How to clean sterling silver bracelet?

Question

It's a nice sterling "return to tiffany" bracelet and it's tarnished. I didn't store in its little cloth bag and I can't find the polishing cloth, either. We don't have any sterling polish around the house, so what else can I use? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I clean all my jewelry with an old tooth brush and tooth paste.

Answer 2

Silver items easy get oxygenated in the air. It is very easy to clean it. Use a piece of soft cloth, extruding some toothpaste on it, and wipe the silver thing. You will find the silver become shining very soon. Then you need to wash it in the clean water and dry it. Silver will get oxygenated no matter you wear it often or not. So you need to clean it frequently. Use this way to clean will not hurt your jewelries. If you are a silver lover, I'd like to suggest you those beautiful things which I like so much.

Answer 3

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 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. 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 with cold water. Count your items as you place them on a towel to dry. Make sure you’ve account 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 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 wheels don’t get contaminated or caked up.

Answer 4

Tarnex

Answer 5

( toohpaste ) also MAAS CREAM POLISH comes in a tube great for all metals (any diy)