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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Apr 16^th, 2012 at 2:56pm A handy little tip for cleaning old jewellery, even crystal vases etc. Soak it for a few hours in sugar soap. It will comes up looking like it has just been made. I was amazed when a friend showed me the trick.
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #1 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 3:47pm An even better trick - buy an ultrasonic bath for alll your jewellery cleaning needs. I even do velly special plice for ozpolitickers.
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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #2 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 4:06pm Tell an old dog about Ultrasonic cleaning Tolerator...you've got me interested.
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Johnsmith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4716 Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #3 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 4:09pm you could try to throw her out, she'll leave with all the jewellery, after having throw the vases at you ... presto, no more dirty vases or jewellery to worry about ..
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it_is_the_light Gold Member Offline Christ Light Posts: 41434 The Pyramid of LIGHT Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #4 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 4:42pm A handy little tip for cleaning old jewellery, even crystal vases etc. Soak it for a few hours in sugar soap. It will comes up looking like it has just been made. I was amazed when a friend showed me the trick. __________ many thanks and blessings namaste -:)
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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #5 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 4:50pm Oh come on, Wharfy. We all know that old jewellery becomes bright and shiny simply from being in the same room as you.
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Reply #6 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 4:53pm

red baron wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 4:06pm:

Tell an old dog about Ultrasonic cleaning Tolerator...you've got me interested.

Hmmm...all I know is transducers in the tank emit waves which create bubbles in your liquid which "explode" and take all the gunk off with it. It's what they use in mining labs to remove the flux, and they use em in jewellery stores too.

The beauty is they only take a few minutes to clean to new condition. the downside is it'll cost you $700+ depending on size of the tank.

But can you really put a price on having clean sparkling jewellery?

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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #7 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 6:18pm $700? Think I'll go with $3 sugar soap...but your info was very interesting
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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #8 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 6:54pm $100 buys you a reasonable ultrasonic jewellery cleaner. $25 from Aldi. I have an ultrasonic parts cleaner (10L) - $230 about 10 years ago and it does an excellent job. It's big enough to throw a couple of carby bodies in.
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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #9 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 7:54pm Wow $25...Think I'm going to Aldi!!!
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Reply #10 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 8:04pm

They aren't quick. You can do the job quicker manually in less time than with an ultrasonic jobby, but I reckon the ultrasonic does a more perfect job with far less effort (if you don't mind waiting around for 45mins to an hour).

From what I saw, the Aldi device is big enough to put a reasonable amount of items in. It's big enough to do a watch.

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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #11 - Apr 17^th, 2012 at 4:15pm Thanks Life-goes-on, Man I just love that logo of yours!
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Reply #12 - Apr 17^th, 2012 at 4:22pm

Life_goes_on wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 6:54pm:

$100 buys you a reasonable ultrasonic jewellery cleaner.

$25 from Aldi.

I have an ultrasonic parts cleaner (10L) - $230 about 10 years ago and it does an excellent job. It's big enough to throw a couple of carby bodies in.

$100 will buy you a shithouse ultrasonic bath, which would be why it takes 45 minutes rather than 3-5 minutes for a good unit. The tolerator only deals in quality - remember I do velly speshul plice.

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Reply #13 - Apr 17^th, 2012 at 4:27pm

My 10 litre thingy will clean bike parts in a few minutes, but it all depends on just how fine the detail is and how ingrained the dirt and tarnishing is.

Even if you buy a cheapy and it does take 30+ minutes - does it really matter? It's not like you're going to be standing by the thing, repeating "hurry up!" to it.

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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: A TIP FOR CLEANING OLD JEWELLERY Reply #14 - Apr 17^th, 2012 at 4:30pm red baron wrote on Apr 17^th, 2012 at 4:15pm: Thanks Life-goes-on, Man I just love that logo of yours! Google Images is your friend.
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