Cleaning Silver Jewelry

I didn’t realise until I consulted Google that there were so many different ways of cleaning silver jewelry. Apparently, you can use Coke, pearls, vinegar, stones, baking soda. I chose the baking soda way as it seemed the most simple and besides, I had plenty of baking soda.

My silver charm bracelet had long been in need of cleaning as it was so tarnished. There are 2 ways of using the baking soda. I tried the soaking the bracelet in baking soda mixed with water so it became a thick paste.

After half an hour, the bracelet was still tarnished. Clearly this way was not effective for my bracelet so I had to go on to the second way of using baking soda which was to pour some into a pot lined with tin foil. The bracelet would have to be placed on to the foil.

I kept checking on the bracelet by using chopsticks to fish it out. In less than half an hour, I could see the difference. This is a far more effective way of cleaning silver jewelry than just chucking it into baking soda paste. I guess it has a lot to do with the tin foil.

Much better than before! Silver jewelry is nice but such a pain as they have to be cleaned every so often otherwise they look ghastly. Baking soda is very useful to have around the kitchen.