cleaning silver jewellery

kimith84

i always just put in a cup with some full fat cola for about 30 min - rinse, buff with a cloth and voila!!

WindChim

hi

did a search last night on cleaning jewellery but couldn't see anything straight off ... normally I use brown vinegar with a big of washing up liquid.

however...

since coming on MSE I now proudly (and somewhat ignorantly!) own vinegar and soda crystals amongst others ...

and have made a jewellery solution out of that, based on the separate "wow" merits of each...

so... do I dive to the kitchen and get it out the solution before the diamonds fall out, or does it work?! any better ideas if that isn't a recommended one please?!

thank you!

Enthusiastic and probably misguided Windy!

pavlovs_dog

you need to be really careful with precious stones as many of them you are not suuposed to get wet at all (this applies to pearl and MoP as well)

WindChim

pavlovs_dog wrote:

you need to be really careful with precious stones as many of them you are not suuposed to get wet at all (this applies to pearl and MoP as well)

doh!! I wear them 24x7 so I dread to think how much wet they get exposed to!

Pink.

Hi WindChim,

This is what I do.....

If it's tarnished, scrunch up some tin foil and put in the bottom of a dish. Pour some warm/hot but not boiling water on top and add soda crystals. Immerse the jewellery in it.

If they're just mucky (more likely if you wear them every day) put in a glass, add some warm water and either washing up liquid or stardrops. Leave overnight and brush with an old toothbrush in the morning.

There are some threads on this......give me a minute and I'll have a look for them.

Pink

WindChim

Pink-winged wrote:

There are some threads on this......give me a minute and I'll have a look for them.

Pink

ah bless you :A I did a seach on jewellery and after 200 hits and trawls I couldn't find a definitive ...

thank you!!
x

Pink.

Ok I only found two...but I'm certain there are more. Will these do until the morning?

How to clean a diamond ring?

Cleaning silver jewellery?


Pink

Edit: Found another few:

cleaning a gold necklace

cleaning silver jewellry

Gold and silver jewellry cleaning

free jewellery cleaning

pavlovs_dog

half the battle with jewellery is storing it correctly. make sure chains are not tangled, stones etc are protected against accidental scratching

WindChim

that's perfect - thank you Pink-winged!

got them out the solution as people were saying 5 mins, and now have lovely sparkly bling ... shame about the manky hands and nails from doing the floor / lino this week! :rolleyes:

shelly

Hi all. Hoping you can help me.

Have just bought a nice sterling silver necklace and hubby doesn't have access at work to silver dip anymore for when it inevitably tarnishes. Instead of me buying silver dip I was wondering if you knew of any OS/natural things I could use for when it needs doing? We have a bet on to see if it involves vinegar :rotfl:


Thanks all in advance.