I believe everyone knows that as an ornament, gold plated jewelry is much cheaper than K gold, and it also has a golden luster. It has become one of the most popular types of gold jewelry now.
But how to maintain gold-plated jewelry? Here are some tips for caring your gold-plated jewelry!
1. Avoid scratches on hard objects, usually wear it is necessary to avoid contact with hard objects, and store the jewelry separately in a jewelry box or suede bag when not brought to prevent scratches on other jewelry.
2. Do not place the jewelry in a hot place, it will be deformed due to the temperature
3. Avoid chemical corrosion, such as not wearing them for bathing, swimming, and hot springs; After spraying perfume and applying emollient oil, dry it and then wear the jewelry, if you sweat a lot, after taking it off, try to wipe the jewelry with a clean cloth to avoid sweat corrosion on the jewelry.
Frequent replacement is required
All kinds of jewelry should be replaced frequently, avoid long-term wear, especially in the hot summer, easy to sweat, if the surface of the jewelry is gold-plated, it is easy to be eroded after sweating.
Therefore, gold-plated jewelry needs to be replaced frequently, you can buy a few more jewelry, not only can keep the jewelry new, but also maintain a different style.
Avoid friction
Because it is gold-plated, only one layer of the jewelry is gold, so it is necessary to avoid friction. If the gold-plated jewelry is rubbed slightly, a layer of gold on the surface will be worn off, revealing the metal inside, which will make the gold-plated jewelry particularly ugly.
Therefore, when wearing gold jewelry, you must not wear it with other hardness jewelry.
For example, it is best not to wear it with platinum jewelry, especially rings, where adjacent rings rub against each other will cause the gold-plated jewelry to fade, and platinum jewelry will stain gold powder.
Avoid contact with acids and alkalis
Gold-plated jewelry, it is best not to wear gold-plated jewelry when washing your face or bathing, or sweating, because gold-plated jewelry will be corroded when exposed to soapy water, especially when soapy water infiltrates into gold-plated jewelry, it will make the jewelry break from the inner layer, so that it cannot be repaired.
And wearing gold-plated jewelry in the bath will make the jewelry oxidize too quickly, turn black, or crack the surface gold.
If you are worried about the discoloration of alloy jewelry, or if you are afraid of allergies, you can apply a layer of transparent nail polish to isolate the skin before wearing it, which can avoid corrosion and most metal allergies.It should be noted that before applying bracelets, necklaces, anklets, it is best to try and observe in an inconspicuous place, so as not to apply unevenly without experience.
It is also to see if your nail polish will be corrosive to the chain (because there are different plating processes, it is possible that the chemical composition of the nail polish itself will corrode it.