White gold is an alloy of metals created by mixing yellow gold with white metals such as nickel, palladium, or silver. Its beauty and brilliance make this material the perfect color for new elegant designs that can be combined with multiple styles and gems.
If you have a white gold jewel and don't know how to clean it to make it look like new, this is the right place for you, as in this new post we will answer one of the most frequently asked questions on our social media: how to clean white gold at home.
Cleaning and properly caring for jewelry is crucial to maintaining its shine and beauty like new. After explaining the 5 curiosities about gold you didn't know, we will now detail how to properly care for and maintain gold jewelry. Keeping them in good condition will depend on the treatment and care you give them, as all white gold jewelry has a rhodium plating that increases its shine and improves its appearance. So, if you want to find out how to clean white gold, how to maintain it, the most suitable and effective products to achieve this, and delve into the different methods, we encourage you to continue reading below.
Tips for making white gold jewelry shine again
Jewelry made of white gold is usually always presented with a layer of rhodium, which creates a kind of coating that gives the jewel a smooth and soft appearance, as well as a great shine. In addition, rhodium gives it more durability and resistance to the design, better withstanding the passage of years.
Continuous use, external factors, and normal wear and tear over time cause our gold jewelry to no longer look like new, but in most cases, knowing how to clean and treat gold, you won't have to resort to our stores or other jewelers to recover its beauty. With just a few simple cleaning and maintenance tricks, it will regain all its luster.
One of the most common resources for cleaning any piece of jewelry is neutral soap, a product that will remove accumulated dirt without damaging the surface of the jewelry.
To do this, fill a small container with lukewarm water and add the soap, making sure to create plenty of foam. Submerge the jewelry for fifteen minutes, and when you take it out, while still damp, gently rub the surface with a fine-bristled brush, without applying too much pressure to the jewelry to avoid damaging the delicate rhodium coating.
Finally, rinse with plenty of water and dry the jewelry with a soft cotton cloth, trying to remove all moisture.
Avoid using this cleaning method if the jewelry has any type of precious stones (sapphire jewelry, emerald jewelry, ruby jewelry…), as changes in temperature could alter their brilliance.
In that case, if it is a white gold jewel with precious stones, the most advisable thing would be to go to one of our stores or your usual jeweler to have the jewel cleaned carefully and professionally with the appropriate tools.
Likewise, today you can find many certified and approved products on the market with their corresponding explanations on how to clean gold correctly.
More tips on how to maintain white gold jewelry
Something we always recommend is to avoid the use of corrosive or abrasive products that could damage the white gold of your jewelry. In no case is it recommended to submerge them in chlorinated water, which means you will have to take off your jewelry before swimming in a chlorinated pool, thus avoiding their deterioration.
If, after cleaning it, you notice that your jewelry is still very deteriorated, the ideal would be to restore it with a new rhodium plating. To do this, you can come to any of our boutiques, our team will evaluate it and subject it to a new rhodium plating in our workshops, thus recovering its natural shine and beauty.
If you are an admirer of white gold, we recommend you visit the following post dedicated to the white gold manufacturing process explained step by step.
And if you like to always have your jewelry perfect, we also dedicate a space on our blog to talk about how to clean a gold chain at home.
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