I recently purchased a beautiful sterling silver necklace as a gift for my friend. It was slightly tarnished, but could be easily cleaned with the Tarn-X I knew I had at home.
The night before she was arriving in town, I looked for the silver polish – only to find we were out! I had to wrap the present that night, since my friend was expected early the next day.
After a bit of research, I decided to try the baking soda and water method for removing tarnish from silver. I simply placed a tablespoon of baking soda in a cup of water and stirred. Then I dipped a cloth in the water and gently rubbed the necklace.
When I saw the tarnish was vanishing, I dipped the entire silver necklace into the cup, and then wiped it dry. As a precaution I then rinsed the necklace with clean water and dried once more – to be sure the baking soda would not damage the necklace.
The results? A shiny sterling silver necklace! Baking soda and water indeed will quickly remove tarnish from sterling silver, and even better, this method is chemical free.
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08 March 2009, 1:40 pm
I was bored and started searching for how to clean jewelry – gonna bookmark – I just cleaned my jewelry with this baking soda method and it is sparkling!
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24 March 2009, 11:13 pm
Just popping by to visit from UBP!
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26 March 2009, 1:47 pm
what a great tip! i am popping by from UBP
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26 March 2009, 5:48 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I enjoyed my visit here.
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26 March 2009, 6:31 pm
thanks for visiting my blog, and also thanks for this very helpful tip,I really need to clean my silver necklace!:)
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27 March 2009, 4:25 am
Nice tip. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I’m going to look around at some more of your stuff.
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27 March 2009, 6:28 pm
Popping in finishing up my visits from UBP09! thanks so much for stopping by!
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28 March 2009, 12:12 am
what a great idea! I’m going to try it on my ring :O)
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01 April 2009, 1:03 am
That’s a great tip. Thanks.
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04 April 2009, 2:57 am
Ah! A blogger after my own heart. I use this trick all the time because silver polish makes me ill.
Thank you for visiting my blog during the UBP. I was sick and pregnant (OK, I’m still pregnant!) and am just now getting back to responding to people who stopped by!
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