How to clean Tiffany's silver or other silver jewelry?

[chpwhy]

Just to share:

 

[chpwhy]

 

[lisalovesshoes]

I love Hagerty's stuff.. works the best IMO..
I use the ones in the blue containers... Silversmith's polish and the wash for items with lots of nooks and crannies!

 

[DiaDiva]

I use baking soda. Line a plate with foil. Sprinkle baking soda over your silver or diamond pieces. Pour boiling hot water and soak for 30 minutes. Voila....clean and sparkling.

 

[+stePHANie+]

I use baking soda. Line a plate with foil. Sprinkle baking soda over your silver or diamond pieces. Pour boiling hot water and soak for 30 minutes. Voila....clean and sparkling.

i do this too, but i noticed it usually cleans up very quickly, so i don't have to soak it for more than a minute

 

[ayla]

Thanks for this post !

I usually just use an ultrasonic, just so much easier for someone as lazy as me. :shame:

 

[PHANR]

Hey guys,

I just bought a Tiffany ring today and I used the silver polish & cloth to clean it. However, when I cleaned it, these black substance was left on the cloth. Can someone tell me what this black is? and is it normal?

Thanks

 

[merekat703]

thats normal, its the tarnish.

 

[rengb6]

I would not use silver polish if I were you. Apparently when it removes the tarnish it takes with it the silver that turned to tarnish. The reason your silver turns is because when it meets with the air it goes through an oxidation reaction. I'm in college and just did this in chem. class and my teacher gave us a useful tip to cleaning our pretty silver jewelry. Instead of wasting time and energy and silver by using silver polish you can reverse the oxidation reaction. I just did it tonight. Basically all you need is foil, or a foil pan, boiling water, and backing soda. Here is a page that'll help you. http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/TARNISH.html

Try it out and see how it works for you. I'd love to hear. Like I said I just did it tonight and my silver has NEVER looked better.

 

[sparkle7]

I use boiled water , aluminum baking powder mix all the time to clean my silver and the use a polishing cloth afterwards and my silver jewelry turns out beautiful

 

[monstar]

ugh i got my necklace cleaned at tiffanys and it sucked! i could still see some dark parts on the inside of the little links

 

[redsoledlover]

I bought the Tiffany silver jewelry cleaner from them. It was $20 for the bottle. You spray your jewelry, and wipe it off with a clean cloth. I usually rinse the jewelry afterward just to get any excess cleaner off. The dirt comes off easily and makes things so shiny and new looking!

 

[simons91]

This may be a silly question, but I have the Return to Tiffany heart tag on a necklace. If I clean it once a week with silver cleaner (dip) and then polish it with a polishing cloth, will I eventually polish the writing off?

 

[kellilicious]

^^I have both the necklace and bracelet and have been cleaning them for years with a silver dip. Writing is still all there!

 

[L etoile]

Cam anyone recommend a good silver cleaning solution? My Tiffany jewelry is so tarnished right now and there's too much to clean w just a cloth.