You really shouldn't have to clean it. As it's only plated if you use a polishing cloth or silver cleaner you will rub off the gold finish. You should wash it with a gentle detergent and dry with a soft cloth.
Rhodium, from the platinum family, is a metal that does not tarnish. It is plated over silver so that you do not have to clean it as often. It is much shinier than silver though, a true lover of sterling silver may not like the shine of rhodium.
it is zinc plated in silver
if the plating is gold and not scratched, use a gold cleaning cloth. then a silver cleaning cloth.
Tibetan silver is plated rather than made of sterling silver. Cast iron or copper is used to make Tibetan silver. Then it is plated with sterling silver or any other material that looks like sterling silver.
You really shouldn't have to clean it. As it's only plated if you use a polishing cloth or silver cleaner you will rub off the gold finish. You should wash it with a gentle detergent and dry with a soft cloth.
Rhodium, from the platinum family, is a metal that does not tarnish. It is plated over silver so that you do not have to clean it as often. It is much shinier than silver though, a true lover of sterling silver may not like the shine of rhodium.
it is zinc plated in silver
Sheridan silver is copper plated with silver.
if the plating is gold and not scratched, use a gold cleaning cloth. then a silver cleaning cloth.
Mine is Silver Plated.
First of all, theres no such thing as "silver plated sterling". Sterling is 92.5% silver, anything plated is just plated. If the item is solid sterling silver, its metal value depends on the current price of silver - but it may be worth more as a collectible. If it's plated base metal it has very little value.
Yes silver plated cables are actually recommended more over the gold plated ones. A lot of people say that the gold plated ones are a waste of money since you can get the same result or better from the silver plated.
Tibetan silver is plated rather than made of sterling silver. Cast iron or copper is used to make Tibetan silver. Then it is plated with sterling silver or any other material that looks like sterling silver.
Silver plated.
Gold plated over silver means that the ring is made of silver with a thin layer of gold plated to it. It is not solid gold but solid silver with gold on it.
Silver plated nickel silver