what to use at home to clean sterling silver jewerly?

Answer 1

If it were me I would buy sterling jewelry cleaner. I would be afraid that other solvents could harm the finish or possibly tarnish. Sometimes sterling is coated with a platinum finish or a 10 K gold finish, and sometimes it is not so I would be careful. On my gold jewelry i use toothpaste with baking soda but not on my sterling silver. You can purchase sterling silver jewelry cleaner at most places that sale that type of jewelry. Hope this helps...

Answer 2

Electrolytic Cleaning Solution:
Ingredients:
¼ cup baking soda
¼ cup salt
¼ cup liquid dish soap
½ gallon of water
Equipment:
Large pot
Aluminum foil
Plastic spoon
Stove top
colander or strainer
towel
Take a large pot, such as a spaghetti pot, and completly line the inside with aluminum foil. Pour all of the ingredients into the pot and stir with your plastic spoon. Collect the sterling silver jewelry you want to clean, and count each item so you know the total number you put into the pot. Place them into the solution and spread them out on the bottom of the pot so they don't touch each other. Bring this to a low boil for a few minutes. Then turn off the burner and let it sit for another couple of minutes. Then using the colander or strainer, pour out the solution. Rinse well with cold water making sure that all salt is rinsed off your silver. (Salt will eventually corrode metal.) Count your items as you place them on a towel to dry. Make sure you’ve accounted for all your jewelry before you throw away the aluminum. It will be dirty because the oxides on your jewelry were transferred to it. Your sterling silver jewelry should now look like new.

Super Cleaner
In an eight ounce container (pickle jars work well), combine one inch of cleaning detergent (Top Job or Mr. Clean), one inch of dish washing liquid, and one inch of ammonia. Fill the rest of the container with water. Shake well. Use your microwave to heat up solution slightly or put in an old pot (you don’t use for food) and simmer on stove top. Place jewelry (silver or gold) into solution and let sit for about ten minutes. Remove from solution and rinse with water. That’s it.

Both these cleaner work well. For silver, I prefer the first recipe since it uses ingredients most people have around the house, and it’s not as toxic as the second recipe so it’s safer if you have children or animals around your house. The Super Cleaner can also be used for cleaning your jewelry projects in between buffing compounds so your polishing wheels don’t get contaminated or caked up

Answer 3

confident, Sterling silver would be wiped clean. place in a vulnerable answer of sodium hydroxide and upload shredded aluminium foil. The chemical reaction will clean the silver. word: this technique will provide off hydrogen gas that's explosive, so no smoking!

Answer 4

This is probably going to sound crazy to you but it works. Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of your sink. Fill the sink with warm water. Add two tablespoons of baking soda. Place the jewelry in the water, in contact with the aluminum foil. It's some kind of chemical reaction. I've never done it, but seen it done and it's amazing.

Answer 5

glass pan, put tinfiol in it shiney side up, lay the jewelry in, put in enough water to cover it and then add a teaspoon of baking soda. In a few minutes, it will be clean with no harm to any stones. Rinse and dry them off.

Answer 6

Just plain, old white vinegar is awesome for silver. Don't let it sit in the vinegar though, it will start to corrode.

Answer 7

go to a jewelry store (tiffanys always has it) and buy the special silver cleaner and the cloth that goes with it. its kind of expensive, but it works really well.

Answer 8

Yes toothpaste is an awesome silver cleaner......

Answer 9

baking soda and lemon mixed together in a bowl and leave jewlery in overnight or for a couple of minutes

Answer 10

Simply rub some toothpaste on it and rinse. It makes it sparkle.