Vintage Costume Jewelry Brooch Restoration and Cleaning How To
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Hello everybody! In this video we'll go over the steps I take to clean and restore this vintage rhinestone butterfly brooch. I'll take you step by step and talk about the do's and don'ts of a safe and responsible restoration including the tools and techniques I've learned through my experience as an antique dealer and jewelry lover. This video is not sponsored.
What a wonderful video! Thank you
This video should really get more viewers!!! Thank you! Very informative!!!!
That was super helpful. I love vintage costume jewellery and its great to know how to repair things you already have or have just aquired from a thrift shop or whatever. Thank you, I subscribed.
Awesome cleaning and restoration of a beautiful vintage brooch. GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT CONTENT. THUMBS-UP ALWAYS!!!!!
Really informative, thank you. I just bought a beautiful 1930s brooch off eBay which is a little grungier than I realized, and wasn't sure how to clean it. Love your cocktail cabinet, too!
I hope you do some more 🤍. I like watching you restore & clean your pieces. Thank you
The plan is to do more. Things were just very hectic last year. Hopefully this year will be better!
Thank you!!! Really Helpful! I have a Bunch to Clean!
Thank you for your video. I love vintage brooches, your video has been of great value in helping me restore my collection. Kind regards, Tricia from Australia.
Awesome video! Thanks!!
Your nails are gorgeous!
BObby! Nice work and complementary with all your execution🙂
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I didn’t know how to clean and repair my old jewellery pieces or how to clean the stones 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰
This is the best!!! I have quite a few heirloom pieces I want to clean. Thank you!!!!
a friend gifted me some jewelry of theirs that they sorted out, so this will be a great help to restore some pieces! tysm!
ps. love your nailpolish!!!
Thank you so much for your video. Love vintage brooches,so your video has been of great value to me. Kind regards Tricia from Australia 😃
Love how gentle you are with the jewelry. So many on here throw drop toss and inproperly clean their "haul". Also so many "resellers" aka treasure hunters are devaluing plastic jewelry that sells retail for a significant amount of $$. And they sell precious metal single earrings as scrap instead of as single earrings. Frustrating to watch. You should address these resale faux paws in your videos. Also, when not to clean an antique piece.
Hello from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands! Great informative video.
Hello! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you.
Nice 🙂 Thank you ❤️😊😉
Oh thank you for your informative...very helpful
Amazing video!! Would love to see more like this!! How do you find the exact color? Or size? Wow completely amazing!🤩
Thought you did a great job. Very informative thank you.
Very helpful video! Can you please post a video about how to measure for a replacement stone?
Thank you! Yes, I think my next video will be about measuring and color matching for replacement stones. Things have been a bit hectic for me lately but I hope to be back to making videos soon!
Sir, I use a sharp paring knife to dig the old silvering in the cups, it does a much better/faster job.
Hello. I put saved ur video to watch later. I wish I would have watched sooner. Thank you
Very useful, thank you
Thx very helpful.
Your smile is contagious ✨ Question, I’m looking into buying vintage CHANEL sunglasses (style 5060-b) and they have rhinestones on the side but most pairs I’ve found, the stones have turned yellow. How can I make them sparkle again?
I've found that often it is a thin layer of glue that has been applied over the top of the rhinestones that has yellowed due to UV (sunlight) exposure. Sadly the only way I know to remedy this is to very gently scrape the glue off of the stones with an x-acto blade being very careful not to scratch the stones, or to remove the stones and replace them.
My grandmother recentlt died at 96 years old. She had lots of costume jewelry from the 30s 40s and 50s. No one in the family really wanted it. I rescued a few of the pieces before it was trashed. I don't know how to clean it. I don't know how to determine what the rhinestones are made from or what the setting is. How can I tell?
CZcams, and get thee to the Library!!
Great video bb - I didn’t even think to use windex to clean the stones! What would you suggest to help brighten up the gold/brass around the stones?
I use a polish called Simichrome. Any gentle non-abrasive polish will work, just be sure to test it on the back first to make sure it wont take off the delicate plating. Sometimes just the friction of a bare cotton swab will do the trick.
Thanks for the video. Where did u buy the glue? Love your manicure Queen!!
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Thanks for the info. I'm finding brooches made with sterling silver of this era to be a real hassle to clean/polish the tarnish. Do you have any techniques for this? I'm starting to think that pot metal or vermeil plated SS is the way to go & should just avoid SS rhinestone jewelry.
Sterling costume jewelry is usually of better quality than plated jewelry but the tarnishing can be a pain. I like to use a fine silver polish to deep clean then a polishing cloth for maintenance polishing. To lessen the effects of oxidation/tarnish store your silver jewelry wrapped in felt or in a tarnish resistant jewelry box to keep the air off of it. Hope this helps.
Where do you find your replacement stones?
I usually go to eBay, but there is also Esty as well or as he said junk jewelry that you take apart.
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing. What type of glue do you use? I’m a new fan!
Thanks! It's call GS Hypo-Cement and can be found in most craft stores.
thx
I have a pair of gorgeous vintage Jay Strongwater earrings with one missing crystal. Can you help me with finding a replacement?
Ok you lost me at the nail.polish
Sounds like a personal problem. 💅🌈
You had me at the nail polish 💅🏼 💗😌