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How do you clean silver jewelry?

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Answer:

Put one ounce of household ammonia and one tablespoon of dish detergent in three ounces of water, and slosh the jewelery around in it for a bit. Don't let it sit too long. Replenish the entire mixture when it loses its strength. DO NOT USE WITH PEARLS OR OPALS.

An alternative is to buy a jewelery cleaning solution at a drugstore for about three bucks. They come with a neat little basket, a lid and everything. Then when it needs replacing, keep the container and basket and use the homemade solution in it.

First answer by Zenballwizard. Last edit by Zenballwizard. Contributor trust: 639 [recommend contributor ]. Question popularity: 2 [recommend question].

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