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Is there a way of polishing up silver jewellery without a special silver cleaning product?
some kind of household cleaner recipe perhaps?
Cleaning Metal Surfaces:
Silver - Put some water in a pan with a few teaspoons of washing powder, bring to a simmer. Throw in alittle piece of aluminum foil, and then dip your silver right into the mix. Pull the item out, dry it off, and shine it clean with a rag.
I found this on the following site:-
http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/05/the-natural-way-to-clean-everything-in-your-house/
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June 28th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Any kinds of spirts eg vodka,whiskey
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June 28th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Dissolve household soda in hot water. Place the silver on aluminium foil and pour in the mixture. Leave for a couple of hours and job done!
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June 28th, 2009 at 9:04 am
When I still wore silver, I cleaned it with dishwashing detergent. Worked good for me. Just wash it and rinse. Do it in a bowl or something, so your jewelry doesn't wash down the drain.
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June 28th, 2009 at 9:15 am
baking soda and alcohol
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June 28th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Put it in coke to soak for a while
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June 28th, 2009 at 10:09 am
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/silverdip.htm
..if you want to read this site…^^^
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June 28th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Yes. Toothpaste works great. Use your fingers to rub it on the silver jewelry and then rinse with water. Dry with a cloth towel. Repeat this process until you are satisfied with the results.
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June 28th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Get a dish and line the bottom with aluminum foil. Sprinkle some baking soda on the tin foil, and lay your necklace on it. Boil a little water and pour it over the tin foil, you can literally watch it come clean, wash in warm water with washing up liquid in it and rinse. Job done.
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June 28th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Lipstick works really well. Put some on a tissue and use it to clean the jewellery. I thought my mum was just being odd when she suggested it to me but it's amazing how well it cleans it.
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June 28th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Simmer it in a pan of water with a squirt of washing up liquid for about 5-10 mins. Drain and clean with a soft cloth.
This was a tip from a jeweller friend of mine.
Works a treat!
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June 28th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Cleaning Metal Surfaces:
Silver - Put some water in a pan with a few teaspoons of washing powder, bring to a simmer. Throw in alittle piece of aluminum foil, and then dip your silver right into the mix. Pull the item out, dry it off, and shine it clean with a rag.
I found this on the following site:-
http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/05/the-natural-way-to-clean-everything-in-your-house/
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June 28th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Mix ammonia and water, be sure you are in a well ventilated area
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June 28th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
club soda is the safest.
It works great on brass too.
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June 28th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Absolutely, very simple and effective too!
1.Get a plastic bowl
2. Line it with aluminium foil
3. Boil 1½ pint of water, add 1tbs salt and 2 tbs baking soda (this bubbles quite a bit)
4. Pour this into the lined bowl
5. put the silver items in for about 10 min, you can brush them with a soft toothbrush after about 5 min. Let them get in contact with the foil.
6. Rinse off with water and dry with soft cloth
If you have stones in the jewellery let the solution cool down slightly, if pearls don't do it as they are often glued
Your silverware you can put in the bowl and pour the boiling water over. So much faster than spending a day polishing forks…
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June 28th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
to clean my silver i use baking sods and i make a paste with a lil water added to it and i use a rag or a soft toothbrush to polish away all the tarnish and the baking soda paste works fast and it is easy and most of all it works sooo very good for me ..Good Luck
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June 28th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
soak it coke for a while and hey presto
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June 28th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Yep, good old fashioned washing up liquid and an old toothbrush. Works every time for gold and silver. Cheap, easy, quick, what more can one ask for. Make sure you put the plug in the sink whilst cleaning your jewellery cos it may slip out of your hand due to the washing up liquid and I wouldn't want you to lose it down the plug hole.
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June 28th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Put a drop of washing liquid with hot water with tin foil at the bottom of the bowl. The dirt will come off easily onto the foil.
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June 28th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
DO NOT , i repeat, DO NOT use the aluminium in the washing soda to clean silver, 90% of our replating of silver work was because people constantly used this method. it is ideal as a quick fix, once only, what happens is this . it takes the tarnish off alright, but at the same time it dissolves a fraction of the silver plate, so in the end you get a grey look on your silverware if you keep using the above method, the silver is gone
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38 years as an electroplater
June 28th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
First i ask you to visit this link as it has a article which tells you how to maintain silver jewelry:
http://blog.myjewelrydeals.com/search/label/Jewelry%20Care
Now,i tell you some household cleaner:
Consider using common household products for less rare or less valuable pieces. They will usually work, but may cause damage. Try them at your own risk.
1.# Toothpaste: Select a plain white toothpaste (not a gel) without the special whitening options.
* Take a soft, dampened cloth (old t-shirt scraps work just fine) or a damp sponge and put some toothpaste on it. Gently rub over the silver in straight, back-and-forth motions. Alternatively, you can wet the silver piece and gently apply toothpaste directly to the surface which you can then wet again and proceed to polish. In any case, be very gentle, and if you notice scratching at any point, stop and rinse the toothpaste off.
* As the cloth or sponge becomes dark with tarnish, add more toothpaste to a clean part of the dampened cloth/sponge and continue gently polishing.
* Rinse thoroughly with warm (not hot) water and dry with a soft towel.
* Baking soda. Baking soda may remove stubborn tarnish, but don't use it unless you don't mind the risk of damaging the silver. Baking soda is generally considered too abrasive for use on silver.
o Make a paste of baking soda and warm water.
o Gently polish following the directions for toothpaste above.
# Give your silver a bath. Commercial silver "dips" are available which can dissolve stains without rubbing the silver. Contrary to what the word "dip" implies, professionals rarely actually soak silver in these products, at least not for long. Dips are generally harsh, potentially dangerous chemicals (both to the silver and to yourself), so follow the directions carefully and consult a professional when in doubt. You can, however, make a gentle homemade silver bath that gets rid of stains and tarnish by an electrochemical reaction. Be aware that both dipping and electrochemical baths can potentially damage your silver, and they will remove desirable patina, so they're not recommended for silver with an oxidized or French gray finish.
* Heat up an appropriately sized container of water and dissolve a large amount of table salt into the water. Use enough salt such that it takes at least a minute to dissolve in the hot water with constant stirring. Washing Soda (such as Arm and Hammer) works as well.
* Shape a liner for the container from aluminum foil and place the foil in the container of hot water (danger–do not touch the hot water!).
* Place silver that has been previously cleaned with soap into the bath (inside of the foil) for several minutes. Tarnish should dissolve away.
* For stubborn spots, remove and clean with soap and a damp rag before reimmersing in the bath.
**** Warning: This will remove any tarnish, even the antique-y ones. Dispose of salt water down the drain after cooling. This is a simple reaction between the aluminum metal and the silver sulfide (tarnish). The table salt acts as an electrolyte to allow the reaction to happen.
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