How To Clean Sterling Silver When It Turns Black

I have 4 rings all are sterling silver.

How to clean sterling silver when it turns black. Here s how to polish silver if the built up tarnish persists. Next scrub your silver in a back and forth motion with a cotton ball or sponge dipped in soapy water then rinse the silver in warm water and dry it with a soft cotton cloth. Are they ruined it was my mother s ring that my sons got me. However the main problem with a silver chain is that it tarnishes or turns black over time. However the chief component of tarnish is sulfur particularly hydrogen sulfide h2s.

Apply with a damp sponge then rinse and dry. You can wrap it in a soft cloth first too. If your silver jewelry turns yellow or black you can reverse the effect by using this very simple method with items you already have at home. Tarnish also appears as brownish patina grey bronze or even pinkish brown colours. I put them in denture cleaner.

Left alone it turns the metal brown then black and becomes more and more difficult to remove. Silver is often made into chains which come in many different textures styles and finishes sometimes making the silver look like white gold. In the toughest of tarnish situations this low cost and easy method will clean your jewelry within 30 seconds 3 minutes depending on the state of your silver. Make a thick paste with 1 4 cup baking soda and two tablespoons of water. I thought it would clean them good.

Not all yellow is necessarily tarnish because a gold wash may have been applied silver oxidizes when exposed to air.