Silver, perhaps, one of the most popular metals of which make jewelry, ware, hours, various objects for a decor, etc. Probably, each owner of a silver product noticed that on it the black raid is formed, and the favourite thing does not look as beautifully any more as earlier, losing the magnificence and gloss. Unfortunately, silver is a metal which can be oxidized, these and can explain the appeared dark raid. It can happen because of the wrong storage, operation, because of reaction to any reagent, human sweat, etc. To return to a favourite product a former look, its owner has to know how to purify silver from blackness and to add it initial gloss.
How to clean silver from blackness in house conditions?
There is a set of methods which will help to remove from silver a raid, it both special means, and national ways which are checked for a long time by fans and admirers of silver products. So, than it is possible to wash silver from blackness:
- Tooth-powder. It is recommended to clean a silver product tooth-powder by means of a soft rag. Carefully wipe it from all directions, but you remember that silver very soft metal therefore you should not press strongly since it is possible to leave on a product of a scratch or still a harm to bend it.
- Liquid ammonia. Part 10 ml of alcohol in a glass of water if your silver product not really dark, it is possible just to wipe it with the soft rag moistened in the prepared solution if silver strongly darkened, it is necessary to put it directly in a glass with liquid for 15 minutes then it is necessary to wipe carefully a soft rag. It is possible to wet a subject from this metal in pure liquid ammonia, but only if silver absolutely became black, at the same time it is necessary to keep a product in liquid ammonia no more than 10 minutes, then it is necessary to wash out in flowing water and to wipe dry.
- Toothpaste. Take a usual toothbrush and apply on it toothpaste, carefully clean a silver product from all directions, then wash it under a stream of flowing water.
- Citric acid. In 500 ml of water part 100 g of citric acid, put the container with this liquid on a water bath and lower there a copper wire as soon as solution begins to boil, ship in it silver products approximately for 15 minutes.
- Specifics. Will help to bleach silver from blackness and easier ways, such as use of special means on purification of silver, use of napkins with special impregnation, and it is possible just to carry a silver bagatelle in jewelry salon where quickly and qualitatively it will be put in order.
How not to allow silver blackening?
Not to think how to remove blackness from silver, it is better not to bring a product to such state, for this purpose behind it the correct leaving is necessary:
- Wrap products which long lie in the "secluded" town and which you seldom put on in a foil better, so you prevent silver oxidation.
- It is necessary to store silver objects in the dry place.
- If suddenly silver became wet, it is necessary to wipe it with flannel fabric at once.
- If you decided to do household chores, for example, to repair the crane, to clean fish or to paint a door, surely remove silver from hands.
- During sports activities or other physical activities, it is better to remove from himself all silver products, from sweat silver can quickly turn black.
- You do not store a product from this metal near rubber and any detergents.
- Periodically wipe your silver with a napkin with special impregnation.
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