Prolong life of gold plating

Can you prolong the life of gold plated sterling or brass?

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Why not apply a layer of microcrystalline Wax? Or spray a long lasting/permanent transparent finish? I did it in jewels with LoS patina and gold foil (spray) and until now it’s holding its promise! Hope it helps

Thank you for the response. I just checked out triple S. Will call them for assistance.

Nano ceramic electro plating does a great job on everything except rings because they get banged around too much…

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hi,

this sounds interesting! i have not heard of nano ceramic elecrtoplating…

do you do this after gold plating?

julir

Nano ceramics are great and simple to use BUT the liquid needs to be used within 6 months. You need that little bit of it that it lasts forever . The layer is so thin -but effective- that you need to plate a lot.
I bought ones a bottle of 1 liter straight from the company Legor in Italy and couldn’t use all of it so I had to trash a great part of it which is a shame. That 1 Liter bottle cost less than 100 ml (if I remember it correct) from Rio Grande.
It is really very good but try to use it all before the shelf life has ended.

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