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Is there a way of removing gold and platinum from dishes?? Any personal experience?? (Pics added)

LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 15, 2026 9:36AM in Precious Metals

Thanks for the replies! :+1:

"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.

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  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 7,565 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RGDS!

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  • rte592rte592 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 15, 2026 10:38AM

    Short of manually scraping it off you could use a chemical remover.
    The big question is WHY?
    There is so little gold or platinum in the paint on dishes that it's not worth the effort.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rte592 said:
    Short of manually scraping it off you could use an chemical remover.
    The big question is WHY?
    There is so little gold or platinum in the paint on dishes that it's not worth the effort.

    Where did he say "paint"? I was assuming a metal dish that was plated. We need more information including pics. Agree that it's probably not worth the expense.

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nobody buys this sort of stuff anymore and I hate to give it away. Was hoping to salvage some value out of it!



    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • ProofmorganProofmorgan Posts: 937 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I feel like the effort and expense to remove may be more than it’s worth. It’s a really cool set though. Maybe someone would buy it with the recent increased mainstream popularity of metals. More interested parties lately it seems.

    Collector of Original Early Gold with beginnings in Proof Morgan collecting.
  • rte592rte592 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 15, 2026 11:02AM

    @Lakesammman said:
    Nobody buys this sort of stuff anymore and I hate to give it away. Was hoping to salvage some value out of it!



    Look up Sreetips on YouTube.

    https://youtube.com/@sreetips?si=BRhlhXM9A8Nb7JmK

    Sreetips could do a video on the subject... removing the gold with acid and refine the Precious metals.

    We all can find out how much gold/platinum is on your set.
    Would make for a good video for sreetips and maybe it would be worth his time/effort.

    Gold leaf or liquid gold dishware while often marketed with high-karat gold (22k-23k) usually has a gold layer that is exceptionally thin.

  • rte592rte592 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @rte592 said:
    Short of manually scraping it off you could use an chemical remover.
    The big question is WHY?
    There is so little gold or platinum in the paint on dishes that it's not worth the effort.

    Where did he say "paint"? I was assuming a metal dish that was plated. We need more information including pics. Agree that it's probably not worth the expense.

    My Interpretation
    Gold leaf or liquid gold dishware

  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you believe gemini.ai, a dinner plate fully covered on one side with gold leaf should contain about 157 milligrams of gold (a ridiculously precise sounding estimate, of course). This would be about .005 troy ounces or roughly $24. They do have a real coolness factor, and it’s a shame no one wants to buy them for a modest price. But, I can relate to the feeling of accumulating too much stuff!

    Higashiyama
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,928 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those would be awesome wedding gifts!

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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,186 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a beautiful set. I would think you could find a buyer on facebook marketplace. Did you try that?

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 7,565 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd probably eat off them. RGDS!

    The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
    BOOMIN!™
    Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
    Retiring at 55, what day is today? :sunglasses:

  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It can be done, at least for gold. I've never done platinum. A simple solution of hydrochloric acid and bleach will do the job, then to recover the gold from solution I think just add sodium metabisulfite to precipitate the gold. Used to do this years ago, but with thousands of pieces of dishes over the course of months. It was more of a hobby than a money-making pursuit.

  • GTOsterGTOster Posts: 872 ✭✭✭

    Time and money on chemicals will not be worth the effort
    I reclaim gold from computers, and it is time consuming and pricey
    You would be better off just keeping them for holidays and special occasions
    Just my 2 cents
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