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Cleaning tarnished silver w/o a silver cleaner

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
As the title says... I found a silver ring, however its old and tarnished. I don't have a silver cleaner. Is there any way to clean it with household things? Or should I just go out and get a silver cleaner.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    didn't you make a post about vodka a while back it seemed to do everything apart from make you coffee or run you a bath in the morning, so im sure it won't have problems cleaning a ring!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I don't know if I'm prepared to waste any though :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    pah.

    may i suggest baking soda mixed with water and left over night, brings it up all nice and sparkly.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Or cola
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Have a look in the garage for some kind of abrasive car polish - anything that'll cut the paint back slightly to reveal a new surface should suffice :).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lemon juice. You need something acidic to react with the silver oxide. Vinegar may well work too, but lemon juice seems to work better.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If it's real silver then put the ring in a bowl of water, add some salt and a bit of tinfoil scrunched up into a ball and leave for a few hours.

    I wonder if tinfoil is called tin foil in America :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The tarnish on real silver rubs off pretty easily. Get a clean, slightly rough cloth and give it a good rub. I just rub them on the leg of my jeans.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Glittery wrote:
    If it's real silver then put the ring in a bowl of water, add some salt and a bit of tinfoil scrunched up into a ball and leave for a few hours.

    That's almost right.


    Line a plastic bowl with aluminium foil, shiny side up and add a handful of soda crystals - not baking soda, washing soda - and some very hot water. Put the ring in, onto the foil and leave it for 5 minutes. The dirt jumps onto the foil, it's an electrolytic reaction.

    Take it out, rinse it really well and then just buff it up with a cloth. This is how I clean all my silver jewellery.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I had no idea there were so many different ways. Thank you all :)
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