Sunday, July 26, 2009

I was talking with a friend at church today... discussing how to clean our jewelry. I found this very cool recipe from Haley's Hints... thought I'd share:

Jewelry cleaner Haley’s Hints - Silver Cleaning

Run about 1 quart of hot water into your kitchen or bathroom sink (cool enough not to burn you). Dissolve 1 Tbsp. washing soda* (or laundry water softener) and 1 Tbsp. salt in the water. Place a sheet of aluminum foil on the bottom of the sink and place your tarnished silver o the foil. The silver that’s both touching the foil and covered by the water should become clean within 10 seconds. If badly tarnished, rub silver item with a cloth after removing it fro the water. Works on silver & gold jewelry too!

*Washing Soda = water softener, lime-scale remover
*Important: The silver cleaning refers to” washing soda” – do not use washing soda crystals. They can react with the aluminum foil causing noxious fumes. Use powdered lime-scale remover (sometimes called water softener) sold for use in washing machines.