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Cleaning Gold Plating

By callmesteam

1 year ago



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#1 1 year ago

Any tips on cleaning gold plating? I've tried some soft cleaners like auto detailer and windex, and one abrasive cleaner - Xtreem Metal Polish... the Xtreem took the gold off, but the chrome was really shiny underneath!

I am able to soak them in EvapoRust, but I'm worried about removing the gold completely. Thanks.

(I did see the post from Korn from 5 years ago, but no replies there.)

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#2 1 year ago

Kind of related - a few months ago I asked a question about bringing back the gold coloring on my IJ legs. Only responses I got were suggestions to have them replated. I'll follow this thread and see if you get any other answers.

#3 1 year ago

Maybe reach out to pinball plating.com?

#4 1 year ago

Unless you plated them in gold and you'd remember that by the cost tgey are brass and to remove that pitting you will remove that thin layer of brass , cheaper to buy brass legs unless you have a very cheap plater in mind ,, you can always try the bottom of the leg or the inside with Brasso good luck

#5 1 year ago

I dipped a gold bolt in EvapoRust and it came out really nice, so I went for it and did all the legs. They came out much shinier, but as john17a pointed out, that thin layer of brass is likely already gone. These belong to a customer, and I think his old dog used to use them as a latrine from time to time. They did not seem to be covered in pee, but I'm thinking the customer probably cleaned them with a corrosive agent.

tl;dr - EvapoRust works or at least does not hard gold/brass plating. See attached photo for the after pic.

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#6 1 year ago

Oops, forgot an after pic of the bottom of the leg.

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