Fred H.
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I have been slowly building a .925 sterling cufflink collection over the last couple of years and have decided to go public with both the collection -- posted in the cufflink damage thread -- and a simple care guide for those of you who understand that, it ain't *patina* it's *tarnish.*
Here's a pair of Georg Jensen (Danish modern designer) cufflinks as purchased from eBay:
Too tarnished to wear (in respectable company).
Here's the same pair after cleaning using the non-invasive technique described below.
What do I do? Here's a SBS (step-by-step) Guide to remove tarnish (silver sulfide) from silver items:
For additional information on how this works (and a safer procedure), Click Here.
Here's another before/after example. This is a Georg Jensen tie tack (which I use as a lapel pin).
Before:
After:
Here's a pair of Georg Jensen (Danish modern designer) cufflinks as purchased from eBay:
Too tarnished to wear (in respectable company).
Here's the same pair after cleaning using the non-invasive technique described below.
What do I do? Here's a SBS (step-by-step) Guide to remove tarnish (silver sulfide) from silver items:
- Put a piece of aluminum foil in a pot.
- Add purified water. (Brita filtered will do.)
- Add a couple of heaping tablespoons of baking soda.
- Add a healthy pinch of salt.
- Bring the water to a boil, stirring the baking soda/salt up from the bottom.
- Add the silver pieces making sure that they remain in constant contact with the foil.
- After a few minutes, take the bot from the heat. Fish out the silver pieces.
- Let them cool. Rub gently with a paper towel.
- Finish the process with a silver polishing cloth.
For additional information on how this works (and a safer procedure), Click Here.
Here's another before/after example. This is a Georg Jensen tie tack (which I use as a lapel pin).
Before:
After:
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