How To Clean Gold Plated Jewelry
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2020
- Hey everyone!
Here's a quick and easy way to clean your gold plated jewelry that may have got ruined by perfume..or started to tarnish over the years. I was really sad that my Kate Spade bracelets started getting all these dark marks and it wasn't until after that I realized what it was. Thankfully this restored my jewelry to almost brand new condition. This also works with other gold plated items. I have tried this method on my necklace and seen major results!
If you have any more questions leave it down below !
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What You'll need
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of baking soda
1 cup hot water
1 dry cloth
Instructions
Cover a small bowl with aluminum foil.
Add salt & baking soda.
Heat water in the microwave for 2 minutes.
Add the water to the aluminum foil covered bowl with salt and baking soda.
Soak jewelry for 10 minutes.
Remove and rub excess debris/tarnish with a soft cloth.
Rinse in warm water
Dry with soft cloth
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This saved my jewellery! I’m so glad I came across your video, after googling for answers and so many sources had different opinions but your method made my jewellery look new again. Can’t thank you enough 😊
Your so welcome! 🥰 it's really nice to hear your feedback. Glad your jewellery is all clean again.
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Where can I get this cleaner for my pearls & diamonds pendants? Ty.
Oh my goodnessss!!!!! I just completely cleaned a necklace. It was a gift and got horribly tarnished and I went to the jewelers and they helped a little but not completely and this method completely cleaned my necklace!!!! You are a lifesaver!!!
Wow ! That's amazing too hear 😅❤️ . Makes me happy hearing your feedback. No more tarnish jewelry 🥳🙌🏽
AAAAA I JUST FIXED MY TERRIBLE JEWELLERY WITH THIS- THANK YOU SO MUCH GIRL
Yaay! What great news, I’m glad it worked for you ❤️😅 your welcome. Appreciate the feedback 🙌🏾✨
This was a lifesaver!! Used this to clean some jewelry from mejuri and it’s back to looking brand-new. Thanks so much!!!
Wow! So happy to hear that ✨😅 your welcome girl ❤️
I just tried this on my own Mejuri jewellery too and it worked amazingly. I was so sad after spending a decent amount of money on their pieces only to have them tarnish a few months later 😔
I was looking if fixing that for some jewelry that I have. I’m going to try it
Great video. Folks, this works!
I was selling on poshmark and when I took my Michael Kors pave vermeil gold ring out to sell in its new with tags pouch - I was horrified to see dark purple tarnish all over splotchy, which I cannot sell like that. I tried the easy soap and warm water method. Nada. I said ok google is useless, lets try youtube. Watched this video.
I got my glass bowl and ingredients together. Lined the bowl as shown, added ingredients, boiled hot clean spring water (distilled water the cleaner less impurities your water the better), added that swirled to totally suspend ingredients into water. Added ring making sure all parts had contact with water. Flipped it once. One minute later clean as new. Didnt have to rub any tarnish off at all. Washed ring in clean water to get ingredients off. It is drying on paper towel now.. ready to go to new home in the mail today. Phew! Saved my sale. Thank you for making this video. It is hard to find ways to clean vermeil silver. You do not want to rub the gold off! Two thumbs up. Please like share subscribe.
Thanks for sharing! This saves a coupe of my gold plated or gold vermeil earrings. I appreciate it❤
Your so welcome! Glad this helped you out 🎊🥰
I’m so happy I night a beautiful cross necklace at Macys and it’s gold flashed and it’s a bit faded but still looks nice just needs a little cleaning and shiny , I never knew that I could clean it I thought once it’s faded it’s done . I’m excited to try this
Worked the minute it hit the solution. Thank you we are sparkling again.xx
Ouu so happy hearing this! So glad 😊 no worries Niqs
Girl you just made me scream OMG MY JEWELRY IS SPARKLING. Thanks Sis ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
🙌🏽✨😅 so glad to hear this! Your welcome 💕
Wow, they came out so beautiful like brand new I have to remember this.
