Refurbishment and repair - bunad silver

Base silver

Repair and renovation

Repair and refurbishment of bunad silver

Bunad silver is one of the most beautiful things we have; it is part of our cultural heritage, a heritage that deserves to be preserved through generations. Bunadsølvet, with its beautiful details and symbolic meanings, tells a story about who we are and where we come from.

In order to preserve the bunad silver as best as possible, it is therefore important to take good care of the silver, and nurture it if necessary, so that the bunad silver can live on for many generations. At us in Arven, you can have silverware repaired and polished by our skilled professionals.

Base silver

Maintenance

We at Arven have extensive experience in repairing and refurbishing silverware. Our skilled professionals can repair most things, and not least make your bunad silver sparkling clean again.

On major occasions such as 17 May, baptisms and confirmations, we decorate ourselves with some of the finest things we own, bunad and bunad silver. Silver requires different treatment, so be sure to polish your silver properly to avoid damaging it.

If it has been a long time since you have professionally cleaned your bunad silver, we would recommend that you consider this. Some bunad silver needs a more extensive polishing or deeper cleaning. At our workshop in Bergen, we have our own machines for cleaning, polishing and drums, which are particularly suitable for processing bunad silver. After a professional cleaning, your bunad silver will be shiny and ready for use.

Different surfaces on the silver

Old gilded and oxidized silver

If you have old gold-plated or oxidized silver, you are probably one of the "lucky" ones, as silver with this type of surface is not supposed to be completely shiny, and therefore does not need to be polished as often. Bunad silver can often be cleaned at home with a soapy mixture of water, zalo and salmiak. See recipe below. If you find that some of the parts have become dull, you can go over them with a cleaning cloth to get them shiny again.

Recipe soap planting:

1 liter of lukewarm water

1 teaspoon salt vinegar

A few drops of zalo

This recipe can be used for cleaning gilt, old gilt, oxidized and white silver.

Other types of surfaces

Gold-plated and white silver

The gilded bunad silver is covered with a thin layer of gold. When polishing gold-plated silver, you must be careful so that you do not rub away the layer of gold. If you are unlucky, or if the layer of gold has disappeared over time, you can always have both bunad silver and other jewelery gilded at our workshop.

White and light silver that has not been polished for a while will experience yellowing and becoming dull. To polish white and bright silver, you can use the recipe for the soap mixture mentioned above. You can also use silver polish that we sell in our online store and store. When using silver plaster, it is important to follow the instructions for use, as the instructions for use can vary from brand and type of silver plaster.

Our customer center

Contact us by email, kundesenter@arven.no. We will respond as soon as we have the opportunity.

If it is urgent, you are welcome to contact us by phone, 55551430.

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