Sunshine Cloths for Pearls?

[Bodecia]

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me what exactly a "sunshine cloth" is? If this is the commerical name for it? and also if anyone knows where to purchase one online? I read about it on a previous thread while surfing the PF and it sounds like it would be a very handy thing to have. It was mentioned in respect to polishing scratches out of pearls, minor ones I presume.

Thanks, Bodecia

[jerin]

Hi Bodecia,

Sunshine cloth should be used very careful when it comes to polishing pearls. I think You use is mostly to polish metals (light scratches on a metal band for example).

I ordered one through Ebay - search for Sunshine cloth or
I also have a site

http://www.argusdesigns.com/products...ts/scloth.html.
The price given is $ 9.89 or $ 27.88 with a bulk pack of 10 pcs.

Hope this helps!

[MABE BRAZIL]

Yes, there are Chinese who know how to nucleate. They are likely your best bet in the mantle-nucleation realm. The Japanese are nearly exclusively gonad-nulceating specialists at this point.[/QUOTE]

Jeremy, it is possible to do some kind of contact with this expertise? Either Japanese or chinese.

Regards

Ricardo Cunha Lima

[Bodecia]

Sunshine cloth should be used very careful when it comes to polishing pearls. I think You use is mostly to polish metals (light scratches on a metal band for example).

Thanks jerin,

As you said it looks like it is mainly used for mentals but I saw that Zeide recommended it on a previous post. Said it did a great job of polishing a Tahitian bracelet that a friend had worn along side a watch, hence scratching it. Do you know if the sunshine cloth is similar to gold and silver cleaning cloths? Probably worth buying one and testing it on an inferior pearl as a test piece. I do have more than a few inferior ones as well as my lovelies.

Thanks again for your help, Bodecia

[Slraep]

Hi Bodecia,

You keep posting to the wrong threads.

[Caitlin]

Hi Danuta
I moved these posts to a new thread in pearl care and cleaning.

[jerin]

[QUOTE=Bodecia]Thanks jerin,

As you said it looks like it is mainly used for mentals but I saw that Zeide recommended it on a previous post. Said it did a great job of polishing a Tahitian bracelet that a friend had worn along side a watch, hence scratching it.

Probably, if the pearl got enough nacre it will be working with this type of cloth. Silver and goldcloth do have a certain chemical treatment, that I would not reccomend You to use on pearls. The Sunshine cloth has non-scratch-micro abrasives but I would test it anyway on a pearl that is of a lesser quality. I think Zeide recommended it together with bath in saltslush and thorough rinsing in destilled water before You do the polishing.

Let us know the result. I have not tested my cloth on any pearls yet.

[pattye]

Hi
I got these cloths a few months back, and having some loose fw with some bad spots tried it a bit. I thought it helped somewhat. I probably spent about 1/2 hour at most. I have some 11-12mm "funky" fw pearls with some dull spots. I would be extremely careful using it on any bead-nucleated pearl. Remember, we can't trust where that advice originally came from.

Pattye

[jerin]

Hi Pattye,

I for one do trust Zeides advice as I still think that she has a vast knowledge of pearls and their treatment and I have never been given bad advice so far from her.

[perlas]

Hi All,

I have tried to use the sunshine cloth on a scratched AAA fw pearl. It can take off light scratches but it didn't work taking off deeper scratches.