Thank you ! Hope it works for you 🤗✨
Thank you! After trying to clean my jewelry countless other ways, this actually worked! Saved some pieces I thought I was going to have to throw out. 💛
I'm so happy to hear that! Glad it worked out for you 🥰 now you can wear your pieces again !! ✨
I just cleaned my plated Pandora jewelry and it looks better than when I purchased it!!!! Thanks ❤
ouuu 🤩✨ love that for you !! Your welcome 🤭💛
Thank you, this worked perfectly for my gold plated jewellery
That’s great to hear!! 😅✨🙌🏽 no problem at all
Can i use on white gold plated ring?
Can’t wait to try this when I get home! I used to work at kate spade so I have a ton of jewelry I never wear because it looks so tarnished.
Oh wow , what a cool place to have worked. Hoping it works out for you as well 🥰🤞🏽
Does the jewelry in kate spade same with the charriol jewelry? Just aaking coz i have charriol the gold ends turn drk and i dont know how to clean.can find charriol store near me.😔
I think the product or items used to make Kate Spade jewelry has some problem. My brand new bracelet developed brown stains just sitting in the pouch I got. I didn't even get the chance to wear it.
Woww!! It totally worked .
Thank you sooo much Dear❤️
Yayy!! 👏🏽 Your welcome! 💕😅
i tried this on some of my moms old jewelry that had gotten a little dull. everything’s shining now! thank you so much for this video ❤️ PSA: i only soaked my jewelry for about 3-5 mins and rinsed with cold water. patted dry. you may need to leave yours in longer if it’s super dull/tarnished!
Wow that’s amazing! & Your welcome 🥰 I love hearing feedback stories.
Also thanks for including the tip , others can find it useful!
Thanks for sharing lovely 💕
Thanks girl 🥰 anytime!!
This so worked!! Thank you !
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I'm also planning to buy a Kate Spade Jewelry but found out that the material that they are using are Plated Metal. I know that common jewelries use this material and they tarnish easily. Thank you for sharing this video. I'll definitely buy that Kate Spade bangle and clean it through this process.
Yes it’s common for many companies to take this route. They have so much beautiful jewelry. Hope you love it 😊 & your welcome 🩷✨
This video helped so much thank you
That makes me so happy to hear! Your welcome ✨🥹
OH MY WOW 🤩
TY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes! My Kate Spade necklace is starting to look tarnished 😥 and I thought I'd have to toss it. I'm trying this this weekend 🤗
The same thing happened to my kate spade necklace and this worked for me! Unfortunately i didnt include it in this video but might do a separate one. All the best girl 🥰
@@Sarahhh Thank you! ♥️
Did it work?
It works fast on tarnished vermeil silver. 2 minutes mone was like new, no rubbing.
I finally found a video which has kate spade itemss. Thank you so much! Can I also do this on their necklaces?
Aw so glad you found this video! No problem at all ❤️ & I haven’t tried this yet on their necklaces , the kate spade necklaces that I have aren’t tarnished but I say it’s worth a shot!
@@Sarahhh Ok, I will definitely give it a try. Thank you so much!! ❤️🥰
@@KristaMD no problem 💕😌
Thank you for the this wonderful hack. Hopefully the stains will be off.
You’re very welcome! Hoping it works for you as it did for myself and many others ✨😅
I tried to toothpaste method and it got my necklace cleaner but also ripped off the shiny layer - which I think was gold plating. I will try this one for my other jewelry
Thanks for sharing this. Someone used a toothbrush in another video and I was considering it
Hello, great video! Would this happen to work on 18k white gold plated chain with cz stones?
Thank yoou :) , I have tried cleaning a chain before with this method and it worked. However it took a bit longer since getting into the little groves of the chain can take a while. Using a tooth brush would have made a difference forsure. Since you mentioned you have cz stones I'd suggest checking out this link. Hopefully you get your chain back nice and sparkly ✨www.wikihow.com/Clean-White-Gold
Oh wow. I knew this is how you clean sterling silver, but I was afraid doing it to gold plated jewelry, thinking the plating will wear off as well! Can I clean gold vermiel and gold filled jewelry this way too?
