How to clean silver jewelry?

Silver jewelery perfectly complements the image of a modern woman. Unfortunately, long-term wearing and non-compliance with measures to care for such jewels lead to the appearance of a raid on them and darkening. How to clean the silverware?

Silver is a noble metal that requires constant and focused care, consisting in the fulfillment of a number of conditions:

• In order to avoid plaque earrings, rings, chains, bracelets is better not to wear when conducting water treatments at home, as well as while relaxing at sea.
• In order to prevent oxidation, which occurs as a result of the metal entering into the reaction with sweat, jewelry should be removed during physical exertion. Such loads include, for example, classes in the gym. In addition, they can cause deformation, damage or contamination of silver items.
• Cooking food with silverware on hand is not recommended. Detergents and some foods may adversely affect their appearance.

• Precious items are recommended to take off and at night, especially in the summer.
• In order to protect silver jewelry from the appearance of stains and oxidation, make-up and perfume should be used before they are worn so that cosmetics do not come into contact with silver.
• In contact with rubber, which contains the main source of darkening - sulfur, silver is rapidly darkening and losing its attractive appearance.
• Once every 3-4 weeks, silver items need treatment that ensures disposal of small dirt and slight darkening.
• Silver should be cleaned only in glassware, as metal and plastic can adversely affect jewelry.
• After the cleaning, it is undesirable to wear jewelry for several days - during this time natural silver should appear on the silver, protecting it from various kinds of damage.

Silver cleaning is done independently at home or by a jeweler in the workshop. Which way to give preference, determines the owner of the jewelry. When deciding in favor of cleaning at home, you need to know the composition of the alloy and the degree of contamination of the product. Consultation of a professional before the creation of a particular method of purification will not interfere.

There are many homemade recipes suitable for removing plaque from silver products without stones:

• Heated vinegar (6%), a disk of cotton wool or a piece of fleecy fabric. Using a disc dipped in vinegar, wipe the chain, ring, bracelet, or earrings.
• Vinegar (100 ml), baking soda (50 g). Put the cleaning items for a couple of hours in a mixture of these substances, rinse with water.
• Baking soda, water. Get a pasty texture by combining them. Clean the products with a suede cloth on which the prepared composition is applied.
• Citric acid (100 g), water (700 ml), copper wire (small piece). Dissolve acid in water. Put the dish with the resulting solution into a water bath. Place the wire and things to be cleaned on the bottom. Hold for half an hour.

• Citric acid (100 g), water (1/2 liter). Dilute citric acid in water. Put the decorations there, boil no more than 5 minutes, then leave them in the solution for half an hour. Remove and rinse in water.
• Water (250 ml), foil (the value should correspond to the parameters of the palm), salt (teaspoon). Chop the foil into pieces, put in a glass of water, add salt. Stir the resulting liquid to dissolve the salt. Put the item of cleaning for 10-15 minutes in the prepared tool.
• Foil, soda, potato broth or regular boiling water. In the vessel, the bottom of which is covered with foil, put decorations. Pour soda and pour boiling water. Things should disappear under the liquid and lie for several minutes.
• Laundry soap, water. Grind soap on a grater, pour water. In the finished soapy liquid put things to be cleaned.
• Toothpaste, napkin or suede. With a napkin with paste to wipe the silver thing. It is undesirable to be carried away with toothpaste as a permanent cleaning agent, since its frequent use may cause microcracks.

• Lipstick (not hygienic), a piece of cloth, soap solution. Clean the decoration with a cloth, smeared with lipstick. Wash with soapy water. Lipstick should be applied occasionally and very carefully, as it is an abrasive.
• In boiling water, preserved after boiling potatoes in uniform, lay the jewelry for 10-15 minutes.
• Pour the Coca-Cola into the pan, put the contaminated items there, leave them there until boiling, boil for a few minutes and remove.
• Put the decoration in a container with tomato ketchup for a few minutes. Remove residues with a napkin.
• Egg yolk, water. Fluff the jewelry with yolk, let it dry, then rinse.
• Water left over from boiling eggs. Immerse the cleaning items in a warm liquid and hold for 15-20 minutes.
• Raw egg shell, water (500 ml), salt (5 ml). Pour water into a pot with a shell, pour in salt. Wait for the boil, remove from heat. Put in the pan things to be cleaned and allow to cool.

