Genuine sterling silver jewellery is a fairly soft material/metal and can pick up many small scratches through its life. Even brand new silver jewellery under close inspection will have some kind of small scratches on it. This may be form transportation or even the packaging it was in.
So, no matter what you do there will always be some small scratches that cannot be removed. Don't worry though as all is not lost.
Having been dealing in silver for quite some time now I have tried a few methods to remove the scratches, but, what I will deal with today is the actual tarnishing that silver inevitably picks up. Tarnishing is silver's way of rusting in a way.
You will find many ways on the internet to remove this and most of them are some kind of home grown remedies out of the kitchen cupboard. My advice is go straight for the gusto and invest a couple of bucks in a jar of Goddard's tarnish remover (or similar). So long as you items are 925 sterling silver and have no gems then you are good to go.
Put the articles in the solution for 5 minutes and remove with a fork or suchlike and even the oldest tarnish will have dropped off. As mentioned, please don't put anything in with a gem, tried it with amber once and the amber just melted away, wasn't too impressed but should have read the label to the end. As for the scratches, the best way to deal with them is with a bench buffer. Quite a large piece of kit but works.
Alternatively you can purchase a small and inexpensive nail buffer (the battery type are great), use this and you will have a shine like nobodies business.
So, no matter what you do there will always be some small scratches that cannot be removed. Don't worry though as all is not lost.
Having been dealing in silver for quite some time now I have tried a few methods to remove the scratches, but, what I will deal with today is the actual tarnishing that silver inevitably picks up. Tarnishing is silver's way of rusting in a way.
You will find many ways on the internet to remove this and most of them are some kind of home grown remedies out of the kitchen cupboard. My advice is go straight for the gusto and invest a couple of bucks in a jar of Goddard's tarnish remover (or similar). So long as you items are 925 sterling silver and have no gems then you are good to go.
Alternatively you can purchase a small and inexpensive nail buffer (the battery type are great), use this and you will have a shine like nobodies business.
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