Ten Ways to Extend the Life of Your Gold Plated Jewelry

1. Wash your hands before putting on or taking off plated jewelry.

2. Put on gold plated earrings after you’ve applied your perfume.

3. Put on your plated jewelry after you have applied lotion or put on makeup.

4. Take off your plated rings or bracelets before chopping tomatoes for dinner.

5. You also might want to remove your plated jewelry before changing junior’s diaper.

6. Avoid rubbing plated bracelets and necklaces against each other. Try to prevent plated rings from banging into counter tops and rubbing against car keys buried in pockets and purses.

7. Don’t swim in your plated jewelry. See below.

8. Don’t wear your plated jewelry when you’ll be sweating profusely. Covered later.

9. Clean your plated jewelry gently, and don’t rub it. Covered later.

10. Store your gold plated jewelry in a pouch or soft cloth separate from other jewelry

The chlorine and other chemicals added to swimming pools and hot tubs can also produce adverse effects. Ocean salt water can effect plating, as well. The ocean thing is a long shot, but if you swim regularly in the ocean it will speed the breakdown of your plating.
Remove your plated jewelry before swimming in chlorine laden water,

Wondering how to clean gold-plated jewelry? Cleaning gold-plated jewelry is just like cleaning silver or platinum jewelry. Even though gold-plated jewelry is only gold on the outside, it is still real gold. Dirt and oil can build up on gold-plated jewelry. Your skin naturally contains oil. When this oil mixes with the dirt in the air or on the ground, you can have nasty build up on your jewelry. It is easy to get your gold-plated jewelry clean again with a couple of household etc ....

• Toothbrush 
• Jewelry cleaning cloth 
• Toothpaste
• Baking Powder

1. Find toothpaste or baking soda. These two household products work wonders on gold-plated jewelry. They clean other things, so why not jewelry? Pick which one you like and the results will be the same.

2. Put the product of your choice on a toothbrush. Gold-plated jewelry can have grooves that are difficult to clean. A toothbrush has bristles that solve this cleaning problem. Apply the toothpaste or baking soda to the toothbrush and scrub your gold-plated jewelry. You will see the toothbrush start to turn grey or black. This is the dirt and grime coming off the gold-plated jewelry, not the gold.

3. Rinse off your gold-plated jewelry. Once you have scrubbed the gold, place it under clean water to rinse off the cleaning product. You will have to use the toothbrush to rinse the grooves completely.

4. Shine the gold-plated jewelry. Take a dry, soft cloth and place your piece of gold-plated jewelry in it. Using your fingers, rub the piece of jewelry around in the cloth to buff any dull spots. This will remove any possible residue or water spots.

Needs and way to clean your plated Jewelry

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Seriously, Water can Hurt Your Plating