China. Competent choice and care

Porcelain tableware is not only a symbol of wealth, but also comfort. It decorates life, improves mood. You will certainly get aesthetic pleasure, using things from porcelain.

Porcelain products are very beautiful, but also very fragile things. Careful care and special treatment they require to themselves. These beautiful things you want to store for a long time, transfer them to children, grandchildren. Porcelain is a special clay pottery. It appears through a relatively thin layer. If you hit it with a stick, you can hear a long and very clear sound. This sound is characteristic only for porcelain, it recognizes forgery.

How to choose?
You can buy quality dishes in the store or at an exhibition, and sell it in online stores. But everyone wants to buy quality things. And the quality of porcelain directly depends on the percentage content of kaolin (white clay), fine grinding and technological features.

To get better from domestic producers. They are clearly stigmatized. It can be found by catalogs. And dishes that do not have a stigma can be dangerous to your health.

Refrain from buying dishes with pearly or very bright pictures. They usually contain lead and cadmium.

Quality porcelain is always warm-creamy or just white. Shades of gray-blue color indicate its low quality. Look at the bottom of the plate or cup. There you will see the real color of the chosen porcelain.

Porcelain products are never fully decorated. This makes it possible to check the purity of the porcelain mass and the fineness of its grinding. In these areas, foreign impurities can be seen.

Products from porcelain are always only smooth. There should be no cracks, bubbles, scratches, inclusions or small chips. On the table, cups, plates and other things should not swing. They should fit snugly against the countertop.

How to care?
Porcelain is a very fragile material (even qualitative), it is very intolerant to household chemicals. This applies most of all antique porcelain. Its surface can spoil not only abrasive agents, but even hot water. Tinted porcelain will become cloudy, and fine details and bends on complex figures will crack.

Wash porcelain objects are recommended only in warm water, without immersing them for a long time in water, do not rub. As a detergent is suitable for any neutral soap, better - baby. Wash separately from spoons and forks. Contact with metallic objects porcelain should not. The hands should not have rings or other ornaments.

Do not use porcelain dishes with a metal decor in the microwave. And in a dishwasher it is also forbidden to wash it. You can wash in the car only dishes that do not have metal ornaments, and even in slightly warm water.

Gilt or hand-painted sculptures and statuettes generally should not be washed. It is necessary to remove dust more often with a soft brush with a natural pile. You can use a dry cloth. It will quickly add extra brilliance to things.

After a long use or just in time, porcelain dishes can change color, darken, lose respectable appearance. But it's very easy to return perfect whiteness. To do this, lightly rub porcelain with a soft cloth moistened slightly in tartaric acid or turpentine. This problem can also be solved by baking soda, as well as vinegar with salt. And if you add a few drops of ammonia in the water, then you can remove stains from the dishes.

Remove dust and dirt with a soft white cloth. You can use brushes with natural pile, which has an average softness. Rinse products not under the strong pressure of water. You just need to put things in the container with water for a while. After that, porcelain should be gently wiped dry, so there will not be any stains on its surface. Do not dry the porcelain things yourself.

For storage of porcelain things it is desirable to put in a special glass cabinet-showcase. These cabinets are very comfortable, the dishes remain in a conspicuous place, but are well protected from dust. Remember that often porcelain can not be cleaned. This will affect its quality.

Porcelain is contraindicated in high humidity. Therefore, you can not store it on the balcony or in the garage. Storage boxes should be either wooden or plastic. Each product that is sent for storage is wrapped in a soft cloth or paper. Free space is filled with something soft (cotton). Proper storage of porcelain is very important, as well as caring for it.

In ancient times, porcelain products were given increased attention. He was called "white gold."