Jewellery cleaner

alwaysis on 24/01/2014 - 09:16

Any ideas on best place to get jewellery cleaned or buy cleaner on the Gold Coast? I went to the thermal pools in Auckland and didn't realise that turns silver jewellery black. Hopefully it can be saved

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  • bluedufflecoat on 24/01/2014 - 09:42
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    I use toothpaste to get silver shiny again… try that?

  • Fizzydrink on 24/01/2014 - 10:41
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    lemon juice is meant to be good aswell

  • kobrien456 on 24/01/2014 - 11:43
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    Ask a jeweller. You may need to get it buffed off. You can also buy impregnated cloths for polishing silver. Or maybe make your own if you google what's in them. Bleach will do that to silver too.

  • Tink on 24/01/2014 - 12:54
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    Maybe try the 'aluminium foil + baking soda + hot water' trick? I've found it works well for cleaning silver, but I'm not sure how badly tarnished yours are…

    Basically just put a sheet of foil into a cup. Put your silver on the foil and make sure it's touching it (you can crumple the foil a bit for better contact). Add about a tablespoon of baking soda and hot water, let it fizz. The chemical reaction should remove most tarnish. Then just rinse it off under the tap and dry it. Hope that helps.

  • MATTS on 24/01/2014 - 15:58
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    Micheal hill jewelers sells silver cleaner and polishing cloths about $15 each or
    every couple of days they offer free jewelry cleaning instore

    Pacific Fair Dr
    Broadbeach QLD
    (07) 5531 7227

  • anna10 on 25/01/2014 - 08:32
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    I usually take my 'jewels' into a local jewelers and they put it in their machine for nix. Hopefully, one day I'll go back and purchase something. Though, for silver I have an 50 year old bottle of Silvo from my grandfather on a bit of rag does a treat. A friend likes her silver jewelry to be black, esp a big 'black' silver bangle she got in New York.

  • barb045 on 25/01/2014 - 12:41
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    Try Cloudy Ammonia (liquid in a bottle from supermarket)
    in a saucer this makes gold shine beautifully

  • whodidthat on 25/01/2014 - 15:35
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    If it's badly tarnished, it will take a bit of time & effort to clean up again.

    I did write up some tips and suggestions on http://simplyjewelry.com.au/care-silver.html

    An easy home made recipe (mentioned by Tink) is:

    1. Fill sink full of steaming hot water.
    2. Mix 2-tablespoons salt and 2-tablespoons baking soda in bowl.
    3. Add mixture to sink of hot water.
    4. Cut a small sheet of aluminium foil and push it to the bottom of sink.
    5. Dip silver items. Most tarnish will slide off. For stubborn stains, allow them to sit for up to 5-minutes at a time.
    6. Rinse well.
    7. Dry.
    8. Store properly.

    I can highly recommend ionic jewellery cleaners (used to sell them, don't now).
    Not so keen on ultrasonic cleaners as they can damage jewellery.

  • alwaysis on 27/01/2014 - 07:01

    Thanks everyone - I tried cleaning it all myself, it didn't work so well. Got some cleaner from the jeweller, worked well on almost everything. Might take the rest to Michael Hill :)

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