Cleaning a silver necklace at home is as simple as collecting some simple items, such as microfiber cloth and some detergent or baking soda. However, although some jewels can be easily cleaned at home, you should leave other items to professionals, such as antique silverware, fragile necklaces and necklaces with precious stones. When cleaning your home, you can start with soap and baking soda, and then try other methods such as toothpaste and aluminum bath.

First, use soap and water.

1. Use a cloth that won't scratch.

Microfiber cloth or jewelry polishing cloth is an ideal choice for polishing necklaces. These cloths won't scratch your jewelry like paper towels or even paper towels. You need something soft and lint-free to polish.

If you need to enter a small area, try using a cotton swab.

Step 2 start with a little soap

If your silver necklace is only slightly discolored, you can use a little detergent first. Add a few drops of soap to a cup of warm water. Stir it, then wet your clothes with the solution and start polishing your necklace.

Step 3 Rub along the texture

You might think that the ideal polishing motion is circular. However, this will actually scrape your money. A better way is to rub it back and forth to make sure it moves along the grain of metal, so it is less likely to scratch it.

For a chain, you may need to gently wipe it between two fingers with a cloth.

Keep moving to clean some parts of the cloth, so as not to tarnish the necklace.

You can also brush the details with a clean soft toothbrush, but try not to brush too hard.

4. Avoid details of intentional oxidation

In some cases, necklace manufacturers may darken some parts of jewelry to highlight details. If you have such works, you need to avoid polishing these places so as not to lose some aesthetic feeling of the works.

Second, use other polishing agents.

1. Try other polishing agents.

If your jewelry loses its luster, you may need to use a real jewelry polish to clean the necklace. Alternatively, you can make a paste with baking soda and water, and then apply it as a polishing agent on the necklace.

Another option is half a cup of lemon juice and a tablespoon of olive oil.

You can also use toothpaste. The component of polishing silver in toothpaste is hydrated silicon dioxide, so we should find this component. The tartar control toothpaste will contain more of this ingredient. However, whatever you use on your teeth may be suitable for silver, although the gel type may not be so easy to use.

Step 2: Apply toothpaste.

Spread a small piece of paste on the necklace. If you have precious stones or semi-precious stones on your necklace, this method may not be the best, but you can try to avoid precious stones. As long as a pea-sized faucet is enough, you can add more at any time in the future.

Step 3: scrub the silverware.

For this part, if you like, you can start with your fingers, but only when using natural paste; If you use professional silver polishing agent, please bring microfiber cloth. Rub the paste into the silver. If the chain loses its luster, it also includes the chain. It's basically like rubbing soap into silver, but you use paste. You can also use a soft toothbrush (you can't brush your teeth with it! ), but if you brush too hard, you may end up scratching.

Step 4 rinse silver

Once it loses its luster, put the necklace into the water. Wash off all the paste carefully, because anything left behind will look interesting. If you don't try to remove all the stains, you can also repeat this process.

Third, try the aluminum bath method.

1, set the bathtub.

Start with an aluminum pie plate or a bowl covered with aluminum foil. Add a tablespoon (15ml) of salt to the dish. Next, add a tablespoon of soft gouache or baking soda.

Although some people use this method on necklaces of precious stones or semi-precious stones, it may cause damage, so if it is expensive, it is best not to take risks. Similarly, it is best not to try this method on antiques or fragile silverware.

This process will eliminate all discoloration, including decorative oxidation areas (black areas are placed for creating designs).

At this time, 1/2 cups (1 18 ml) of white vinegar can also be added. Remember, vinegar can cause baking soda reaction, so please pay attention to overflow.

Step 2 Create a solution

Next, pour in hot water. One cup (237 ml) is enough. It should be close to boiling, but it is not necessary to boil. Stir the water to ensure that the salt and baking soda are completely dissolved.

3. Let the necklace soak in the solution.

When the solution is ready, put the necklace into the solution. It should contact aluminum to lose its luster and move from silver to aluminum. Let it soak for a few minutes. If the necklace is particularly dull, you can do more things.

Step 4 take off the necklace

Take out the necklace with pliers or fork. Use superfine fiber to polish the necklace where more processing is needed. Be gentle with the more vulnerable parts. Dry this piece and put it away.