The Maintenance Methods for Gilded Watches |
The gilded layer on the gilded watches usually uses the material of 14K gold, This kind of gold not only has 58.5% pure gold, but also has some silver. Silver could make reaction with some volatile process gases in the air, and produces a layer of black silver sulfide membrane on the surface so that the gilded watch will lose its golden luster. Therefore, gilded watches should be placed without the direct contact with chemical substances and process gases like the coal gas , liquid gas and sulfur perfumed soaps, and should often keep the gilded watch dry and clean. You’d better use flannel to clean it once a week. Besides, the chlorides in the sweat has the causticity to the gilded watches, when the sweat sticks on the gilded watch, please clean it in time in order to avoid that the sweat makes the watch lose its luster.
The gilded watches are not really finicky, but if you do not take care of it carefully, then it will also lose its original luster and charm. Usually, the following points should be taken care:
* The chemical substances in the cleanser will change the luster of gold, so when you are going to do clean work, please take off your gilded watch firstly.
* Please avoid to let your gilded watch contact with the perfume , fixature and other high volatile substances directly.
* Take off your gilded watch when swimming in order to avoid that when the watch contacts with seawater or pond water, the gilded watch fades easily.
* The gold is very soft and also easy to be out of shape , so please don’t drag the watch.
* The gilded watch will make reaction when meets mercury , and the white spots will appear on the surface, you can roast it on the alcohol burner when cleaning.
* For keeping the luster of the gilded watch, you could glaze some nail polish [Thin layer!] on the watch.
