with glycerin.

Mode of application:

Moisten a cotton swab with a liquid brown and gently wipe the surface of the jewelry. Rinse with water and dry with a cloth.

For chronic pollution, sodium thiosulfate, also called hyposulfite, can also be used. This substance copes well even with old stains from iodine.

Important! An inexpensive tool that you can buy at a pharmacy or photo stores.

Method of application to clean gold with diamonds at home:

• Prepare a solution of 200 ml of water and one teaspoon of hyposulfite.
• Immerse jewelry made of gold and diamonds for 20-25 minutes.
• Clean the inside and outside surfaces with a soft bristle brush.
• Rinse in a mild soapy solution, and then under running water.

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Ammonia

Ammonia or ammonia is a fairly cheap and common drug that is sold over the counter in a pharmacy. If it is very dirty, lower the product into the solution for 15 minutes.

Important! When preparing a solution of ammonia with water, a ratio of 1: 1 is recommended. For a more delicate cleaning of diamond products in one glass of water, add 8-10 drops of ammonia. Leave the jewelry in this solution for 2 hours, then be sure to wash it in soapy water and under running water.

Lipstick

During our life we ​​eat 8 kg of lipstick, and men and even more. We offer you to turn lipstick from a “culinary delicacy” into a cleanser. Each woman’s cosmetic bag contains a tube that she’s not sorry to spend on cleaning her jewelry.

The fact is that the composition of this wonderful cosmetic product includes titanium dioxide, which removes stains and blackness and can bring your gold jewelry to perfection no worse than any jeweler.

Mode of application:

• Apply a small amount of lipstick to the cotton pad.
• Gently wipe the surface of the product.
• This will make your ring and earrings sparkle, attracting “lipstick eaters”.

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By following the above rules, you will be able not only to maintain the appearance of your jewelry, but also to avoid unnecessary costs for expensive professional services of jewelers. Gold and diamond jewelry will shine, emphasizing your taste and irresistibility, and will also be a profitable investment that you can pass on to your children and even grandchildren.