How to clean silver and gemstone jewelry?

Question

I have a silver and carnelian necklace. The silver is oxidized and I want to know how to clean it without harming the carnelian. A silver cloth is out of the question becuase the necklace is too detailed.

There is a method of cleaning silver which involves baking soda, hot water and aluminum foil, can anyone give me the exact details on this or other home remedies? Thanks.

Answer 1

First of all, your silver jewelry is better off saved in a "tupperware" like container, put the jewelry in cloth bags or in aluminum foil in the container... Always keep your silver jewelery when not in use... also try to change the foil bi-weekly! And clear bags may work too!

To clean silver, you may wanna try this inexpensive home remedy!

Take dampened cloth/sponge and pit some toothpaste, but not the gel type, on it and gently rub gently over the silver!
You may notice that the cloth/sponge becomes darker because of the tarnish... add more toothpaste to the other clean part of the cloth/spong... and continue rubbing it in! Then rinse it with hot water (you may add ammonia to the wash water) and dry it of gently using a soft towel.

I heard WD-40 also works well!

Good Luck ;-)

Answer 2

Do you smoke, or does anyone you know smoke? I make a paste from cigarette ashes and water and rub the silver with my fingers. Then I rinse under warm water, and the silver is clean and shiny. There is no way this can hurt carnelian.

Can't remember the tin foil trick, sorry.

Answer 3

Cleaning
. Wipe sterling silver jewelry with soft cloth after wearing it.

. Periodically, clean your silver jewelry with jewelry cleaning cloth and jewelry polishing cloth. (See our multi-layer Deluxe Jewelry Care Cloth).

. Do Not clean rhodium treated silver, beaded silver or silver jewelry with gemstone in silver dip cleaner. Instead, using Silver Jewelry Care Cloth.

. Use liquid silver dip cleaner only for heavy tarnished, non-rhodium treated and no gemstone sterling silver jewelry. Rinse and wipe dry thoroughly before storage.

Proper Use
. Remove your silver jewelry when showering, swimming or contacting with chemical substance.

. Avoid contacting with chemicals, perfumes or hair spray

Answer 4

Sterling silver is a gentle, malleable metallic and could be certainly scratched or broken. hence, whilst cleansing silver rings, use polishes that are relatively formulated to do away with tarnish from silver rings.

Answer 5

they sell silver gemstone jewelry cleaner on ebay. here's the direct link

Answer 6

salt water