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<p>[QUOTE="User 67, post: 3491, member: 67"]<font face="Verdana">Gold and silver are soft metals, gold, being one of the softest is very susceptible to being eventually rubbed off when it is applied thinly. But all silver and gold 'cleaning' will remove part of the gold or silver, the trick is to do it while removing the tarnish without removing much or any of the untarnished surface beneath. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Verdana">In the instance of this case, you might be tempted to scrub hard enough (polish is the polite term) to remove the silver tarnish from the silver, but silver being a harder metal than gold, you would definitely be rubbing hard enough to remove the softer gold as well.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="User 67, post: 3491, member: 67"][FONT=Verdana]Gold and silver are soft metals, gold, being one of the softest is very susceptible to being eventually rubbed off when it is applied thinly. But all silver and gold 'cleaning' will remove part of the gold or silver, the trick is to do it while removing the tarnish without removing much or any of the untarnished surface beneath. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]In the instance of this case, you might be tempted to scrub hard enough (polish is the polite term) to remove the silver tarnish from the silver, but silver being a harder metal than gold, you would definitely be rubbing hard enough to remove the softer gold as well. .[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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