How to clean a chain of gold from plaque and negativity: jewelry, "grandmother" ways and what you should not do

If silver prevails among the ligatures, the jewelry has a beautiful lemon shade, in the case of copper it is warm, a little reddish. The method of care and cleaning depends on the composition of the product, as well as the presence of inlay.

Professional home care

How to clean a gold or gilded chain at home, if a pendant is attached to it, or is it not a simple chain, but a necklace containing precious and semiprecious stones? Especially careful should be the case with emeralds, pearls, turquoise coral and lapis lazuli. It is better to entrust such expensive products with placers of stones to professionals. If the product is exclusive, its service is necessarily offered by the manufacturer company itself.

Jewelry and special devices

Almost all jewelry stores have a service for cleaning, checking and restoring jewelry. If you do not need repairs, and the only question is how to clean the gold chain, then you can buy and use professional detergents for jewelry on your own. What do jewelry and specialized online stores offer in order to remove pollution?

• Solution. A special liquid copes with plaque and traces of oxidation in just a couple of minutes. The kit includes a brush and a mesh basket for immersing products in a solution. Suitable for processing jewelry with inserts. You just need to look at the manual, which materials are to be treated with a specific liquid.
• Napkins for cleaning and polishing. Dry cloth or wet. The first are reusable. And the second ones are designed for only one cleaning, they are sold in packages or rolls in tubes. Do not scratch the surface, clean, polish. Do not harm such stones as pearls, nacre, amber, coral.
• Paste. Even a small tube lasts a long time. The standard method of application is as follows: paste is applied to the surface of the decoration and wiped with a soft cloth. The remainder of the paste is removed with a soft edge of the fabric. After that, you can wipe the chain with alcohol, wash in running water and dry well. Typically, this cleaning method allows you to remove persistent, extensive dirt and blackness. Similarly, you can clear the gold chain of hair. Bonus - Long lasting anti-tarnish protection.
• Ultrasonic cleaning device. Its principle of operation is as follows: ultrasonic waves with a frequency of 5.8 thousand vibrations per minute act on a precious metal. They are able to penetrate into inaccessible places and remove maximum pollution. Ultrasonic devices are used by professional jewelers. The method is one of the most effective, but may not be suitable for jewelry with diamonds, rubies and sapphires.This must be taken into account before cleaning a chain of gold and other jewelry. A private person can also buy a device for home use. The instruction is simple. All you need is water and 15 minutes of free time. Many ultrasonic baths even work on batteries. In them you can clean jewelry made in gold.

Simple methods using improvised tools

When there is no way to go to the workshop or funds in a jewelry "cosmetic bag" have run out, and jewelry needs to be refreshed urgently, "grandmother's" tips come to the rescue.

We remove dirt with soap

Features To clean the gold chain from dirt, you can use household soap and water. This is the safest home way to remove plaque from gold jewelry. You will be surprised, but it is recommended from soot even in famous jewelry houses.

What to do

1. Place the decoration in a warm soapy solution (30 g of chips per liter of water).
2. Wait ten minutes.
3. With a brush, for example, for brushing your teeth, but always with a soft bristle, remove dirt from the surface of the chain.
4. Rinse the chain thoroughly in running water.
5. Blot the product thoroughly with a soft cloth and allow to dry completely.

Ammonia will help from blackness

Features If you can cope with the usual plaque of dirt with soap, then to wash the gold chain from blackness, you need more “percussion” means. Spots of black and dirty green color on the surface of gold products are formed because in their composition in a certain amount, depending on the sample, copper is present. The latter, interacting with water and oxygen, becomes the cause of such troubles.

What to do

1. Wash the chain in soapy water (30 g of chips per liter of water). If the dirt is dense, leave for ten minutes to acidify.
2. Then rinse in warm running water and dry.
3. Place the chain in a solution with ammonia (a glass of boiling water, a tablespoon of washing powder and a teaspoon of 10% ammonia solution).
4. We leave the decoration for three hours.
5. Then the product must be washed with warm water and dried.
6. To consolidate the effect, you can rub the chain with a special jewelry paste.

Bring to shine

Features How to clean the gold chain at home to shine? Once again, ammonia will help, which is especially effective in processing white gold: it gives an expensive whiteness, makes it look even richer. The recipe also has a detergent. When choosing, make sure that it contains no chlorine. Two more “enemies” of gold are mercury and iodine.

What to do

1. Mix a teaspoon of ammonia, four drops of liquid dishwashing detergent and 250 ml of water.
2. Put the gold jewelry in such a solution for an hour.
3. After cleaning, rinse the product with plenty of water.
4. Then remove the remaining moisture with a cloth with good absorbent properties and leave to dry on an open surface.

Other life hacks

To clean the gold chain at home quickly and effectively, you can also in the following ways that fans of expensive jewelry share on the forums.

Foil

1. Place a layer of foil on the bottom and walls of a small glass or ceramic container.
2. Pour a solution of soda (2 tablespoons in 250 ml of hot water).
3. Place the gold jewelry in the solution for 12 hours.
4. Rinse and dry.

Table vinegar

1. Put on gloves.
2. Soak a cotton pad with vinegar.
3. Blot them with the most dirty areas.
4. Blot a thick cloth in vinegar, wrap the chain.
5. Leave on for five to seven minutes.
6. Remove the napkin and wash the decoration.

Beer and Egg White

1. A mixture of these two ingredients (it is better to beat with a whisk beforehand) is applied to the decoration.
2. Soak for half an hour.
3. Rinse.
4. Rub to a shine.

Toothpaste

1. Place the chain in the palm of the leading hand.
2. Squeeze out so much toothpaste to cover the jewelry completely.
3. It is best to carry out the procedure in the bathroom in the sink.
4. Gently rub the chain between your palms.
5. Take a soft-bristled toothbrush and walk between the links.
6. Rinse in running water.

Salt

1. Dissolve 4 tablespoons of table salt in hot water (250 ml).
2. After the water cools down a bit, place the decoration in the solution.
3. Keep it in saline for 12 hours.
4. Rinse, dry.

Salt and lemon

1. In combination with salt, lemon has excellent cleansing properties.
2. Squeeze out two tablespoons of lemon juice and mix with a teaspoon of finely ground salt.
3. Apply the resulting slurry to the surface of the jewelry and wipe it lightly with a soft cloth.
4. Rinse.

Energy cleaning

Gold jewelry is believed to protect owners from negativity. And as if absorbing bad energy. Therefore, supposedly, they need not only physical, but also “mental” cleaning. Such a need also arises if the jewelry is inherited or a quarrel with the donor has occurred - there is someone else's energy. It is believed that gold jewelry can be cleaned of invisible to the eye pollution (negative energy) by candle fire, water and salt.

It is enough to wrap the gold jewelry in a piece of baking paper and place it in a container filled with salt. But the salt will begin to delete information about previous owners or a negative message only after it is given a command. To do this, before starting the cleaning, mentally repeat: "Salt cleanses this object from negativity." Energy cleaning takes about a day. The used salt and parchment should be discarded, and the “clean” decoration should be worn calmly. Self-hypnosis is or really a working way - a moot point.

And finally, the golden rules that will prevent premature fading and contamination of gold jewelry: do not wear them during sports, swimming in the pool and any household work involving contact with water. Take off at night and store in special boxes or a box. Wipe the flannel after each sock. So the need to clear the gold chain at home will arise much less often.