The advantage of choose crystal chandelier is that it has a very good decorative effect
even if you don’t turn on the light.
The disadvantage is that cleaning is more troublesome.
When purchasing crystal chandeliers the most important consideration is to ensure that they are easy to clean.
After eliminating worries about cleaning, the key points when purchasing are as follows:
1: First,
find out whether the crystal pendants on the crystal chandelier are from other countries or from China. The price difference between the two is huge, several times as much.
2: If it comes from other countries,
It must be made from Swarovski or Asfa Crystals, both from Austria. The difference in price between the two can be as much as ten or more times.
3: If it is Chinese crystal,
You will need to check if the cutting edge of the crystal is rounded or sharp. The rounded crystal is of no value. The light refraction will only be effective if the cutting lines have been made clear.
4: The light holder is normally electroplat-ed.
It depends on whether there are any defects on the overall electroplat-ed surface.
The importance of 5 is not to be overlooked.
Make sure the rings and needles that are used to hang crystals are made of stainless steel. Magnets can be used to test this. It will rust if it’s not made of stainless steel. This is embarrassing.
It is best to buy a Chinese brand, such as J@s Lighting, regardless of what you are buying.
which has a basic quality guarantee.
How to choose a more reliable crystal chandelier for the living room?
Crystal lamps are love-d and purchased by many consumers because they can bring elegance, luxury and fashion to a room.
Crystal lamps are smaller and lighter thanks to the development of optical fibres and diodes technology.
making them more suitable for modern-style home decoration.
Coupled with the development of crystal cutting technology,
crystal lamps have become more compact, and their extremely modern lines and dreamy colors will become a highlight of modern rooms.
With the advancement and development of these technologies,
Crystal lamps are still very popular and hold a prominent position on the market.
Selecting crystals
The types of crystals are mainly divided into: natural crystal, synthetic crystal, molten crystal (also called smelted crystal), followed by K9 crystal.
There are few natural crystal lights on the market.
So I won’t go into too much detail about natural crystals.
Synthetic crystal is also known as regenerated or synthetic crystal.
The hydrothermal method of crystallization is used to “imitate natural crystal growth”,
placing natural silicon ore and some chemicals in an autoclave, and gradually cultivating it over a period of 1-3 months (for different crystals).
Its chemical composition, molecular structure, optical properties, mechanical and electrical properties are exactly the same as those of natural crystal. Regenerated crystal has a better color and is more pure in terms of polarization and birefringence than natural crystal. After processing (cutting, grinding, polishing), the particles of various shapes are crystal clear, dazzling, wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant.
Smelted crystal is called synthetic crystal on the market, but that is actually inaccurate.
Smelting crystal is generally made from crystal waste as raw material,
Smelted at high temperatures and pressures, then crystallized and frozen.
It does not have the crystalline properties of crystal, so it cannot be confused with this,
It is also resistant to high temperature, making it suitable for crystal cups, baking plates, tea sets and so on.
K9 glass is also known as K9 imitation crystal. Some people also call it synthetic glass, which is wronger.
Although K9 glass is also smelted with silica as the main raw material,
In the melting process, 24% of lead is added. , which is actually lead glass.
Why add lead to glass? Glass usually turns green or blue and doesn’t look like crystal. After adding lead to the glass, however, it becomes very white and looks like crystal. Especially K9 glass, which contains 24%, is most like crystal, so K9 glass is called imitation crystal. appropriate.
Synthetic crystals are often used in the production of high-end lighting. The representative brand is the well-known Swarovski (SHLSQ). Crystals are used in Baohui Lighting crystal lamps.
This high-end synthetic glass is able to reflect colors that are both colorful and free of impurities.
Laser markings will be present on every crystal.
The smelted crystal can have tiny bubbles.
Or fluffy textures to mimic natural crystal.
The essence of K9 imitation glass crystal is still glass. Crystal medals, lamps, photo frames, and crystal photo frames are all common products. Therefore, K9 crystal is the most common in lighting products. It generally does not reflect colorful light, but is pure white and transparent. Lord.
How to choose crystal chandeliers for your living room?
1.Consider home space
First of all, you need to choose living room crystal lamps of different sizes
The size of the room and the height of the floor will determine the price.
For crystal chandeliers to hang, the living room floor height must be greater than 3.3 metres.
