Gold Polishing Mitts

No they are not suitable for gold plate. We recommend using our Jewellery Tissues with a Jewellery Polishing Cloth  instead.

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 mitts, so for this reason we would recommend cleaning rhodium plated white gold jewellery with a microfibre cloth. For a deeper clean you can also use our Jewel Sparkle or Jewellery Tissues . NB 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 our Gold Polishing Mitts.

The Gold Polishing Mitts are not suitable for gemstones. For a quick polish, use Town Talk's Jewellery Polishing Cloth or Professional Jeweller's Cloth , and for a deeper clean see our article on ' How to Clean Gemstone Jewellery ' for our recommendations.

The Town Talk Gold Polishing Mitts 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 mitts are doing their job.

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