White Vinegar & Baking Soda Soak your tarnished jewelry in a ½ cup of white vinegar with 2 tablespoons of baking soda. Warning: this mixture fizzes. Keep your sterling silver in this solution for two to three hours, rinse and dry.
In a small bowl, stir a couple drops of mild dish soap into warm water to create suds. Let your silver jewelry sit in the solution for about five minutes. Use a soft toothbrush to gentle scrub away tarnish from any crevices in the jewelry. Rinse each piece in a bowl of clean, warm water.
Polish Often
You can purchase a cleaning cloth designed specifically for polishing silver from any jewelry stores or most department stores. If you don't have a silver polishing cloth, you can use a lint-free or microfiber cloth to clean your silver pieces. Avoid using rough materials, paper towels, or tissues.
Clean Silver with Vinegar
This cleaning agent is a great option for many things, including your tarnished silver. Mix 1/2 cup of white vinegar with 2 tablespoons of baking soda in a bowl of lukewarm water. Let the silver soak for two to three hours. Rinse with cold water and let airdry.
Use non-gel and non-abrasive toothpaste.
Squeeze a small amount of it on a soft cloth or paper handkerchief. Rub onto the jewellery or silverware with circular motions to polish it and clean off the tarnish. Leave it for 5 minutes and then rinse off the toothpaste with water.
Baking soda and aluminum foil.
This is one the best methods to use at home to clean your silver rings. All you need to do is line a bowl with aluminum foil, pour some boiling water in and add baking soda (Use 1 tablespoon of baking soda for a cup of water). Add in your silver rings and leave for up to 3 minutes.
Combine Vinegar and Baking Soda: Mix 1/2 cup white vinegar and 2 Tbsp. baking soda together, then let your silver jewelry soak in the mixture for two to three hours before rinsing and polishing.
Sterling silver will not be damaged by aluminum and baking soda. Other types of silver may be damaged by this method, however. Only use it for sterling silver pieces. If you're not sure if your jewelry is sterling silver, err on the side of caution and refrain from washing it with aluminum and baking soda.
Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver. In this form the metal is beautiful and suffers from minimal tarnish, but it's generally too soft and malleable for many uses, including making most silver jewellery. Instead fine silver is alloyed with copper to create sterling silver, which is 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% copper.
Another great way to clean your sterling silver jewelry is with Windex. Yes… Windex. You can either spray the Windex directly on the item to be cleaned or on a soft-bristled toothbrush or soft cloth.
Sterling silver is valuable for two reasons: one, it can be refined, retaining the current silver price, and two, the flatware and other items often keep their resale value and appeal. Sterling silver is also valuable as an antique, sometimes much exceeding the value of the silver content.
Vinegar and Bicarbonate of Soda
The vinegar will remove heavy tarnish, and the bicarbonate of soda will lightly buff your silver to a wonderful shine! We hope these tips on how to clean silver at home help you remove tarnish and bring the shine back to your silver jewellery and tableware.
Soap and water
Use your soft cleaning cloth to clean the silver in the solution. You can also use a soft bristled brush if needed, but be careful not to scuff or scratch the surface, especially with shiny pieces.
Silver is a common metal used in jewelry or dinnerware. If you don't have any chemical cleaner, you can use Coca-Cola, or Coke, as a simple cleaning substitute for sterling or plated silver. The acid in Coke works to cut through any grime or rust on the silver's surface.
This type of reaction creates carbonic acid. This carbonic acid is what helps to break down the tarnish and other buildup on your silver jewelry, leaving it clean and shiny. STEP 1: Combine a cup of lukewarm water, ½ cup white vinegar, and two tablespoons of baking soda in a small bowl.
Real silver turns black gradually and relatively slowly, but vinegar can step it up a notch and speed up the process. So, if you put silver bars in vinegar and leave them for 48 hours, a black residue will form on the surface of each piece. Acidic acid induces oxidation, making the tarnish more pronounced.
White Vinegar & Baking Soda
Soak your tarnished jewelry in a ½ cup of white vinegar with 2 tablespoons of baking soda. Warning: this mixture fizzes. Keep your sterling silver in this solution for two to three hours, rinse and dry.
Brush the jewelry with lemon juice to break down the tarnish. Mix together equal parts lemon juice and warm water to make your cleaning solution. Let your jewelry sit in the lemon juice solution for about 10 minutes before taking it out and scrubbing it with a toothbrush.
Using Aluminum Foil, Baking Soda, and Boiling Water Soak
Line a bowl with aluminum foil and fill with boiling water and 1 tablespoon of baking soda per cup of water. Add the silver to the water-baking soda solution, making sure it is touching the aluminum foil. Let the silver soak until no more tarnish is visible.