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Cleaning gold plated tea service
Q. I hope that this is a question that, once answered, will be useful to others. I have a gold-plated tea service. With what can I clean the pieces tray (engraved) without harming the plating but without causing a toxic or allergic reaction once the set is used?
Thank you
Leah Magid- Marquette, Michigan, United States
2001
Q. I would also like to know the proper way to clean and polish a gold plated tea service. I borrowed an older gold plated tea service from an elderly friend, and mistakingly tried to polish it with Wrights Silver Cream. The cream took some of the gold plated finish off (the pieces that I polished have considerably less gold luster than the ones I did not) and I need to find out either where to get it replated if possible. For future reference, what is the proper way to care for gold plated items such as these pieces? I need information ASAP before I return the tea set to my friend. Thanks.
Bonnie Agee- Birmingham, Alabama
2002
Q. I tried cleaning my gold plated tea serving set and some of the gold came off.
What can I clean the Tea Set with without removing the gold?
Alvado
- Nassau, Bahamas
October 13, 2019
A. Hello Alvado,
You didn't mention what you used to clean the tea set with. Have you tried using a jewelry cleaning cloth?
Electronic Plating - Winston Salem, North Carolina USA
October 16, 2019
A. Gold plated silver or copper/copper alloy? If your set is gold plated copper or copper alloy try ammonium citrate (5% pH 9), if it is gold plated silver then try aluminum foil (or aluminum sheet or old aluminum pot) and hot baking soda [on eBay or Amazon] solution. In case of gold plated stainless steel try 47,5 g citric acid [on eBay or Amazon] /47,5 g sodium gluconate/4,9 g tartaric acid [on eBay or Amazon]/0.1 g non ionic surfacant/ 1 lit water solution ... Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija- Zagreb,Croatia
October 19, 2019
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