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Letter 7137
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+ The Dirilyte Line Company is still in business in Warsaw IN. They make a polish for Dirilyte which is excellent. I have used it on brass candlesticks as well as on my Dirilyte. It was better than any other polish I have ever tried. Suzanne R
++++ I grew up with dirilyte and would very much like to have my own. My mom has all pieces -- flatware, coffee and tea service, serving pieces, and glasses. The stuff made before the 70s was not sealed and requires a special polish made by the company. The stuff made after the 70s is "sealed". Be careful about polishing that stuff. polishing is a pain and I remember spending hours getting the "purple" off. you can have your dirilyte sealed by the company. Mel M
++++ Dirilyte is difficult to polish and EXTREMELY expensive the set for 12 I own is pre WWII Empress set. Last appraisal was $45,000 (complete set including coffee/tea service.) Stuff from the 70's is not the same. DO NOT SEAL, it will only peel and ruin a good meal. I suggest you find some poor young fool to polish it all for you. And do NOT use ANY kind of abrasive. HAND WASH ONLY, running them in the dishwasher will severely tarnish the finish, if it does not stain in the dishwasher it is NOT Dirilyte. Eggs are a pain to remove so don't use them for breakfast. Stephen T
+++++ I just tried a product called Peek [link is to product info at Amazon]. It also polished silver, jewelry, etc.! It is less toxic than the Dirilyte polish. Faye S |
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I just read a response from another person regarding Dirilyte and
need to update his information. The former Dirilyte Company in Warsaw
Indiana is now Harms Polishing. They used to polish
, seal.coat Dirilyte But stopped sealing.coating it in 1994 when the
chemical became unavailable. As of October 2006 they have sold off
their company that made metal artificial joints. That company was the
division that polished Dirilyte, so they no longer will polish or
seal Dirlyte. The company suggests taking your Dirilyte to a jeweler
or just doing it yourself using their polish-- which they do still
make. You can find it on the internet.
Alice Vernon
- Oakwood, Illinois
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This is a correction to a typo in my message regarding the former Dirilyte Company in Warsaw, IN. The company who purchased Dirilyte is Hand Industries,Inc. They are still in Warsaw, IN. In my earlier response, I pointed out that they sold off the division that formerly polished Dirilyte for owners in October of 2006. And they know no company who does that now. Their recommendation was to take it to a local jeweler, OR to just do it at home using the Dirilyte polish that is still available online and in some retailers.
Alice Vernon
- Oakwood, Illinois
What is a safe cleaner for (Dirigold) Dirilyte? I have an 8 piece setting from Sweden purchased by immigrant Swedes who went back for a visit to Sweden in 1922.
Caroline Carlson
hobbyist - Hayward, California
You can order polish from the Dirilyte Company at www.dirilyte.com/polish.cfm. I believe it is $21.95 plus $4.95 for shipping.
Dave Hayes
- Westchester, New York
I own a set of Dirigold flatware and have a problem keeping them spot free. After polishing with Maas Metal Polish [link is to product info at Amazon], it looks great. After one use, and then washing and drying by hand, the bowl of the teaspoons get a round, black tarnish spot which has to be removed with fine steel wool and then repolished. Can you tell me the cause of this problem?
Jacqueline Travis
- Chester, Vermont
June 8, 2008
I just purchased a large collection of Dirilyte from an estate
sale, not knowing what I was purchasing. In the dimly lit room,
overlooked in a corner, and appearing severely tarnished, this
monogrammed collection looked like one of the silver patterns I
inherited so I didn't examine it closely. (Okay, I'll admit I left my
glasses at home!) Beginning my task of cleaning and polishing this
"silver", I put on my glasses and, in the sunlight, discovered I
purchased something delightful! The pieces are marked differently,
some with Dirilyte or Dirigold only, some with Dirigold and the 3
clovers, and some so worn you can only make out the indentation of
the 3 clovers. The condition of the finish ranges from poor to very
good. I want to polish and restore this, but, being a novice, don't
know how to tell if it is coated on not, the age of the different
pieces, and I don't want to ruin this metal. The letters posted seem
to indicate that you cannot use a polish on the coated items.
Thank you for your help!
Fran Tribble
hobbyist - Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Hi, Fran. If the flatware has a bonded clearcoat finish on top of it, attempts to polish it just won't work (the polish won't get through the clearcoat). So I don't think there is harm in simply trying to polish it.
Regards,
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I WAS TOLD SOMETIME AGO THAT DIRILYTE WITH THE BONDED PROTECTION
(BP) HAD THOSE LETTERS BEHIND THE DIRILYTE NAME ON THE BACK OF THE
ITEMS. IS THIS NOT TRUE?
I'VE BEEN BUYING DIRILYTE RECENTLY AND ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE PIECES
THAT *DON'T* HAVE THOSE LETTERS, MAINLY B/C I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY
ARE EASIER TO POLISH WITHOUT THE PLASTIC COATING. I'VE NOT YET TRIED
TO POLISH ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT I'VE ACQUIRED. THEY ALL LOOK QUITE
NICE AT THIS POINT, BUT I DID PURCHASE SOME
Maas Metal Polish [link is to product info at Amazon] FOR WHEN I
NEED TO DO SOME POLISHING.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF
THE LETTERS "BP".
JANIE EILERS
- MINNEAPOLIS, Minneapolis
I have a 12 place setting set of Dirilyte that I never have used
because of the polishing problem, but recently I experimented and
used vinegar and Bon-Ami [link is to product info at Amazon],
and although it is not a mirror finish, it is beautiful, and has
nothing harmful to my health to use it. Now I can use it without
taking hours to polish it first. After using it you can finish it off
with MAAS for a mirror finish, but it looks great to me without doing
that.
Hope this helps someone.
A.I.
Anne Ishiguro
- Desoto, Texas
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January 31, 2009 I have a few questions: 1) If the Dirilyte is sealed, is it okay to remove the seal? 2) If I remove the seal, I assume it will just tarnish and require polishing more often than unsealed? 3) Is the Dirilyte composition the same for the old unsealed and the newer sealed pieces? 4) I recently bought a set of creamer-sugar bowls, and when I received them they did not have Dirilyte engraved on them anywhere. They appear more "brassy" and less gold colored. In addition, when attempting to polish with Dirilyte brand polish, there was absolutely no effect. Did Dirilyte ever make pieces without engraving? Tom Hummert
I put hot food on a coated duralite platter. It is now uneven in color. What can I do. If I need to have it refinished, where do I do that? Deanna Miller
November 14, 2009 i simply put my dirilyte in a glass loaf pan and soak in brasso....as many flatware pieces as will fit..remove those pieces and repeat with all your flatware this works as well as anything I have tried...you still have to polish, but this really cuts down on the elbow grease.... carolyn dennis
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