How to clean silver at home from black?

One of the most popular precious metals is silver. First of all, in comparison with gold, it has a relatively low cost. Not only jewelry is made of silver, but also cutlery, figurines and more. But this material tends to darken. Previously, this property of silver was given a magical shade, but the time of the witches has passed, and now, to clean the metal from blackness, you can not remove the evil eye, but simply clean the jewelry with improvised means. How to clean silver at home from black?

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Why does a black coating appear?

In the East, they still believe that if a silver jewelry darkened, it means that damage to the owner was made. Science has proven that silver darkens as a result of oxidation. This process occurs when silver sulfides interact with sulfur.

Where does sulfur appear on our skin? First of all, sulfur is contained in the sweat of a person. In addition, sulfur contains many cosmetic substances, for example, ointments or creams.

There are other reasons for darkening the metal:

• high humidity;
• contact with rubber, detergents and some other substances;
• low fineness of silver.

The easiest way to clean silver from blackness is to take it to a jewelry store, where experienced professionals will deal with your problem in two ways. You can also buy special care products for this metal. And you can use folk methods, and with the help of improvised means to get rid of blackness.

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Folk methods

So, how and how to clean silver at home from black? There are several simple but effective ways. But first you need to clean the surface of dirt and grease. To do this, wash the product in soapy water. You can even rub it with an old toothbrush to get to hard to reach places. Then rinse the product in clean water. Now you can proceed directly to the cleaning process.

Wine vinegar

Getting rid of plaque is easier when it first appears. If you notice that your jewelry has dimmed, wipe them with wine vinegar. Take cotton wool, soak in wine vinegar and carefully wipe the surface of the decoration. Change cotton wool as often as possible.

Important! If you do not have wine vinegar, you can replace it with a dining room. If there are no stones on the jewelry, you can slightly warm the vinegar and put the product there for 15 minutes. Then get it and wipe it with a napkin or soft cloth.

Dentifrice

This old proven method came to us from our grandmothers. In order to clean the silver in this way, you will need a thick fleecy rag and tooth powder. Wet the material, dip in tooth powder and gently wipe the product.

Tooth powder can be replaced with white toothpaste.

Important! Silver is a rather soft material, so you need to act carefully so as not to leave scratches.

Ammonia

There are several ways to clean with ammonia:

• Prepare a liquid ammonia solution: take half a glass of water to take 10 ml of alcohol. If the dirt is slight, moisten a cotton pad and wipe the product with this solution. If the pollution is more significant, put your jewelry in this solution for 15-30 minutes. It is recommended to cover the container with ammonia solution with a lid.Then wipe the product with a clean, dry cloth.
• You can soak a silver jewelry in such a solution: 5-6 drops of ammonia are taken in a glass of heated soapy solution. Leave on for 15 minutes.
• Mix ammonia with chalk powder until gruel forms, apply it to silver and wipe.
• Very dirty silver can be put in undiluted ammonia, but the maximum exposure time is 10 minutes.

Hydrogen peroxide

A very effective tool for cleaning silver is hydrogen peroxide. Pour hydrogen peroxide into the container and put your jewelry there for 10-15 minutes. Then you just have to rinse the product and dry it with a soft cloth.

Alcohol

This method is the safest for silver products and can achieve a good result. Put the jewelry in alcohol and let it lie for about 30 minutes. Then you need to get out and polish to a shine with a woolen cloth.

Lemon acid

To clean silver from black at home, you can use citric acid:

1. Dilute 100 grams of citric acid in 500 ml of water, place the container in a steam bath and put a piece of copper wire in the solution.
2. When the liquid boils, put your silver there and leave it for 15 minutes.
3. Then remove and polish the product well with a soft cloth.

Soda

Soda effectively cleans silver from black deposits. You can clean in many ways:

• Dilute the baking soda with water until a slurry is obtained. Clean this item with your slurry.
• Dissolve 20 grams of soda in 250 ml of water and boil. Then put a piece of food foil and silver items there. Leave on for 15 minutes, then wipe thoroughly with a dry cloth.
• Fold a piece of foil twice with the shiny side out and make a container out of it. Pour salt and soda into this container at a ratio of 1 to 1, pour a small amount of water. Immerse your silver in this mixture for 30 minutes.

