As a common precious metal, silver is loved by many people because of its exquisite and rich styles and low price, which can meet the market demand of consumers. Compared with gold, silver is hard and not easy to be damaged. But silver also has a disadvantage, that is, it is easy to turn black and ugly if it is taken for a long time. It is troublesome to take it to a jewelry store for cleaning, and if silver washing water is used, it will corrode the silver surface. In fact, we can also clean silver jewelry at home, and the tools we need are generally available at home, and the method is simple and will not damage silver jewelry. Let's have a look.

Silver tends to turn black because it easily reacts with sulfur or hydrogen sulfide in the air to produce black silver sulfide. So smuggling relatives is to clean up a layer of black silver sulfide on the surface. As long as you master the correct method, you can easily clean the silver ornaments without hurting them.

Method one, toothpaste cleaning. Cleaning with toothpaste is generally suitable for plain silver jewelry with smooth and flat surface. Take a small amount of toothpaste with a waste toothbrush, brush it repeatedly in the place with black hair until the surface of silver jewelry is as clean as new, and then wash it with water. This method is very effective in cleaning collars and flowerless bracelets, but it is not recommended if it is used to clean carved or carved silver ornaments.

Method 2: Prepare a small bowl, then put a large piece of tin foil on the bottom cover of the bowl, with the bright side facing up, then put the silver ornaments that need to be cleaned in, and pour in salt, which must cover the ornaments.

Finally, pour boiling water, stir with chopsticks, wait for a few minutes, and you can find that the phenomenon of black hair and black hair of silver jewelry is gone. If there is no tin foil in the room, you can also use aluminum foil instead. The material of tin foil is aluminum, and aluminum and salt together provide the electrolyte environment mechanism. After heating with boiling water, a chemical reaction occurs, and silver sulfide is reduced to its original simple substance through the electrolyte environment. In this way, our ornaments will naturally become as bright as new. Cleaning silver jewelry in this way will not hurt silver jewelry, and the method is simple and the materials are easy to find. However, it should be noted that this method cannot be used to clean silver jewelry inlaid with alloy jewelry, otherwise it will easily damage the jewelry, and the loss will outweigh the gain.

Method 3: Alcohol or ammonia water. A clean piece can be prepared, which is not scrubbed by alcohol or ammonia, and reacts with black oxide. This method is mild.

Besides daily maintenance and cleaning, it is also important to wear silver jewelry. If used improperly, it will accelerate the oxidation speed of silver jewelry. When we usually take a shower and sleep, we'd better take off the silver jewelry and don't touch the sulfur soap softener, perm agent and other items. When silver jewelry is not worn, it must be sealed with plastic bags to prevent oxidation reaction caused by excessive air contact.