Jogja Silver Craft

Silver is a beautiful, versatile metal, and its soft luster adds a touch of elegance to jewelry. However, with any exposure to humidity, silver will tarnish. This tarnish will quickly build, leaving you with a dark black coating in place of your shiny silver. Fortunately, there are several methods to quickly restore your silver to its original beauty.

>> Salt and Foil Method

You Will Need: Aluminium foil, water, salt, soft cloth, small bowl.

The Cleaning Process: Fill the bowl about half full with hot water. Then, add 2 tablespoon of salt to the bowl and mix to dissolve. Then, add a few strips of aluminum foil to cover the bottom of the bowl with a sheet of aluminum foil. Then now simply drop your silver jewelry in the water, you can swish it around in the bowl. The aluminum with the salt acts as a magnet, pulling the tarnish off of the silver, allow the jewelry to set in the saltwater/aluminum foil mixture for a few minutes. And then, remove and rinse under running water. And repeat as needed until the tarnish is removed and dry with a soft towel.

>> Toothpaste Method

You Will Need: Toothpaste (select a plain white toothpaste/not a gel without the special whitening options), soft cloth, sponge water, soft bristled toothbrush.

The Cleaning Process: Take a soft, dampened cloth or a damp sponge and put some toothpaste on it. Gently rub over the silver in straight, back-and-forth motions. Alternatively, you can wet the silver piece and gently apply toothpaste directly to the surface which you can than wet again and proceed to polish. In any case, be very gentle, and if you notice scratching at any point, stop and rinse the toothpaste off. Then, as the cloth or sponge becomes dark with tarnish, add more toothpaste to a clean part of the dampened cloth/sponge and continue gently polishing. And then, rinse thoroughly with warm (not hot) water and dry with a soft towel.