Potatoes:

1. Grate one potato tuber on a coarse grater, pour a glass of cold water.
2. After 5 minutes, mix the mass and strain through cheesecloth.
3. In the resulting starch solution, put silver items for 15 minutes.
4. Then remove and rinse them with clean water.

Coca Cola

The composition of Coca-Cola includes orthophosphoric acid, which easily cleans of plaque, rust, scale and other contaminants:

1. Put the silver in the pan and pour Coca-Cola.
2. Put on fire, bring to a boil and leave on low heat for 5 minutes.
3. Then remove the silver and rinse.

Olive oil

Put a little oil on the swab and rub the product. After that, wash it well in hot soapy water.

Pomade

This method is suitable for silver products without relief, otherwise - then it will be difficult to remove the remaining lipstick. Rub the product with lipstick and leave for 5-10 minutes. Then wash the silver in soapy water.

Washing gum

You can take an ordinary school eraser and walk it on a silver surface.

Universal way

If all the funds did not give the desired result, then you can use the following method:

1. Mix 10 grams of salt, 10 ml of dishwashing liquid, 10 grams of soda and 500 ml of water.
2. Pour it all into an aluminum pan, put the silver and put on fire.
3. Bring to a boil and leave for half an hour over low heat.

Important! This method will remove dirt and black deposits from your silver without any effort on your part, regardless of the state of the decoration or cutlery.

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Cleaning blackened silver

Blackened silver needs special care. The cleaning procedure must be carried out carefully so as not to damage the unique top coat. For this:

• Make a soapy solution and put some soda there. Dip the blackened silver products in this solution for 20 minutes.
• You can peel such products with potato starch. Grate potatoes, fill with water, strain and put jewelry in the resulting solution for 3 hours. If dirty spots remain, you can try removing dirt with an eraser.

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How to clean jewelry with stones?

Most of the above methods are not suitable for cleaning jewelry with stones. Many stones cannot be heated or cleaned with acid or alkaline solutions. When choosing a cleaning method, consider the properties of minerals - origin, hardness, color fastness.

Here are the following recommendations:

• Jewelry with mother of pearl, amber, pearls or coral can be soaked in warm water. If plaque appears on silver, then you can clean it mechanically using an old toothbrush and a soap solution.
• For hard stones - these include beryl, diamond, corundum, tourmaline, you can prepare a cleaning composition based on washing powder or shampoo.
• For soft minerals - this is opal, malachite, turquoise, grated laundry soap is added to the water.
• Silver jewelry coated with multi-colored enamel can be cleaned with a mixture of tooth powder and ammonia.

Important! High-quality silverware should not be cleaned on its own. This task is best left to experienced professionals.

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How to clean table silver?

Some housewives take out silver appliances during dinner parties. They are used quite rarely, and often a black coating appears on them, the shine disappears.

How to clean table silver from black at home? It is necessary to prepare a special cleaning solution:

1. Mix water with ammonia in a ratio of 5 to 2.
2. Add tooth powder there.
3. Wet a soft towel in this solution and clean the cutlery until plaque is removed.

How and what else can you clean silver spoons and forks from black at home? You can use all the methods described by us earlier. It may be useful for us:

• potato starch;
• vinegar;
• soda;
• washing powder;
• alcohol;
• hydrogen peroxide;
• liquid soap.

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Preventive measures

So that silver products do not cause trouble, you need to properly care for them:

• Remove jewelry during homework or beauty treatments.
• Wet items should be wiped with a flannel cloth.
• Store silver in a dry place - it is best to use a box for this.
• If you rarely use this product, it is best to wrap it in foil - this will prevent oxidation.
• Clean silver items in a timely manner, because fresh dirt and plaque are easier to remove.
• After cleaning, wipe the product dry with a dry cloth or napkin.

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If you follow these simple recommendations, then your silver jewelry will delight you with its brilliance for a long time. And the fact that they are very simple and effective, we hope you have already seen in practice in the course of reading this article.