How to clean silver with ammonia at home?

What could be more beautiful than solid silver jewelry? They are beautiful, elegant, inimitable, but despite all this abundance of virtues, it tends to darken. In order to know how to clean silver with ammonia at home, we recommend that you read this article.

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Why do silver jewelry tend to change their original color?

Some rings or earrings shine for decades, while others darken as soon as a month passes. Maybe someone brought damage to you, but the metal simply reacted to it? In this way, many explain this chemical process when they really can not understand the cause of this phenomenon.

Not everyone runs headlong to jewelers; many prefer to clean ammonia silver with alcohol at home. But in order to cope with this task, you must learn about the reason for this process, as well aswhat is blackened silver. Otherwise, you will have to repeat the procedure more and more often.

The whole point lies in the sample. The fact is that pure silver is less susceptible to oxidation. In many products, in addition to silver, copper is also present in the composition, which is able to oxidize quickly. It is this interaction that leads to the process of darkening the product. The higher the silver sample from which the jewelry is made, the more resistant this alloy will be to the effects of various harmful factors.

Accelerate the darkening process and such behaviors of jewelry owners as:

• If a person is involved in sports and at the same time does not remove his rings, chains or bracelets, then the sweat that actively stands out will make them change their color faster.
• It is noticed that the nervous state or the owner’s stress also causes an increase in sweating.
• It is on the chest that an incredibly large number of sebaceous glands are located. It should be noted that sulfur can be a part of a large number of cosmetics, and it, in turn, can change the color of jewelry.

In order to return the original appearance to your jewelry, many use a large number of means of methods. One of the most popular methods has always been cleaning silver with ammonia. It helps well enough, and even someone who is not self-confident can easily do such work. But first find outhow to determine the authenticity of silverso as not to spoil your decoration.

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How to clean silver jewelry with ammonia?

As a rule, this drug lives without action in the farthest corner of your first-aid kit. In addition to bringing to life a person who has lost consciousness, people have long since learned to use this solution for completely different purposes. And they have nothing to do with medicine.

Important! Liquid ammonia is excellent for washing dirty laundry, washing any painted surfaces, cleaning leather products, removing various stains from clothing surfaces that are virtually impossible to remove with other substances. And of course you can clean silver with ammonia.

How to clean silver with ammonia at home? - To do this is very simple:

1. Take a soft sponge that cannot scratch the surface of the jewelry. Small parts can easily be spoiled or broken.
2. Find a container of such a size that your jewelry can be completely placed.
3. Prepare the solution in the following proportions: 1 tbsp. l ammonia at 10 tbsp. l water. If precious stones are built into the product, add no more than 5 drops per 1 cup of clean cool water.
4. After that, put the jewelry, which is made of silver in the prepared composition, soak it there for 15-30 minutes. The exposure time depends on the level of contamination of this jewelry.

Also read in a separate article,how to clean silver with stones at home. 

Important! For gilded silver, this method is not suitable, because it can damage the surface of this jewelry. For pearls, ammonia is also harmful. Use other cleaning methods for it so that it does not eventually darken.

A solution of tooth powder and ammonia

There is another method that is used to clean all silverware:

• Mix water, ammonia, and tooth powder in a 5: 1: 2 ratio.
• Wipe the decoration with a soft cloth until all dirt is completely removed.
• Rinse your product in plain running water.
• Dry with a clean towel.

Important! In no case do not forget that ammonia is a strong poison. You can not use it inside or inhale the vapors of this substance, which has an incredibly sharp and extremely unpleasant odor. Inhaling it can cause choking, coughing, and irritation of the skin of the hands and mucous membranes. It is necessary to work with the use of protective equipment that will protect your respiratory organs, as well as with gloves.

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What should never be done while cleaning silver jewelry?

Silver jewelry is beautiful and fashionable, and in order to wear it correctly, we have presented some tips onhow to choose the right jewelry for the neckline of the dress. Further, having acquired this information, it is worthwhile to find out what cannot be done in the process of cleaning such jewelry:

• Do not use abrasives to clean silver jewelry. Soda or various powders will scratch the product. Silver is a rather soft kind of metal.
• Also, do not drop your silver jewelry wherever you want, but put it in a special wooden box, which is lined with fabric.
• Silver darkens during contact with a variety of substances, such as onions, salt, certain foods and, of course, chemicals. That is why be sure to remove all silver rings while cooking or cleaning the apartment.
• It is not recommended to use any cosmetic products without first removing all silver earrings or chains. The reaction to creams that contain a variety of substances can be extremely deplorable. But you really care about your products?
• We do not recommend going to jewelry that is made of silver to a bathhouse or a sauna. The fumes emanating from your body on the jewelry will remain in the form of microparticles that fill all the voids of the jewelry. As a result, the product will look somewhat untidy.

It is better not to swim in chains, because the steel spring quickly rusts, and the lock breaks. Thus, you risk losing the product altogether.

Important! How to clean cutlery that are made of silver? Silverware is best boiled in water with the addition of ordinary baking soda:

• Take ½ pack of soda to approximately 3 liters of water and boil for 15 minutes.
• Then you can wash the silver by immersing it for 1 hour in cool water with the addition of a small amount of ammonia, as well as hydrogen peroxide.

Learn also about the new way -ultrasonic cleaning silver. 

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We clean silver with tooth powder - an alternative to ammonia

Tooth powder or toothpaste have absolutely all the necessary qualities in order to clean silver from oxidation. Learn 3 ways to clean silver with toothpaste or powder.

First way

Suitable for all serious pollution on silver jewelry, and not only. A combination of ammonia and toothpaste is used. Terms of use are as follows:

1. Apply a paste to the old toothbrush.
2. Clean silver from all sides.
3. Place the product in a 10% solution of ammonia for several minutes.
4. Wash and dry thoroughly.

Important! Note that the paste should not include any colored or hard granules.

Second way

This method using a small amount of tooth powder is suitable for absolutely all silver jewelry without stones. Used as follows:

1. Warm jewelry with warm water.
2. In a container containing tooth powder, place the jewelry so that the product sticks on all sides. You can pre-dissolve the powder with water, so that there are probably no grains that can scratch the surface.
3. Rub with a soft cloth.
4. Rinse under cool water and dry.

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Third way

We use tooth powder in combination with ammonia to clean silver at home.

Important! This method is suitable for cleaning jewelry with enamel, as well as precious stones.

The instruction is as follows:

1. Mix all the ingredients in equal proportions.
2. Moisten suede or wool with the prepared mixture and wipe any blackening.
3. Rinse everything under running water.
4. Dry and polish thoroughly.
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   We hope that all our fairly simple recommendations will help you easily clean silver with ammonia. After all, this solution can be easily purchased at any pharmacy, it is inexpensive, and the procedure itself is not complicated.