• Ammonia (10%). Put the products into the vessel, then pour a small amount of ammonia. He must cover them. Hold for a quarter of an hour. Then wash with water and wipe. When working with ammonia it is necessary to use gloves. For work, be sure to choose a well ventilated room - a balcony, a garage, or clean it in the open air. Do not lean too close to the ammonia vessel.
• Cold water (250 ml), liquid ammonia (tablespoon), hydrogen peroxide, shampoo for children. In the water to pour ammonia. Mixing the liquid, add a little hydrogen peroxide and shampoo there. In the prepared mixture, lower the silverware for a quarter of an hour. If the result is not satisfactory, leave for another 15-20 minutes, but the total time allotted for the procedure should not exceed 60 minutes. Remove peeled items, rinse under water and wipe with a napkin.
• Ammonia, dentifrice or ground chalk. Bring the ammonia solution with the powder (chalk) to a consistency resembling mush. Apply the mixture with a cloth for cleaning, wait for the mixture to dry. To wipe a product with a dry cloth, rinse with water and wipe.

Depending on the stones that adorn the earrings and rings, suitable means are selected that allow for careful cleaning:

• Sapphire, aquamarine and emerald can be cleaned exclusively with a toothbrush and detergent.
• Malachite, opal, moonstone and turquoise are washed with warm soapy water.
• Topaz, garnet and ruby ​​do not tolerate hot water and perceive only the means without chlorine and abrasives.
• Cleaning pearls, coral, amber and ivory would be advisable to entrust experts.

Jewelry with the absence of sputtering, made under the silver, allows processing powder for cleaning teeth.Soda solution will help whiten products.

Silver-plated rings, bracelets, chains, earrings should not be subject to increased friction. For washing such products used water with dissolved soap, to which is added a small amount of ammonia.

Blackened silver needs regular cleaning from dirt. But it can not be boiled and apply chemical solutions for processing. It is better to use a decoction of potatoes or liquid, involving the mixing of water and soda.

To remove dirt from rhodium silver, powders that can damage a thin protective layer should not be used. Ornaments with such a layer are distinguished by resistance to various damages, attract with their radiance, surpassing pure silver. The best option for cleansing - a highly professional cleaning in the jewelry workshop.

Gold-plated silver can be restored to its original appearance in several ways:

• Wipe with a piece of suede weak dirt;
• Cotton swab soaked in alcohol, clean deeper dirt;
• To get rid of plaque and complex dirt, place objects for a quarter of an hour in a solution consisting of 1 liter of water and 2 tablespoons of vinegar or half an hour in a beer, then wash and wipe with chamois.

In the workshop, the removal of plaque and dirt from the jewels is done by several means:

• Ultrasound cleans dirt, removes plaque.
• The steam generator removes grease, deposits and contaminants that ultrasonic cleaning cannot cope with.
• The napkins impregnated with active substances polish products.

Silver corrosion is black. Remove rust can be quite quickly, without leaving home.

To combat corrosion, you will need a quarter cup of water, liquid dish detergent (10 ml), ammonia (5 ml). The listed components must be thoroughly mixed. Soak a tampon in the resulting solution (if you need to clean a small object, such as a silver ring) or a rag (to clean larger items). Apply liquid to silver. If the procedure was ineffective, you should put the silver product in the solution and leave it there for 10-30 minutes, then rinse. If nothing is left of the stain, wipe the silver dry.

To the secrets of proper storage of silver, eliminating or minimizing the need for cleansing, relate:

• Products made of precious metal should be stored in a room with low humidity. Dampness and moisture will tarnish the decoration.
• Pay attention to the air temperature. Silver does not like its sudden drops.
• Sunlight is harmful for silver jewelery and stone products.
• When choosing a place to store silver jewelry, you should give preference to caskets with fabric interior decoration. This should take into account the main factor - the presence of multiple compartments, allowing earrings, rings, bracelets, chains to be isolated from each other. So it will be possible to avoid mechanical damage and dust sedimentation.
• You can use special sealed containers or cotton bags. Bags for storing jewelry, as a rule, are treated with special chemical solutions to avoid tarnishing.

Unfortunately, silver, unlike gold, tends to lose its presentation over time. There are a few tips that will allow longer enjoy the dazzling brilliance and pristine appearance of silver jewelry:

• The first signs of tarnishing and the appearance of yellowness are a warning signal warning that silver needs to be cleaned soon. If this is not noticed in time, more complex pollution may appear or blackening may occur.
• When cleaning things at home, it is better to use a rag, cotton pad or a soft sponge. To resort to the use of a toothbrush should be in the most extreme cases.
• Do not use questionable means to remove dirt from the precious metal (for example, an eraser).
• Silver 925 samples can be processed only by professional cleaning products.
• You must wipe dry the silver things that have been subjected to the cleaning process.
• Choosing the means of polishing silver jewelry, one should prefer suede, flannel fabric or wool.
• In case of doubts that may arise when choosing one or another method of removing dirt and debris, professional advice will not interfere

How to clean the silver at home, see the following video.