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cathy_3
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make a paste of lemon juice and baking soda. brush this onto the jewellry with a toothbrush. let it dry brush it off and polish it with a soft cloth
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thats great, wot about gold jewellery?smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to....
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gold can be swished up and down in washing up liquid and hot water, comes up lovely,
if it has a diamond
1 oz borax
tablespoon of ammonia
pint boiling water
tablespoon of washing soda if you have it
mix in boiling water about a pint drop in the jewellry boil it for a few mins use a soft toothrbush or mascara brush and then rinse in hot water
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for costume jewellry
fill the sink or a bowl with hot water add two denture tablets drop in the jewellry and leave for a while0 -
cathy,
this is all fascinating stuff..... will try the gold one out
silly question......
where have you picked all this bloo@y useful stuff from.... are you a dr jeckle, experimenting away at home.... smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to.... :cool:0 -
I have a mother who was a teenager during rationing and was the oldest of 8 kids, she remembers making do and mend, also she remembers what they did in the depression when nobody had any money so had to spend as little as possible.
also my granny didnt die until recently and she used to tell me all what shed use when there was nothing else, and how it was as good as the stuff I was paying a fortune for. Her house was absloutley spotless always and she never bought a bottle of flash in her life.
theyd try to tell me
And Id think
"yeah yeah yeah"
one day I took the pair of them shopping, as I pushed and heaved my full to busting trolley round the supermarkt, I overheard my gran say to mum, look at her basket, that would have fed the 10 of us for 2 months when you were all small, and there isnt a thing in there thats doing her or the kids a bit of good.
when I got home I got to thinking, there had to be something in that, granny was 89 and fit as a flea
and reared 8 kids to almost pension age (and now their all in their late 60s and 70s and fit as fleas) so I started asking myself who was fitter, me in my 40s or my mum in her 70s she was slim and I was fat, she could walk miles I couldnt
she managed on a 1/4 of the cash I did, so I started listening and learning and took it from there.
;D
now if I want to clean something I find out first if theres an alternative to going and spending £2.99 on chemicals to do the job when something else will do, after all, most of the things we have in the house weve had for generations, so what did THEY use.0 -
robnye, a couple of good sites to try are:where have you picked all this bloo@y useful stuff from.... are you a dr jeckle, experimenting away at home....
http://www.tipking.com/
http://pinksunrise.com/fixit/cleaning.htm(I like the bayleaves in flour to stop weavils and suchlike)
http://www.almanac.com/home/
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/house/house.html
http://www.diynet.com/diy/lv_household_tips/
and another moneysaver found some excellent links a few pages back (sorry- probably not at all helpful!)Mark Hughes' blue and white army0 -
Re cleaning jewellery
As a former jeweller I can confirm that it's ok to use washing up liquid on gold jewellery. I would be careful about plunging diamonds into boiling water though as all diamonds usually have naturally occuring faults in them. Excessive heat can 'milk' diamonds - i.e. causing them to go a white colour. This is permanent. CZ's, opals can take very little heat. Opals are especially delicate so I would recommend professional cleaning for them.
Small jewellers will often clean a bundle of jewellerly for as little as £20 (depending on if there is stones set into it). Some often do it free if you are buying from them. They use an ultrasonic cleaner which loosens all the dirt you cannot get at without using a toothbrush. The good thing about the machine as well is that if any stones are loose - just being held in by dirt they will come out into the machine and they can then be reset. If you loosen a stone through home cleaning chances are you will loose the stone and will have to fork out for a new stone and setting.
If you are buying a wedding ring ask them to clean and buff (not polish as you loose gold) your engagement ring nearer the big day. They will ususally do this for free for you.
Finally becareful cleaing silver jewellery as many every day chemicals etc will strip the sheen of it and leave it open to staining. Best to use Silverdip. £4 tub lasts a lifetime. Not suitable for costume jewellery though as it has a laquer on it.
~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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another good way to clean silver
forks knives ornaments etc
get some tin foil place in a bowl add hot water and a tablespoon of washing soda
put the silver items in make sure they are touching the foil watch the tarnish magically lift off0 -
cathy you are amazing, just think i should say it.0
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thats an old tip that but it works
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our family silver comes up lovely like that
you can even see the BR on the knife fork and spoon glinting in the sunshine
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