Posted 8 years ago
Newtimes
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I bought this poor art deco bangle yesterday. It was lacking almost all of its chrome finish, leaving the copper underneath exposed almost everywhere. It looked really awful, so I bought it for a very good price. Normally I wouldnt buy jewelry in such a bad shape, but I got on with the job and today its already looking much better (last 2 pics are'before' pictures). I dont know how to repair a chrome layer, but I had some silver plating material in my repair drawer so I put layer on top of layer of tiny silver particles on it. Still some work to do but its already wearable, showing its former beauty. Its not marked, but I really love this art deco bangle. It reminds me of Jakob Bengel jewelry.
Hope you like it!
Oh! Beautiful deco bracelet!
I have a silver lotion, called "Medallion Liquid Silver Lotion" which coud give it a plus silver shine, even if not chrome :-)
It works on copper or brass, but sometimes not... Mysterious!
What silver plating did you use?
You can see the result on a cheap costume brooch there:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/149304-solving-beetle-lol-post
Oh such a great post kyra, I missed that one.
My silver polish seems something similar to yours...
https://www.bol.com/nl/p/hg-verzilverpolish-50-ml/9200000007074808/?country=BE
Yes! Similar stuff :-)
Don't hesitate to apply several times (after a good degreasing wash!)...
I can't still understand why it sometimes don't work on copper!
Oh I spend yesterday most part of the afternoon applying several layers...till my bottle was finished ;-) it works great! Bracelet looks so much better than it was when I bought it
Looks mostly like Bengel, nice design and colors. You learned a good shop from Kyratango.
You do good work! Great bangle.
Thanks everyone for the love and special thank you to efesgirl, valentino, agram and kyratango for the valuable comments!
Wonderful bangle! You did the right thing to buy this. Great information from kyratango.