Eco Silver Polishing
A quick and easy way to polish oxidized silver jewelry and other stuff without using toxic* chemicals.
This technique is especially good if you have intricate filigreed jewelry for example.
*or at least they don't SMELL toxic. Are they?
This technique is especially good if you have intricate filigreed jewelry for example.
*or at least they don't SMELL toxic. Are they?
Put Baking Soda and Foil in Water
I put about 1 tablespoon of baking soda and a piece of foil about 4" square or so.
Boil it until the silver starts to look silver.
(Unfortunately this doesn't clean my burnt up old pot) ;)
Boil it until the silver starts to look silver.
(Unfortunately this doesn't clean my burnt up old pot) ;)
Voila
I don't use precise measurements but it seems to work every time within a couple of minutes!
(The black part on the leaves in the jewelry shown here is intended to be black. You can see the rest came out silver.)
(The black part on the leaves in the jewelry shown here is intended to be black. You can see the rest came out silver.)