Cleaning of silver at home with foil and soda

From time immemorial jewelry was designed to evoke in others favorable for the person being decorated with emotion. After all, you will agree that it is pleasant for a person to look at clean, shiny ornaments. Therefore it is necessary to store it correctly, sometimes to clean it to maintain a beautiful kind of decoration. Silver - one of the favorite materials for making jewelry, because it looks beautiful, and is inexpensive. But since this metal has a very characteristic, not at all pleasant, feature, it will darken over time, in practice, a lot of methods of cleaning it have been tried. Cleaning silver at home with foil and soda - one of the most effective, simple, and therefore popular. About him and other options for the funds will be discussed in this article.

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Why do the decorations deteriorate?

From time to time silver becomes dull, one of the possible causes is an increased level of humidity. Also on the metal, contact with human skin is affected:

• Moisture;
• Cosmetics with sulfur;
• Features of human sweat.

In order to know how to clean silver at home, we must disassemble the types of this metal:

• sterling;
• coinage;
• blackened;
• matt;
• filigree.

Important! There is no need to clean filigree, blackened metal!

It is necessary to consider and finding additional elements. You should be careful if inlays are available:

• corals;
• amber;
• pearl.

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Silver Cleaning Methods

Below is described what cleans silverware and dishes. Each proposed method is simple and does not require any special effort from you. The effect is usually noticeable immediately.

Soak:

1. The first and one of the main actions is to wash the metal in a dense solution of detergent.
2. For best effect, bring the solution to 50 C, soak for 30 minutes appliances or jewelry.
3. After this, wash everything with a sponge.

Cleaning of silver at home with foil and soda:

1. In a half-liter container pour water, put two tablespoons of soda, heat.
2. When the container with water boils, we put in it a small piece of food foil.
3. Next, put our jewelry, cutlery or objects for cleaning in a container.
4. Hold for long - 5-7 minutes.

Solution of salt, soda, detergent

We need utensils made of aluminum:

1. We collect water, add detergent( liquid).
2. Then add salt, soda.
3. 30 minutes boil our jewelry on low heat.

Tooth powder, ammonia, soda:

1. All ingredients are mixed.
2. The mixture is applied to the silver with a soft brush and then rinsed off with water.
3. In conclusion, it is necessary to dry the products well and polish them.

Mortar for products with stones and other elements:

1. We take: water, shavings of laundry soap, ammonia.
2. Bring the solution from these substances to a boil.
3. After its cooling we put on any products from silver with a toothbrush.

Important! Hard places can be cleaned with ear sticks.

Another solution for simple products without stones:

1. Citric acid or ammonia is heated to enhance the effect. You can also grate the potatoes, and then pour water.
2. We lower the product into the selected product for a couple of minutes.
3. After taking the wool and three to shine the shine.

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Tips that will help when cleaning silver:

• Clean the silverware and cutlery away from other types of household utensils, to avoid scratching and damage to the coatings.
• Do not use rubber gloves when cleaning and washing silver, because they can cause microcracks.
• Products with French or oxidized metal should be given to professionals.
• Do not "bend the stick" with silver cleaning, since you can tear off the decorative coating, for example, taking it for a touch.

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How to store silver?

Silver should be stored separately from other metals - in boxes or pouches of velvet. If they are not, then you can use plastic bags, the main thing is that they do not scratch each other!

The following materials can not be used for storage:

• Paper packages;
• Cardboard;
• Viscose silk.

Important! Such packages have in their content sulfur, which provokes a darkening of silver.

Also in the storage place there should be no wet places, direct sunlight and high temperature.

As we can see, cleaning silver at home quickly and effectively proved to be very simple and cheap financially. Use these tips and look always attractive in your jewelry made of silver!