Gold and Jewellery Care Kit Wallet

No. The logo is printed using a special ink so it is perfectly safe to use both sides of the cloth.

The Town Talk Gold Polishing Cloths will carry on working as long as they are not washed.

As you use them, they will start to turn black. This is a chemical reaction rather than a build-up of dirt and shows that the cloth is doing its job.

Store them in a dry environment and you need only replace them when they are quite black on both sides.

No the cloth is not suitable for gold plate as it may over time wear away the plating. However, the Jewel Sparkle Tissues included in the kit can be used to clean gold plated items.

The Gold Polishing cloth is not suitable for gemstones, but the Jewel Sparkle Tissues in the kit can be used instead. See our article on 'How to Clean Gemstone Jewellery' for our full recommendations.

There are 2 types of white gold - rhodium plated, and non plated, and for the purposes of cleaning it is important to check which type it is. Older pieces are more likely to be rhodium plated - the plating gives jewellery the 'white' colour of white gold. This wears off over time and the wearing would be accelerated by using the gold polishing cloth, so for this reason we would recommend cleaning rhodium plated white gold jewellery with the Jewel Sparkle Tissues. N.B. If you have a rhodium plated piece that you wear regularly, you are likely to need to ask your jeweller to replate it every couple of years.

Some more recent pieces of white gold jewellery don't have a rhodium plate because preferences have changed. For these pieces it is perfectly fine to use the Gold Polishing Cloth.

Our gold cloth is 100% woven cotton that is impregnated with cleaning and anti-tarnish agents. The main cleaning agent is Jewellers Rouge (which gives the red colouration). Jewellers rouge is an ultra-fine abrasive intended to remove light scratches and polish the surface; it will not remove deep scratches. The cloth works by applying the cleaners to the surface of the gold, allowing them to take effect and leave a smooth finish as the cloth is swept away.