Careful, you can ruin plated jewelry. Try using something very gentle for plated jewelry. Baking soda and water is as harsh as you'd want to go, and that's only if a gentle, soapy cleanser doesn't work first. Always dry it very well when done.
Thats what i thought
Would this method work for gold filled jewelry as well? Thanks for the helpful video!
Thanks ❤️ I did a bit of extra research. This should work but you can also try using vinegar, toothpaste, silver polish but you just want to be very gentle when cleaning it. Apparently gold fill doesn’t typically tarnish but in the case it does do a spot test first. I hope your able to clean your jewelry 😊
@@Sarahhh Thank you so much for the advice! I would say my gold filled jewelry definitely holds up longer than my gold plated ones. However, over time with moisture (even just in the air), too much water exposure, and body oils/sweat, it does start to tarnish unfortunately! :( I guess it is possible some of the pieces I thought were gold filled were actually gold plated? Anyway, I will try doing what you said and see if it works thanks again!
@@JMC725 oh wow well that's very interesting!! I guess things can't always stay perfect forever when it comes to jewelry. Your very welcome ❤️😊 always try my best yo help
Awesome! Would this work on stainless steel jewelry that are gold plated?
It definitely should work ☺️ & if you wanted to just do a patch test like i did in the beginning to get an idea! Just dont leave the jewelry in as long and use less ingredients
@@Sarahhh perf! Thank you so much for this!!
@@RIAencina 🥰🥰 glad to help
Does it works on gold plated watch frame as well?
I personally haven’t tried this out on any watches, it’s more of a risk soaking a watch since it contains a battery. You can try using a qtip with this solution, or toothpaste, ammonia and a few other things. Here’s a link you can check out. Hopefully you find a method that works 🤞🏽😊 www.wikihow.com/Clean-Gold-Plated-Watches
it works for sterling silver gold plated to or jus regular gold plated ? and does thos method strip any of the gold away?
it will work on sterling silver as well! It didn't strip off any gold just the tarish and dry spots
Does this work for rolled gold too, that is tarnishing
I think it should! I have googled it and seen a few options here's a link for more details - www.luluandbelle.com/blogs/news/guide-to-caring-for-your-gold-filled-jewellery hope your able to clean your jewelry! 😊
Will this method also stop gold plated jewelry from turning my skin green?
That’s a good question, I’m not 100% sure if your skin will stop turning green but this definitely will keep your jewellery clean. Your jewellery must be copper base hence why the greenness occurs. I believe gold plated silver is always best in my opinion . Maybe to avoid your skin turning green you may have to clean your jewellery more often or if possible some people paint their jewelry with clean nail polish
Thank you! Is there a risk of damaging the plating?
Your welcome! As long as your doing everything correctly there’s no reason it will damage your jewelry 🙂
Just do not rub gold hard to remove any leftover tarnish. Rubbing can strip gold plating. Use soft cotton or microfiber jewelry cleaner cloth, rub lightly only
Hi are there any downside to this cleaning ??
after cleaning, does it affect the quality of the jewelry as times goes on ??
With my experience no downsides at all . Now depending on your jewelry and the quality maybe but I doubt that!? I’ve done this method on high end and lower end jewelry..only results I had was it made them clean & looking new! Great question by the way.
does this method work on a plated sterling silver jewellery? its gold in colour ( dont know what its coated with) , but the material is sterling silver
Yes it will! Because I have cleaned my other jewelry that is just like how you explained it. I also cleaned my regular silver jewelry and it made a big difference 😅 ! Hope it helps youu
@@Sarahhh thank you!
@@janhvisairam8976 your welcome 🤗
Thank you! Will this work for gold vermeil?
Gold vermeil normally shouldn’t tarnish but in the case that it does be VERY gentle when cleaning it. Instead of leaving it in the solution I made in the video, just dip it in and out or rub the solution on it. I can’t stress enough how gentle you have to be though. If you don’t feel comfortable doing it yourself definitely take it to a jewelry shop where they can hopefully clean it for you.
