Does salt damage antique porcelain?

[collector]

Hello

I wonder if saltz does damage antique ceramic, for example saltz contained in salad soups, food which also may contain sometimes vinegar. Thanks

[Oni]

I regularly clean my porcelai teaware with salt, for me it works very well, the hardness of salt is way less than the glaze of the porcelain, I think it is no way for salt to scratch anything off porcelai other than deposits, yesterday I cleaned my gaiwan set, I used rock salt at the begining and I used finer salt after, just wet the teaware and start grinding the deposits off, I use my thumb coated with a lot of salt.

[collector]

Thanks for your answer. Nor damage the hand painted design neither gold when ware is old? Thanks again.

[collector]

(by the way, I didn´t know saltz worked for cleaning pottery, thanks also for this useful information )

[collector]

Saltz doesn´t damage hand paintings?

[Oni]

That I do not know, I would be more careful, some fencai paintings are on a relief not under the glaze, they are burnt on the surface, so I would be cautious around those areas.

[collector]

Hello

just to know if cleaning with saltz could damage, if not pottery, hand painted elements, as gold for example.

[brandon]

You already asked that.
For the record, the answer is yes.

[Chip]

You already asked that.

And merged with the other similar topic ...

[JBaymore]

Fired gold lusters are very, VERY thin and pretty soft applications of the metal . ANYTHING that causes the slightest abrasion will, over time, slowly wear away that surface. Eventually revealing he underlying background glaze.

best,

...............john