Otherwise, just use crystal ceiling lamps. If the living room area is less than 20 square meters, choose a single-head or three-head living room crystal lamp.
If the living room area is between 20 and 30 square meters,
Choose from 5 to 8 crystal lamps for your living room.
If you have a larger area than 30 square metres, then you can select 10 heads.
In addition to the above crystal lamps, if the floor height is more than 4 meters,
You can also select a double-layer chandelier.
The double-layer crystal chandelier for the living room with 10+5 heads is very luxurious.
2.Understand the price of lamps
Look at the quality again. The origin and purity of the crystal are the main factors causing the price difference.
The term crystal is a purified glass that has varying transparency depending on its lead content.
so the price There is a difference.
Transparency is improved by a higher lead content.
When purchasing a lamp made of crystal, it is important to identify its quality.
through the crispness and transparency of the crystal.
Of course, the lamp holder of the crystal lamp is also a factor that causes the price difference.
The most expensive lamp holder in the world is made of copper. It is usually equipp-ed with K9 crystal lamp, and the price is more than 5,000.
The wrought-iron lamp holder costs less.
The lamp with K9 Crystal is available for as little as 2,000.
The popular crystal lamps made of glass tubes are also a good choice and are very cost-effective.
3.Identify brand standards
There are a lot of lighting brands available today.
and the quality and price of crystal chandeliers vary greatly among different brands.
Famous lighting brands will have reliable quality assurance and generally have their own brand logo engraved on each crystal finish.
However, there are still some unscrupulous merchants who will work hard on the appearance of crystal chandeliers.
The imitation chandeliers arealmost as good as famous brand lighting. The bad products, aside from the jade and gold, will be reflected one by one during the use process.
Consumers must look for the brand when choosing a crystal chandelier to prevent confusion
and keep their eyes peeled to pick out what they like.
4.Identify crystal pendants
The pendant specifications of the crystal chandelier must match each other.
The reason why the crystal chandelier can bloom with dazzling light and show a gorgeous and noble temperament has a lot to do with its strings of crystal clear pendants.
If the crystal pendants are of different sizes and shapes,
The appearance of the crystal chandelier will affect its overall beauty.
The crystal ball in the crystal chandelier also needs to be pai-d attention to.
Whether the crystal ball has cracks, bubbles and impurities,
only the crystal clear crystal ball can refract the best light effect and create a bright living atmosphere.
3.How to identify the quality of crystal lamps
1.Weight:
It is a fake if the weight of the item is too low.
In this way, counterfeit products such as glass, plastic, and press-ed particles can be exclud-ed.
There are now many cultured stones on the market. Their weight is nearly the same as natural crystals.
It is not easy to find the authenticity by trying it by hand.
2.Refractive index:
Most people like to look at crystals under light.
They can only judge the quality of the crystal in this case.
because crystal has a high refractive index.
We can put the crystal in a relatively dark place.
Natural crystals will have a very vibrant color, whereas cultured crystals will have a darker color.
lacking a sense of “spirit” and only having a slight brightness.
3.Price:
Cultured crystals and natural gem-level crystals have one thing in common,
that is, the crystals are extremely transparent, with almost no stone grain.
The price of the two is quite different. The crystals in the hand beads are usually transparent and cut into surfaces.
The price is not excessive, and the transparency is good.
If it’s a real natural stone, then yes.
The price of the crystal must be higher than 100 yuan.
4.Color difference:
Natural crystal has color difference. It is impossible for every part of a natural crystal to be uniform in color. Citrine is a good example. There are few natural citrines available.
Natural citrine can be identifi-ed when place-d in water. Natural citrine is a varying color in water.
Usually the color of one piece of citrine radiates to the entire crystal and is yellow. When cultivating crystals, the color is absolutely uniform.
5.Inner packaging:
If there is an inner packaging, it will not be fake,
so you can be absolutely assur-ed when buying crystals with inner contents such as hair crystals and ghosts,
Because forging these things is expensive and time-consuming, but the results are simple to produce.
Being seen through-out.
6.Indicator measurement:
Crystals can be divided into K5/K8/K9 – K9 is of course the best.
K9 crystal can also be called K9 glass. This term is used to refer to any glass product made of K9 material.
It is use-d in optical coating and other fields, and the price per kilogram is 10-15 yuan. Transmittance, refractive effects, hardness, and texture of the material are higher than resin materials. Molding is mainly divid-ed into: pressure casting, cutting, grinding and polishing processes. K9 material is optical glass, crystal clear.
