How to clean silver earrings > how to clean blackened silver earrings at home

Due to their dura­bil­i­ty and afford­able price, sil­ver ear­rings are very pop­u­lar. Sil­ver does not cause aller­gic reac­tions and is suit­able for clothes of any style.

A sig­nif­i­cant dis­ad­van­tage of these jew­el­ry prod­ucts is their ten­den­cy to oxi­dize and become cov­ered with a dark coat­ing. It is easy to remove — you just need to know how to clean sil­ver ear­rings cor­rect­ly and safe­ly.

How to clean rhodium-plated silver earrings?

A thin lay­er of rhodi­um pro­tects sil­ver from tar­nish­ing. It increas­es its resis­tance to mechan­i­cal and bio­log­i­cal influ­ence. How­ev­er, the rhodi­um coat­ing wears off over time where it comes into con­tact with the skin.

Since rhodi­um-plat­ed sil­ver is very del­i­cate, it is rec­om­mend­ed to use spe­cial tools for its clean­ing that will not dam­age jew­el­ry.

After using the spe­cial prod­uct (accord­ing to the instruc­tions on the pack­age), it is rec­om­mend­ed to thor­ough­ly wash the jew­el­ry and pol­ish it with a dry and soft cloth — flan­nel or microfiber.

How to clean silver earrings with stones (turquoise, onyx, pearls, sapphire, coral, cubic zirconia)?

Jew­el­ry with pre­cious, semi-pre­cious and arti­fi­cial stones must be cleaned once a month. In the­o­ry, it is easy, but in prac­tice the process is com­pli­cat­ed by the fact that many drugs that are designed to remove dirt and restore the shine of sil­ver have a neg­a­tive effect on stones. Turquoise, onyx, sap­phire, as well as fayan­ite / zir­con lose bright­ness and shine after pro­cess­ing with some of these means. The way out of the sit­u­a­tion is to use clean­ing prod­ucts spe­cial­ly designed for such jew­el­ry, or con­tact a jew­el­er.

As for ear­rings with pearls or coral, since these min­er­als through the porous sur­face come into con­tact with tap water, as well as sea, riv­er and lake water, the micro- and macroele­ments con­tained in it dis­col­or these jew­el­ry. When tak­ing water pro­ce­dures, such acces­sories must be removed. They are cleaned with a weak soapy solu­tion with a wet nap­kin or a tooth­brush.

How to clean silver earrings with amber?

Clean­ing amber jew­el­ry is spe­cif­ic because it is done with­out using water. A soft cloth soaked in soapy foam must be squeezed hard. Then — wipe the prod­uct and pol­ish with a dry mate­r­i­al. Olive or almond oil is used to enhance shine.

How to clean silver earrings at home effectively and safely?

The choice of clean­ing method depends on why these sil­ver ear­rings turned black.

• If the dark­en­ing is slight, then it will be enough to clean the jew­el­ry with soap and water, and then pre­pare a bowl with a bot­tom cov­ered with alu­minum foil. A solu­tion of boiled water with salt should be poured into it (about 5 tea­spoons of salt per liter of water), mixed and jew­el­ry placed in this mix­ture. It remains to wait until the con­t­a­m­i­na­tion comes off the sur­face. It can take from sev­er­al tens of sec­onds to sev­er­al hours, depend­ing on the inten­si­ty of the black­en­ing of the jew­el­ry. After this time, the ear­rings should be rinsed with water to remove the solu­tion.

• An even less aggres­sive method for remov­ing minor dirt is to soak the ear­rings in vod­ka or alco­hol, and then rinse with water.

• Bak­ing soda has long been con­sid­ered a sub­stance capa­ble of deal­ing with any dirt. Not sur­pris­ing­ly, it is also used to restore the shine of sil­ver jew­el­ry. It is more effec­tive when used togeth­er with lemon, which con­tains acid that dis­solves all types of deposits. It is enough to rub the result­ing mix­ture on the dec­o­ra­tions and leave it for some time. Then wash and dry them thor­ough­ly.

• No less effec­tive method of clean­ing black­ened sil­ver ear­rings at home is tooth­paste, if it does not con­tain sodi­um and bleach­ing com­po­nents that can dam­age the struc­ture of sil­ver.

An alter­na­tive to home meth­ods are pro­fes­sion­al tools for clean­ing jew­el­ry, such as nap­kins soaked in a spe­cial solu­tion, con­cen­trates for dilu­tion before appli­ca­tion. The advan­tage of such prod­ucts is 100% safe­ty and spe­cial addi­tives that pre­vent oxi­da­tion of sil­ver. Regard­less of the brand of the drug, care­ful­ly read the instruc­tions for use on the pack­age.

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