how do I clean silver jewelry from Tiffany's?

Question

I have matching earrings and necklace which have become slightly tarnished. When I visited a Tiffany's store in FL last year, a sales associate suggested making a paste to clean silver. I don't recall the ingredients for paste.

Answer 1

crest and a toothbrush.




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Answer 2

Cleaning silver is not like cleaning gold. Cleaning gold means removing surface oils and is easily done, the best solution is lemon scented amonia with a few drops of dishwashing liquid, followed by a thorough rinsing in cold water. Silver, however, is another matter. You need to remove tarnish, which is done by a chemical reaction. Pretty much all silver cleaners will work by soaking them for just a few minutes, then rinsing with cold water. Tarnex will work just fine, but your local jewelry store should have specialized silver cleaner. VERY IMPORTANT! NEVER put gold jewelry in silver cleaner especially after silver has been in it as it will turn the gold odd colors and will require much professional polishing to restore! Also NEVER use toothpaste, as it's difficult to get all of it off and you get "clumps" of dried toothpaste on your jewelry!

Answer 3

I don't know about a paste, I use a silver polishing cloth. You just use the special cloth and rub it over the jewelry and it takes away all of the tarnish and also removes fingerprints and anything else on there. You can usually get one for free at any jewelry counter or you can buy one at a jewelry store for $2-3. I also store my silver jewelry in a tarnish free jewelry box, this helps a lot. Good Luck!

Answer 4

There is a silver cleaner you can buy @ the wal-mart jewelry counter. It is in a greyish container and it comes with a little dipping basket. If your jewelry is really silver, this stuff works wonderfully, otherwise, it will just ruin what you have. So if you got it from Tiffany's, I would assume its probably real silver. The stuff I am referring to (cant recall the name of it) but it is fairly inexpensive and lasts forever.

-EA

Answer 5

Any silver jewelry cleaner should work. I have heard that toothpaste will clean the tarnish, but I don't know if you want to try it on your Tiffany pieces. Just go to your local jewelry store, and they will advise you what product to use.

Answer 6

well i did this the other night on my tiffany's bean and teardrop necklace... it worked ok. not the shiniest ever, but definitely too off the tarnish from non wearing...

get a glass bowl. put a piece of foil on the bottom. add some baking soda and some salt. then add hot water. drop the jewelry in, making sure it touches the foil. apparently a chemical reaction occurs and it cleans ur jewelry! afterwards, rub w/ a soft cloth. i used a soft, thick paper towel... :)

Answer 7

I always put my Tiffany bracelets, necklaces and earings into a glass of Coke. It may sound really weird, but i have been doing it for years. It doesn't harm the jewelery and is cheaper than buying some silver cleaner. And they always come up looking amazing!!!

Answer 8

just use normal silver cleaning gel that u used to clean any other silver necklaces etc...nothing special with tiffany & co's jewel....except for more expensive....

they use to have world wide free cleaning n repairing service but this policy changed since nov 2006.

Answer 9

Use toothpaste, not the whitening kind though, a piece of cloth and just clean away. Rinse in water, not cold afterwards and polish a bit with a new cloth. Voila! Nice and shiny!

Answer 10

quickest easiest cheapest way to clean silver is to put tooth paste on it use a soft old brush and rub for a minute or so rince real well and than dry shiny as new or you could buy silver cleaner which is expensive and toxic i have used tooth paste for years never fails........

Answer 11

I always sent back my tiffany's jewelry back to them for free cleaning. its a life time service and they do a great job.