7.Others:
Crystals with patterns of stone are not fake. They feel cool and have a nice shine. When choosing crystal, you must first look at whether it is domestic crystal, Egyptian crystal or Austrian crystal;
secondly, look at the craftsmanship of the crystal lamp and the material of the metal frame; and then look at the price range.
Of course, the price fluctuates greatly.
The price difference is enormous because the quality of domestic crystals are not as high as imported crystals.
Experts say that the prices of crystal chandeliers on the market are high.
The price of domestic crystal lamps with a diameter of about 1 meter is between 3,000-5,000 yuan; while in Egypt The price of imported crystal lamps is between 5,000-10,000 yuan.
When choosing crystal lamps for your living room, you should consider the following.
Different choices for different situations
If you are buying crystal lamps, make sure that the size and shape of the lamp is based on your space.
Insiders in the industry have pointed out that a crystal light with a 1 meter diameter is ideal for a 20 to 30 square meter living room.
You can choose according to different families and different rooms: many double-room families are mainly for the use of the living room, so they mainly use atmospheric and beautiful ceilings and pendant crystal lamps;
Some young people, or newlyweds, may choose to decorate their bedroom with a multi-pendant, wall-mounted, crystal lamp that is delicate, charming and warm in tone.
if you want to install a crystal lamp in the kitchen, you can install a pendant crystal lamp that is both energy-saving and reflects a warm life.
To avoid confusion, it is important to clearly identify the brand.
Nowadays, most crystal lamps on the market start at a thousand yuan. Crystal chandelier lamps of different brands are similar in appearance.
Some manufacturers are only interested in superficial results.
The lighting is installed with high-quality lamps on the outer layer of the crystal lamp or in obvious locations, but inferior products are used on the inner layer and hidden areas.
From the appearance point of view, they are very similar to some famous brand lighting.
People choose cheaper items if they look the same. As everyone knows, those goods are gold and jade on the outside but ruined on the inside.
As the years passed, a series of problems began to appear.
People must choose with care and keep an open mind.
Attention: Check if the color is durable
The service life of crystal lamps of different grades is also different.
The quality difference between low-end and high end is quite obvious, even though the difference is not very noticeable.
Consumers should look first at the color of the lamp, then at its gold plating. Generally, high-end metal accessories are mostly electroplat-ed with 24K gold.
This kind of gold-plated light will not change color for several years, nor will it Rusty, low-end ones cannot achieve this effect and will lose their original color in two or three months.
Low-end crystal lamps will darken in color and the brackets will become rusty after a period of time, while high-end crystal lamps will not change color for two to three years or even longer.
4.Shining brightly, the crystal ball is the key
The reason why crystal lamps can shine brightly is mainly due to the purity and cutting surface of the crystal ball and the lead content.
Therefore, consumers should check whether the crystal ball has cracks, bubbles, water ripples and impurities when purchasing.
Only crystal balls with crystal clarity can provide the best optical performance. The light that passes through them will refract beautiful colors. ;
The cutting surface of the crystal ball depends on whether it is smooth and has clear edges and corners, so as to achieve the best refraction effect of the crystal ball;
and in terms of lead content, generally high-quality crystal balls will use full lead crystal , the lead oxide content is no less than 30%, which is the purest raw material and can emit bright colors.
Crystal lamps are a great way to add a touch of elegance and sparkle to any room.
But if time goes by, the angular, smooth and bright cutting surface of the crystal lamp will accumulate a lot of dust, which will inevitably weaken the refractive index of the crystal lamp, and the crystal lamp will lose its former style.
So how can we return it to its former glory?
Don’t worry, general crystal lamp lighting shops will have dedicated cleaning personnel. There are professionals who will clean your crystal lamp for you.
The price varies depending on the number crystal balls. The general price is between 30 yuan and 50 yuan.
You can clean it yourself if you don’t want to pay for it.
You can use two different methods: first, you can clean your kerosene.
First remove the crystal parts, then soak them in kerosene, gently wipe the surface with a toothbrush, and after the surface dirt has softened, scrub it with washing powder; second, clean it with a special detergent.
Spraying a cleaning agent onto the surface of crystal lighting will remove the dust that is floating on the ball or piece. It’s simple, easy, and effective.