Howdy Ags,

So quick little story. I had my ring done with the antique finish when I ordered it, it got really dirty recently and I decided to clean it. The mechanic in me went straight for the bottle of carb cleaner and it worked a little bit better than I expected, in fact it worked so well that my ring came out pure gold without a speck of black on it. Guess I should have paid more attention in chemistry but I actually like this look better so oh well. Didn't harm the metal at all and my ring looks brand new. I think technically this voided the warranty, but considering A&M is the ring companies biggest contract and this was an accident, I'm sure ill be fine.

TL;DR - If you don't like the antique look, use a can of carb cleaner and a soft bristle toothbrush to remove.

Since this thread is about how to remove antiquing from rings that shouldn't be hard to come by.

I know what I'm doing this afternoon

If that ain't country...

Is there a direct correlation between your antiqued ring and your pre-torn jeans?

I like real grode vs fake grode with real grode on top.

1 year post graduation (I worked as a degreed engineer), I used to use commercial strength ammonia used in our lab to clean my antiqued ring. It worked great but one day my ring turned black. The ammonia must have been contaminated. The ring office made it all better. I was in a huge panic as you can imagine.

CJS4715 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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There's probably a more direct correlation between natural gold and the amount of things that enter your butthole.

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That's why mine is antiqued, and the wife's is natural gold.

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What's his name?

CJS4715 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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There's probably a more direct correlation between natural gold and the amount of things that enter your butthole.

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That's why mine is antiqued, and the wife's is natural gold.

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Dunking your ring

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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There's probably a more direct correlation between natural gold and the amount of things that enter your butthole.

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I see, then no correlation at all.

Goose61 said:

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Bayside Tiger Ag said:

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91_Aggie said:

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Glad there is hope for the many who apparently were too young and foolish when they actually chose to get the Antique version.

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Uh, antique was about they choice Aggies had between the late 1930's to 1998 when natural finish was offered by Balfour. For about 60 years it was either antique until rose and white gold were offered in the late '70s.

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Funny how the offering of non-antiqued finishes roughly corresponds with the time frame in which New Army first started to manifest itself.

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Funny how you don't know your Aggie Ring history unless you are assuming new army is anything beyond 1877. Natural finishes were offered in the past.

nai06 said:

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Goose61 said:

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Bayside Tiger Ag said:

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91_Aggie said:

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Glad there is hope for the many who apparently were too young and foolish when they actually chose to get the Antique version.

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Uh, antique was about they choice Aggies had between the late 1930's to 1998 when natural finish was offered by Balfour. For about 60 years it was either antique until rose and white gold were offered in the late '70s.

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Funny how the offering of non-antiqued finishes roughly corresponds with the time frame in which New Army first started to manifest itself.

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Funny how you don't know your Aggie Ring history unless you are assuming new army is anything beyond 1877. Natural finishes were offered in the past.

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Get off my lawn, and get a sense of humor while you're at it.

They fell out of favor in the 30's before disappearing altogether. I had a chance to talk with one of the ring historians that does work for the association. He said virtually all class rings at the time were antiqued and it stemmed from jewelry of the late 1800ms often being engraved onyx or ivory. Antiqued gold replicated that. Some natural rings were offered since there was no standard design but antiqued finishes were the norm then for most military schools that offered rings.

Another option is to use a sonicator to clean it (which will also take off the antiquing) and then use shoe polish to get the antiquing back

For future reference to actually clean your Aggie ring (or gold jewelry without soft stones)

Mix a few drops of dawn + few drops ammonia + warm water.

Drop jewelry in solution for 5-10 minutes. Remove jewelry from solution. Brush gently with a soft brush. Then you get nice sparkly gold.

I keep a container mixed up and I just heat in microwave for 30 seconds. Drop all my jewelry in, wait the allotted time and brush the jewelry. Depending on how often you do this you can use the same solution for 2-3 years before you need to make a new batch.

Yeah no I may be an ******* but I'm not that much of an *******.

Mental note, thanks.