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Letter 7137 Cleaning goldtone flatware
++++ 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 [last name deleted for privacy]
++++ 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 [last name deleted for privacy]
+++++ 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 [last name deleted for privacy]
January 17, 2007 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 Alice Vernon --- 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
August 19, 2007 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
August 26, 2007 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
October 15, 2007 I own a set of Dirigold flatware and have a problem keeping them spot free. After polishing with Maas, 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
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. Fran Tribble
June 16, 2008 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,
August 10, 2008 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?
December 3, 2008 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 BonAmi, 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. Anne Ishiguro
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