I just soaked my items that were supposedly vermeil for 10 mins and I can’t believe it worked! I was ready to throw them out! I think someone in this thread said vermeil can tarnish if it’s stored in a box 🤷♀️ Anywhoo… Thank you!
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Hello thank you so much for sharing! Just wondering is it okay to clean vermeil rings with gemstones ( labradorite, pink quartz, aquamarine) using this method? Best
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Yes it’s okay. You may want to use a toothbrush to clean in between and just don’t leave it inside too long to soak.
What about a watch? What’s the alternative if I can’t immerse it?
That’s a great question! I haven’t tried so I’m not 100% sure. Since it has a battery you definitely have to be extra careful not to get water damage. I say try making the same mixture but soak a cloth ,qtip or toothbrush and try rubbing the watch to see if it lift. It may take longer & might not give you the exact same results but it should help. I also heard you can try and use toothpaste to remove tarnished spots. If you do try it I’d love to hear your results ! All the best 🙏🏾🤞🏽
Can I do that on my Cartier love bracelet
Because this is a very high valued item I think it would be best to go to a cleaner they’d recommend! Or based on things I seen online they said you can brush the jewellery delicately with a very soft small brush in lukewarm soapy water, then carefully rinse it in lukewarm water and wipe it with a soft cloth. You can also try this method but that should be solid gold if im not mistaken ?! it should work the same. I say check with a jeweller first ! :) all the best
Can i use this method on my charriol gold plated ends?
I'm not 100% sure what that is? Could you further explain :) please
Can this method work on plated silver that turns into copper?
if your jewelry turned into copper there’s a high change it wasn’t actually silver to begin with. If it’s turning a copper colour from tarnishing then this method should work. You wont really know until you try it.
Would doing this to a piece filled with diamonds make the diamonds cloudy??
Can you please go into more depth?! Just so i fully understand it. As you seen my bracelets had diamonds which arent real but they werent cloudy after
I have a gold plated chain will it discolor?? I really like the chain so idk
If its gold plated this will work just fine :)
Is this applicable for rose gold watch
Someone else asked about cleaning a watch too! But because I personally haven't tried it you'd have to change a few things. Is your watch plated?! It is more of a risk soaking a watch since it contains a battery. You can try using a qtip with this solution, or toothpaste, ammonia and a few other things. Here’s a link you can check out. Hopefully you find a method that works 🤞🏽🤞🏽www.wikihow.com/Clean-Gold-Plated-Watches
This really worked but my jewellery is again tarnishing after a few minutes.
Could you suggest any idea please
Really?! Well that’s a bit odd. I never heard of that happening before. I’m happy it worked but since it’s tarnishing again.. by chance did perfume get on it soon after? If not maybe take it to a jewelry store to get further assistance
Does it work on stainless steel which is gold plated?
Yes! It worked for me when I tries this method on other jewelry like that 😌
Hi, will this work if you've been in the pool with your jewelry?
Depends on the type of jewelry it is, was it real silver or gold plated? If so it should , I have gone to the beach or swam in my pool with silver jewelry. I had no trouble cleaning them.
Will these work for 18k authentic gold jewelries?
It definitely should work on 18k gold as well. If you want to use different methods that also work I'd recommend the tooth paste method or dawn soap 🧼. I honestly havent had any issues ever using this but I always say for those who are a bit hesitant try a small patch test or of course go to a professional 😊 wishing you all the best!
What kinda gold and metal are the bracelets made out of?
Unfortunately I don’t know entirely the materials. I just know it’s gold plated with 14k gold.
@@Sarahhh so this removes those red or black spots? And by doing this often the jewelry can last forever without the gold fading? Because my 14k gold plated chain is starting to have those red ish spots
@@636gaming7 this should definitely help with that. If you want to do a patch test first that would be a good idea. In case this isn't strong enough you may need to seek a professional cleaner.
