How to Easily Clean Silver Jewelry

How to Easily Clean Silver Jewelry<br /><br />Silver jewelry is beautiful and shiny when you first buy it, its durable and looks great with everything. It will however tarnish easily if left exposed to air and water. The silver rings I wear everyday will become tarnished but there are easy ways to keep them clean. There are several methods to clean tarnished silver jewelry, these are just a few.<br /><br />Have a jeweler clean them.<br /><br />Its easy enough to drop off your jewelry at a jewelry store and have them cleaned for you.<br /><br />I have seen through trial and error that any toothpaste that has baking soda in it, works best. I have used the gel toothpastes as well and they dont work as well.<br /><br />The Tin Foil and Salt Method<br /><br />I recently saw a website called How To Clean Stuff that had this great recipe, Fill the jar or bowl about half full with hot water.<br /><br />1. Add 1 tablespoon of salt to the jar or a couple of tablespoons of salt to the bowl and mix to dissolve.<br /><br />2. Add a few strips of aluminum foil to the jar or cover the bottom of the bowl with a sheet of aluminum foil.<br /><br />3. Now simply drop your silver jewelry in the water.<br /><br />4. You can shake it around in the jar or swish it around in the bowl. The aluminum with the salt acts as a magnet, pulling the tarnish off of the silver.<br /><br />5. Allow the jewelry to set in the saltwater/aluminum foil mixture for a few minutes.<br /><br />6. Remove and rinse under running water.<br /><br />7. Repeat as needed until the tarnish is removed.<br /><br />8. Dry with a soft towel.<br /><br />I tried this method for a few pieces of my silver jewelry that was extremely tarnished and it worked within seconds for my sterling silver bracelet 2 pairs of sterling silver earrings. You have to be very careful about how you use the liquid Tarn x because if you dont follow the directions exactly, your silver might turn yellow and while its hard to polish it back to its original silver color it can be done. You are only supposed to let the Tarn x liquid sit on the silver for 3 seconds and then wash it off immediately under cold running water. If you dont wash the tarn x off immediately after you apply it, your silver could turn yellow.<br /><br />To get the yellow off you have to mix in a small bowl, half Tarn x and half warm water with 2 drops of dish washing liquid. Wash the jewelry with this mixture and rinse immediately in cold water. This should get rid of the ugly yellow color that the Tarn x caused.<br /><br />Milk Based Method<br /><br />Published by Mary Kirkland<br /><br />Mary is originally from Redondo Beach, California and now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband and daughter. Mary has had extensive experience with small animal care as well as rescuing and re homing. View profile