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Can you clean silver jewelery at home?

 Yes, you heard that right, you can clean the silver jewelry at home.? Definitely, by using some homie method rather than using chemicals. If silver jewelry has got too much blackened, then you need to go to the professional silver cleaner. Chances are either he will clean it or check it and tell you that this silver container is not so pure.

Cleaning silver items is their main work, therefore, they can use all their tricks and tips to clean silver jewelry at home. You can clean its old, delicate, and important parts easily.

Commercial silver cleaners

These commercial cleaners are easy to use, but have serious consequences like

The vapors can damage the silver. These vapors are deadly if grasped in an unaired room. These solutions contain strong chemicals which cannot be disposed of anywhere, as they are hazardous to the environment.

Therefore, these commercial cleaners are not only harmful to the environment, they are not good for the silver ornaments. Also harm the silver by withdrawing the anti-deteriorating coating and glaze. No doubt, the cleaners will give your silver jewelry good sinning. But you have to wash it more often if the pieces will tarnish faster and you have broken the surface.

At home also you can easily make homemade cleaner to clean the silver items. In some cases, when polishing the items cannot work properly, you just have to make homemade or eco-friendly ingredients from your kitchen to clean these items.

Homemade silver cleaner items

When we clean the silver by using cleaners we forget that not every piece of silver jewelry can be cleaned by using them. Jewelry that is made up of gemstones, or having pearls in it (like turquoise, onyx,etc) not cleaned with these harmful cleaners as it will fully damage these stones. However, if the jewelry becomes so dirty then you cannot wash them fully.

Jewelry having clear gemstones like blue topaz, garnet you need to take good care of when cleaning silver jewelry with the cleaners. Otherwise, the chemical will go under the gemstones and detach the glue from them. Moreover, you have to make a note that you should never use cleaners on the oxidized jewelry. Instead, use polishing cloth only.

For the cleaning of silver jewelry at home, there are two methods you can use at home to clean silver items.

1.By using baking soda

  • For cleaning the silver jewelry you need a vessel, aluminum foil, warm water, and cloth.

  • Firstly, inside the vessel put the aluminum foil completely by covering the bottom portion of the vessel.

  • Now put the silver ornaments which you want to clean and keep the upper face of the vessel open.

  • Dust the surface of the vessel with the baking soda and spread it over the silver items. Cover the face of the vessel.

  • Clean the kettle or pot and boil water in it. Cleaning the kettle is so important because contaminants present in the pot will decrease the potency of this technique.

  • Now pour the water into the vessel containing silver items slowly till the items submerged into it completely. Now you will see the bubble and get the rotten eggs to smell from it. However, this smell is not harmful but not so pleasant.

  • Keep your empty vessel under the fan and slowly add boiling water into it. Now, flip the silver with the wooden stick or spoon.

  • With the help of wooden sticks take out the silver and rinse it with the distilled water. After that, wipe the surface of the silver by using a cotton cloth to remove all the moisture from it.

You have to store the silver items away from the light, heat, and moisture to maintain their shimmer.

2.By using Colgate powder

You can also use Colgate powder to clean silver. Spread the powder over the silver and by using the cotton cloth clean the silver. This cleaning process of silver using the Colgate powder is so simple and effective you just have to rub the silver smoothly and clean it. After that, you can wash it with distilled water and take out all the moisture from it using a cotton cloth.

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