Clean silver necklace

[Maydup]

What's a good way to clean a silver necklace?

I'd prefer a home made solution rather than buying something I might not use up.

[ladybirder]

Drop it in some loo cleaner for a few minutes and it will come up sparkling. Truly:-)

[nungate]

This usually works on silver plate and I'm certain I've used it on silver. In a plastic bowl put some soda crystals and pour on some boiling water. Immerse your necklace and leave for a short time. Rinse it thoroughly afterwords and dry, should come out nice and clean. Lakeland used to do some little anti tarnish sheets that you could keep by your silver jewellery to stop it from tarnishing, they also have some really good silver cleaner.

[askyourgran]

Tinfoil in a dish, place the item on the tinfoil and use 1 heaped tsp of bicarbonate of soda in the foil, turn the edges of the foil into a parcel with enough space to pour very hot water into the foil, seal the foil together carefully and leave for a few minutes or until the water cools enough to undo the parcel. That should clean the silver. Dry and polish with a soft cloth.

[nungate]

So sorry I forgot to add that you have to put tinfoil in the bootom of the plastic bowl before adding the soda crystals and boilng water. Trying to watch Barcelona play Bilbao as well as play about on AB. Apologies.

[mojay]

You can make all your tarnished silver jewelry look like new in 10 minutes using materials you already have laying around the house.

This technique works on all your sterling and fine silver jewelry. Also, it’s safe for delicate stones and pearls. Unlike the acid based cleaning solutions!And unlike acid based cleaners, you don’t have to buff and polish the finish back onto your pieces. It is such a mild process that it eliminates any handwork.

Here is all you need.Baking SodaAluminum FoilGlass Casserole DishTo get started line a glass dish with aluminum foil and place your jewelry on top. You can fit quite a bit in but don’t overlap pieces and make sure each piece is touching the foil.

Sprinkle the baking soda so that it covers the jewelry. It doesn’t have to be really heavy, think of it like putting a dusting of sugar on your cereal.(*Martha Stewart moment… A side benefit to heating water in the microwave is that while your jewelry is soaking you can take a clean cloth and wipe out the microwave of any residue or splatters and have a sparkly oven too. The steam created from boiling water there loosens everything up and makes cleaning a dream.)

Once the time is up (5 - 10 minutes), rinse under WARM water and put on a towel to dry. You don’t want to shock your jewelry with cold water because this has the potential to cause delicate stones and glass to crack or break!

The tarnish is transferred from your jewelry to the foil effortlessly. For pieces with excessive tarnish it may take 2 dips to make them completely shiny. The length of time really depends on the level of tarnish. It is a fairly quick process and if they aren't fully clean after 5 - 10 minutes, it will need a 2nd dip

[Maydup]

Wow thanks everyone, variartions on a theme here. I have foil and bicarb, I'll give it a go.

[rockyracoon]

How strange, I found an old silver pendant today, it is really tarnished so I was going to ask this same question. Thanks from me aswell.

[abstibus]

Thanks from me too.

[ladybird49]

Try toothpaste , it worked on my silver photo frames