@@Sarahhh oh ok, thank you for your help
@@636gaming7 no problem i hope it works for you!! 🤞🏽
Hi I’m planning to buy a kate spade bangle, but I doubt it, because I don’t know if it does fade easily or if it’s stainless steel, pls reply thanks
Hey! I have never experienced fading in any of my Kate Spade jewelry. I've had them for years and some look like new so you should be fine 😊
@@Sarahhh hey thanks for reply, ohh really but i just worried what if it’ll tarnish? Thanks
@@aiushtharanger9503 no problem! The only problem I ever experienced with mine was this as you seen in the video. I have my other bangles like " my set in stone" bracelets that are perfectly fine. I believe since they are plated they dont or shouldn't tarnish but you can always confirm with them in the store :) good luck
@@Sarahhh hmm they said avoid using lotion or perfume when wearing it ,the bangle..thanks
@@aiushtharanger9503 ohh ok yeah! You can still wear those things but try to put them on before wearing the bracelet. If you happen to get any on you'll just have to use this method to clean them . Your welcome ❤️
I used ro throw out my jewelry cause i thought my body ruined it. Thank you so much
No problem! I was honestly so sad and stopped wearing my jewelry for a year or more since I thought they were ruined for good until I did this 😅
Will it work for rose gold plated ??
yes! I used it on one of my rose gold plated bracelets and it came out like new :)
Is the water warm or normal?
When you microwave the water for two minutes, it will be warm / hot
Does this work for rose gold plated jewelry?
yes, in case you missed it. 2 of my bracelets in this video were rose gold. So it should work for you the same as it did for me 😊
@@Sarahhh yes, just wasn't sure if there was a distinction between full rose gold and rose gold plated? Thank you for reply
@@GoldEncompass ohh! I understand, no not really tbh. But your welcome 🥰
Is foil paper necessary?
Yes, they create a chemical reaction known as ion exchange. However if you want to clean your jewelry without it this method could still work might take longer or you’ll have to try another way if you don’t notice the same results.
Does this work for gold plated silver jewelry as well?
It should but I found this link so helpfully this gives you more answers :) www.wikihow.com/Clean-Jewelry-with-Baking-Soda?amp=1
Will this not damage the plating?
No, but if your hesitant there’s other ways to clean your jewelry. This method worked great for me and many others 😊
You really don’t have to leave your jewelry in the solution for very long.
@@Sarahhh What would be the other methods? Got gold plated glasses and would like to make the frame more shiny and cleaner
@@falinoluiz5962 Using Tooth paste , Lemon Juice & Baking Soda , Polish Cleaner , Vinegar , Dish Soap and a few other methods. I linked some steps :) hope your able to clean your glasses. somethingborrowedpdx.com/how-to-clean-gold-plated-jewelry/
I tried this method, but the mixture was not homogeneous for me, the soda remained in lumps..
Thats very odd, was the baking soda cold to begin with? Or old? Everytime I’ve done this, its always just dissolved no matter what.
@@Sarahhh hmm, I had it for some time.. I'll get a new pack to try again. Could the problem be in the temperature of the water (too warm)?
@@handmadebymalika okay fair enough, the warm water should make it dissolve right away. To be safe make sure the baking soda is crushed up as fine powder. Not in clumps. Simply use a folk or something to stir it up with the salt. Hopefully once the warm/hot water is added it will work. Even if the mixture doesn’t dissolve 100% but is just goopy thats fine. As long as its not a hard solid. Hopefully that makes sense
@@Sarahhh Thanks a lot! I see, I didn't put enough warm/hot water as you say. Will try again. Thanks for your help!
Can I use baking powder instead and is the almunium foil really necessary
Baking powder won't work & I have used this without the foil but it works better with the foil
@@Sarahhh okay thanks
Why did you need the foil? Why could you just soak it in the cup?
You can use this method without foil however..the chemical reaction occurs known as “ion exchange”. During this process, the tarnish on the silver/gold is released and becomes aluminum sulfide on the foil
@@Sarahhh ok thanks for the knowledge and I'll definitely try this.👍🏾
tried previously doesn’t work
Were your items gold or gold plated?