Every woman who loves and wears jewelry always has several silver items. Over time, it darkens and in order to restore its original shine and beauty, it must be cleaned. Correctly cleaning silver is not such a difficult science, the main thing is to store and care for it correctly so that you have to clean it as little as possible.
Silver darkens if it is stored in a room with high humidity or near preparations containing sulfur. Darkening can also occur when the owner's health deteriorates. The individual properties of the skin also have a great influence. To avoid this, wipe the jewelry with dry flannel after wearing.
It is advisable not to subject silver to mechanical cleaning, but to use special napkins or preparations that can be purchased at jewelry stores. In addition to cleaning, they create a protective coating on the metal.
It is better to store silver jewelry in special cases in a dry place. And it is advisable that the jewelry does not touch each other. When doing household work and work with chemicals, it is better to remove silver items.
How to clean silver at home
You can clean the silver yourself at home:
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Ammonia.
The most popular way. Silver items are soaked in 10% ammonia for 10-15 minutes. Then they are washed with water and dried with a cloth.
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Sulfuric acid.
Products are boiled in a 10% sulfuric acid solution until the dirt is washed off, washed with water and dried with a cloth.
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Lemon acid.
Boiling products in a citric acid solution in a water bath. For 0.5 liters of water, 100 g of citric acid is taken. A piece of copper wire and jewelry that need cleaning is dropped into the container with the solution. After about 15-30 minutes. cleaning is over. The silver is washed and dried.
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Soda.
Boil the jewelry in a baking soda solution. For 0.5 liters of water, 1-2 tablespoons are taken. soda. A piece of foil is dropped into the container with the solution. Silver items are boiled for about 10-15 seconds, washed with water and dried.
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Coca Cola.
Especially sophisticated cleaners suggest using Coca-Cola - boil the silver items in the drink for 3-5 minutes, it will effectively remove the dark film from the silver.
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Salt.
For 200 ml of water, 1 tsp is taken. salt, silver is immersed in this solution for a couple of hours. You can even boil it in this solution for 10-15 minutes.
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Mechanical cleaning.
Involves cleaning with an eraser or toothpaste. Mechanical means are good at removing the film from the metal surface, but they can damage the surface of the product.
