Cleaning Silver

Oct 30, 2006 5 Replies
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I thought you folks might have some words of wisdom on this.



I have a few sterling chains with pendants (of course they're beads!). A couple of them had tarnished pretty badly, especially on the back part of the chain where it touches my neck. The untarnished part is white/silver bright, but the tarnished part is almost black.So I got out my tub of Wright's Silver Cleaner and used that.



It didn't work well at all. Almost none of the tarnish was removed. I had several thoughts:


  1. It isn't silver?
  2. Wright's isn't a good cleaner?
  3. Wet creams aren't the right way to clean chains?

Any advice for me?


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C

I've been using a non-abrasive toothpaste for cleaning, followed by a silver polishing cloth for shine.

Cheers, Carla

Beckibead wrote:

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Here's a link you might find useful:

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My jewelry teacher recommended the salt-solution method; she uses it all the time to clean items up before a show. Nolly

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Thanks so much for posting that link Nollya, I'll give it a shot tonight. I was labelling some of my items last night and I was surprised by how tarnished some of the findings were :S I guess it doesn't take long at all.

Best, Christine

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