Letter 23506

Finding "the gold solution" for jewelry [New Jersey] 

+++ I am looking for a product and the company seems to have disappeared. It is a gold plating bath for jewelry made by Sheffield Plate Polish Company. Wondering if anyone has found a source for this company. Joan Hacker - Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA ++++ I too am looking for the Sheffield Plate Polish Company. 20 years ago I purchased "The Silver Solution" ultimate care and maintenance kit from a local jewelry firm. I have since not been able to find the product and started this internet search where I came across the company name in respect to the gold plating kit. The box I have for the silver kit makes it plain that this is a British product but a booklet enclosed in the box contains an attribution "Sheffield Plate Polish Company Ltd. (U.S.) 1987" There is a UPC on the package " 0 8920300100 7" On the bottles of solution is the following address: Sheffield Plate Polish Company, Ltd. (U.S.) 1600 Orrington Ave. Evanston, IL 60201 USA A subsidiary of Sheffco, Inc. any information on the company or product would be welcome. Betsy Cornwell - Acton, Ontario ++++ I am an antiques dealer and have used The Silver Solution in the past to restore silver pieces that are not to damaged for the product Silver Solution to repair to an acceptable state for resale. The store which used to carry this product has closed its doors and I am looking for another source for this product or another product of comparable quality and price. The product is non-toxic and actually added a layer of silver to the piece rather than removed a layer exposing a new layer of silver. I am very satisfied with the outcome of this product as well as my customers. I appreciate any information that anyone can send to me. Thanks, Dana A. Mills antiques dealer - Kinston, NC, USA ++++ I have been looking for "The Silver Solution" made by Sheffield Plate Polish Company, Ltd. (Inc.) a subsidiary of Sheffco, Inc. I purchased it quite a few years ago at Marshall Fields but they no longer carry it. My silver is in a desperate need of a bath. Has anyone found a place to purchase this wonderful product? Audrey Wittrup artist - Birmingham, MI, USA

Ed. note: We have located at least one source for "The Silver Solution", and we've identified nine other resilvering products. But it was becoming impossible to maintain current info for these products scattered across dozens of repetitive letters on a 50,000-page site, so we have moved all contact info to a new FAQ with sourcing info. We think you'll find it very convenient and informative.

I want some Sheffield Gold Solution , gold plating bath. I used to have a gold plating solution in which one could dip a metal object and it would plate the object. It was called "The Gold Solution - Gold plating Bath", made by Sheffield Plate Polish Co. It plates 24K Gold onto gold, goldplate, sterling silver, silverplate, copper, brass, bronze and nickel items. I would like very much to get some more of this solution if possible.

Beverly Ensign
Hobbyist - Forsyth, GA, USA

I am looking for The Silver Solution also. If you have found it or know of a similar product. Would you please give me the name of it and where I can buy it.

Sincerely,

Melody Anderson
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

In 96 I bought The Silver Solution and some other products from Sheffco in New Bond Street in London. Last year I ran out of The SS and today I am also looking!

Asgeir Reynisson
- Iceland

I too purchased my Silver Solution at Marshall Fields & Co. about 15 years ago and need to purchase another bottle. While I've never tried the gold plating solution, it would seem to be especially useful for salt interiors and mustard spoons. Does anyone know where I can purchase either/both of these products? Thanks.

Keith joza
- Chicago, Illinois

Is there any answer to the whereabouts of the Sheffield Plate & Polish Company? I too have been looking for The Silver Solution for more than a few years now.

Katerina Smythe
- Los Angeles, CA USA

I too have been looking for Sheffield Plate Polish Co., Ltd. and have tried other products that made the same claims but were not nearly as good. Has anyone found them? I called the Chamber of Commerce in Evansville, Ind a number of years ago and they knew of the company but not where to find them.

I called the post office and was very rudely treated by someone there. I guess they didn't like my southern accent! Said unless I had their address to send a letter to there in Indiana they could not give me a forwarding address. They would not give me the OLD address, either!! Has anyone found them?

Banna Leeson
- Florence, South Carolina, USA

Has anyone used the Silver Soultion or Nu Silver before?

My fiancee has a ring that was silver plated and some of the plating has worn away and the base metal is showing through and I would like to know if either of these products would be able to help.

Alan Harvey
- Wakefield, West yorkshire, UK

Well, I followed the link off this webpage and bought NuSilver last week. Just got the bottle today. Is it suppose to be all white? Doesn't do anything and smells like soap. Very strange. Was I ripped off? I'm calling EKitchenGadget.com tomorrow! Does anyone know what NuSilver is suppose to look like and does it work?

Dan Robertson
- Burlington, CT

I bought several kits from Nieman Marcus. I never was able to get it to work. Perhaps the base metal was on their no-work list but it looks like copper to me and should work. I think that's why they no longer sell it.

Derek Hoggett
- Katy, Texas, USA

Has anyone found the Silver Solution? Is NuSilver a ripoff? I used SS for years and finally exhausted my supply. It is/was a wonderful product. Is there a supplier out there who can help?

Pat Ferrigno
- Winton, CA, USA

I just tried to find Nu-Silver using the link you provided. It took me to iKitchen.com where I found the gold solution (though under a different name), but could not find Nu-Silver or anything like it. Do you have any other sources?

Arlene Bergenthal
- Beachwood, OH, USA

Ed. note: Apparently these products are marketed through rather unstable channels, as we have spent a huge amount of time over the years trying to source these products and changing the links again and again and again (not just on this page but on dozens of similar inquiry pages). So we've removed the scattered links and moved all contact info to a new FAQ with sourcing info. We think you'll find it very convenient and informative.

I have recently had to clear out my late mother's flat and came across a bottle of Sheffco "The Silver Solution". I have yet to try out what is left, but the instructions refer to other products - "Pure Silver" and "Silver Maintenance Solution". The leaflet says the system is fully patented and the address for the company is given as 50-52 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1HL. The telephone number - then 01-405-8868 Now would be 020-7405-8868 is defunct. I seem to remember when studying law in the area, that there were silver vaults in Chancery lane in the 1980's. I have lots of items that could do with this stuff, and will investigate further.

John Ross Stuart
- Whitstable, Kent

Ed. note: We certainly won't challenge the claim that they have some patents, perhaps on some stabilizing chemicals in the solution or whatever, John. But there are, as we see, a number of other brands of immersion silvering solutions, and the concept of immersion silvering is hundreds of years old.

This isn't the gold solution but I found it. It looks to be nearly the same. Haven't used it but I also have been looking for a little over a year for the Gold Solution
www.medallionprod.com/metalcare.html

Jeff Pfeiffer
- Ferndale,WA, U.S.A.

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Ed. note: Thanks, Jeff, but I called Medallion in April 2008 and they are "completely out of stock, and will be for several months".

I did find some of that gold solution by Sheffields and it was about 20 years old. I bought it off ebay. I guess it was so old it didn't work anymore, so beware.

Shirley Wadie
- Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA

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