How to clean crystal to shine at home

Preparing for a feast or receiving guests is often accompanied by the question of how to clean the crystal at home. Moreover, this must be done quickly, efficiently and with minimal time costs. In everyday life, glassware is used infrequently, so it gradually dims, becomes covered with traces of yellowness and a dense whitish coating.

To cope with these phenomena is not as difficult as it seems, you just need to find the right tool. With the right approach, you can achieve attractive shine and clear ringing even from the most inexpensive and old product.

In order not to harm whimsical objects, you need to take into account the basic rules for the care of crystal:

1. Temperature changes adversely affect the material, from such an impact it becomes even more fragile.
2. Regardless of the means by which it was decided to clean the crystal, the water is taken a little warm, not higher than 35 ° C.
3. Glassware, a chandelier or a vase made of crystal cannot be left to dry naturally, stains and stains will remain on the surface. Wipe clean products dry with towels or microfiber cloths, this material does not leave fibers.

Tip

In order not to bother, crystal can also be washed in a dishwasher. But this permission applies only to not very expensive products without persistent plaque or yellowness. The approach is recommended to be used if it is necessary to wash products after a feast or to wash off fresh dirt.

Choosing the right product based on the type of contamination

Before washing crystal with one of the "grandmother's" methods, it is worth considering that for this manipulation powder compositions that scratch the surface of the glass and soap solutions (they leave behind a matte coating) are categorically not suitable.

• To wash off the dust and renew the crystal vase or utensils, you need to use a specialized glass detergent. We take a basin, it is better if it is made of plastic, lined with a soft cloth, pour a concentrated solution and carefully immerse the crystal products. Leave the container for several hours. Then we take a soft cloth and clean all the grooves and items. For the appearance of a beautiful shine, the crystal must be rinsed in water with the addition of vinegar, citric acid or ammonia.
• To wash the plaque, which often covers the crystal vase due to the constant exposure to hard water, you need to use a solution of organic acid. At home, acetic, citric or oxalic acid is most often used. Dilute the selected product with water until a solution forms; it should be slightly acidic. We put the dishes in the composition, leave it for several hours. After that, add half a glass of rice or peas to the container (you can do with potato peelings), cover with a lid and begin to shake. After removing the dirt, rinse the product with a little warm water.
• The most persistent pollution is limescale. It adheres to the crystal so tightly that during the removal process it can provoke the formation of scratches. To prevent this, you need to wash the dishes Coca-Cola or its carbonated counterparts. Just pour the drink, leave it for a few minutes and rinse with warm water. This approach is effective in the presence of red wine stains.
• A vase covered with flowered greens will save soda. Pour warm water into the container and pour soda powder at the rate of a tablespoon of the product into half a glass of liquid. We wait a few minutes, cover the neck and shake the product several times intensively.After such a treatment, be sure to rinse the vase with a weak solution of vinegar.

The hardest thing to deal with carved surfaces. The same rules apply here, you just need to additionally connect the machining, during which microfiber is used.

The specifics of cleaning crystal chandeliers

To wash off dirt from a crystal chandelier, it is not necessary to remove the product or disassemble it into parts. For carrying out manipulations, it is not recommended to use the listed folk remedies, it is better to purchase a specialized product. It is abundantly applied to the product, and several towels need to be laid out on the floor, on which excess product will drip. After a while, wipe the parts of the item and wash them with clean water.

In extreme cases, the chandelier, and other crystal glassware, can be washed with ammonia. In a large basin with warm water, we dilute half a glass of alcohol, mustard powder and vinegar. Aggressive and not very attractive-looking mixture is absolutely harmless to glass and can eliminate pollution of any degree. It is used to soak or wipe products with their subsequent rinsing.