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I keep the steam cleaner in a separate room as it's a scary bit of kit and will cause damp. Needs to be serviced annually - go to your local garage and find out who they use to service their compressors. They should be able to do the cleaner too
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Thanks Ally. I'm happy with my ultrasonic now that I've found the right solution but I may think about getting a steam cleaner.
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Looking at elma's as they are recommended on here, which models do you have? Or if anyone recommends any others I'm open to browsing!
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I bought a chinese one from amazon last month and it seems fine, it was this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ilpage_o00_s00
It's listed as a Floureon 2l heated one, but when it came it's badged as GT Sonic, it is quite a solid piece of kit, all stainless steel, it makes a mess of a piece of tinfoil which seems to be the standard effectiveness test. It's a chinese seller, but Amazon gives guarantees about returns from 3rd party sellers and it was despatched from a uk warehouse, and when I emailed them they replied in legible english, so it's been hassle free for me so far.
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Hiya,
Thanks for the replys everyone, I have now sorted the problem thanks to the amonia solution, and a different ultrasonic suggestions on here.
Just a quick update for everyone else having this problem. It was the ultrasonic causing the marks and Sea Clean made it worse. I even tried heating distilled water in a pan and mixing it with the sea clean incase it was a lack of heat or water softner that caused a problem, but using it in the ultrasonic still marked the silver.
I bought a new ultrasonic from Cookson Gold and this works far better! I now dip the pieces in the ultrasonic for a few seconds at a time and use an ammonia based solution, this seems to work perfectly now (touch wood!).
It is this one that works well for me - http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery...rcode-997-1316
Hannah x
P.s I even bought a cheap chinese £40 one from ebay to give that a go, it worked perfectly but broke after 3 months, so it is always best to get one with a warranty.
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Why do people use ultrasonic cleaners. What does it do that a tumbler doesn't. All of my stuff is put in a tumbler for a final polish, it comes up beautiful. It gets a quick once over with a cloth and that's it.
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Pat - it's been said time and again: Ultrasonic cleaners DO NOT POLISH. They are for cleaning polish and other muck off and are no more comparable to a barrel polisher than a saw is to a pair of snipe nose pliers.
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Has anyone used the ammonia based fluid on an item that has rouge on it after being polished and that item of jewellery has some rhodium plating on it?
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I believe it is not recommend to use ammonia on rhodium plate
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You dont really need more than hand hot water, washing up liquid, and a soft artists brush for this. Dennis.
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