Ring Remover

November 26th, 2008 admin Leave a comment Go to comments

ring remover
cleaning ring?

earlier when I was metal detecting I found a sterling Silver Ring Band, it is tarnished and I can't afford to go out and buy tarnish remover stuff, is there anything around the house that I could try using?

For this experiment you will need:

a tarnished piece of silver
a pan or dish large enough to completely immerse the silver in
aluminum foil to cover the bottom of the pan
enough water to fill the pan
a vessel in which to heat the water
hot pads or kitchen mitts with which to handle the heated water vessel
baking soda, about 1 cup per gallon of water
Line the bottom of the pan with aluminum foil. Set the silver object on top of the aluminum foil. Make sure the silver touches the aluminum.

Heat the water to boiling. Remove it from the heat and place it in a sink. To the hot water, add about one cup of baking soda for each gallon of water. (If you need only half a gallon of water, use half a cup of baking soda.) The mixture will froth a bit and may spill over; this is why you put it in the sink.

Pour the hot baking soda and water mixture into the pan, and completely cover the silver.

Almost immediately, the tarnish will begin to disappear. If the silver is only lightly tarnished, all of the tarnish will disappear within several minutes. If the silver is badly tarnished, you may need to reheat the baking soda and water mixture, and give the silver several treatments to remove all of the tarnish.