How To Clean Sterling Silver Bracelet
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How to clean sterling silver bracelet. Soap and warm water is a classic cleaning method and it can breathe new life into your sterling silver. Rub with the silver polishing cloth until the discolorations lift off the jewelry. Rinsing your pieces of silver will remove any debris that may scratch it during the cleaning process. This process causes a chemical reaction that removes tarnish from the silver within second or minutes. Place the pieces on a soft cotton dish towel step 2 mix warm water with a mild detergent.
Baking soda and aluminum foil add boiling water and baking soda to a bowl layered with aluminum foil. Remove after 1 3 minutes rinse under cool water and rub dry with a soft cloth. Just make sure the toothpaste is not a whitening formula and don t use this method on anything silver plated. While rinsing your silver use your hands to feel and remove dirt and debris. A small amount of diluted toothpaste and a soft bristle brush can do wonders for cleaning sterling silver jewelry.
If your sterling silver jewelry does have gemstones clean it by wiping it down with warm soapy water. Step 1 rinse your pieces of silver with warm water. If your silver jewellery got mat and tarnished soak it in a plastic bowl filled with lemon lime soda. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda per cup of water. Leave it for one hour.
Mix 1 4 tablespoon 3 7 ml of soap. Expect that the solution may bubble and froth a bit. Clean one inch of dish washing liquid and one inch of ammonia. Super cleaner in an eight ounce container pickle jars work well combine one inch of cleaning detergent top job or mr. Try this before you move onto the following sterling silver cleaning tips.
Your sterling silver jewelry should now look like new. Place the piece of silver jewelry in the dish making sure it s touching the aluminum foil. If that s not enough try rubbing a baking soda paste or lemon juice into the jewelry to clean it. After the time is up take out the silver rinse thoroughly with clean water and dry with paper towel or soft cloth. Restore your silver pieces with foil and baking soda.