Tips Cleaning Silver Jewelry

You should have these THINGS:

a - 1/4 cup baking soda
b - 1/4 cup salt
c - 1/4 cup liquid dish soap
d - 1/2 gallon water
e - Large pot
f - Aluminum foil
g - Big plastic stir spoon
h - Colander or strainer
i - Towel
j - Stove top

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Line the inside of large pot with aluminum foil.
  
• Pour all ingredients into the lined pot and stir with plastic spoon.
  
• Gather the sterling silver jewelry that needs cleaning and gently drop them into the pot. Be sure to count the silver to ensure nothing gets thrown out later with the aluminum foil.
  
• Bring the solution to a low boil. Let boil for about 4-5 minutes.
  
• Remove from heat. After the solution cools a bit, use a colander or strainer and pour out contents of pot. Rinse with cool water.
  
• Count your pieces as you lay them on a towel to dry.

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How to tell real 925 sterling silver from fakes

Firstly, I want to say that all my sterling silver items are real 925 sterling silverthat is, composition of 92.5% pure silver and the remaining 7.5% alloy; Usually the alloy will be copper. You can feel confident to buy them. Our company has a strong customer base through out the globe and is well known for quality products.

Maybe you have been troubled by some supposed “silvers” items actually contain no silver at all. Such as the German silver and nickel silver, they are just the names for alloys that look like silver but have no silver content. Our sterling silver is guaranteed. If you purchase any imitated items from 8season, please feel free to contact us. We will compensate you with times of item values.

Here are several tips for testing the sterling silver.

1.The simple and the first line test is a piece of magnet. Put a sterling silver item close to the magnet, if the magnet is attracted, it is not silver.

2.To test silver content, you can place a drop of silver reagent on a notch in the metal. Pure silver will turn bright red, while sterling will turn much darker red. Silver 800 will turn brown, 500 silver will turn green.

3.Add a drop of nitric acid also can test the sterling silver easily. Silver-plated; nickel silver or low quality silver alloys will turn green because of the high copper content, while the sterling will turn a creamy color.

But be aware of the risk of handling the above chemicals, it is toxic and dangerous.

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Tips and Warning While Working With Silver

1. Always wear protective glasses and old clothes or an apron.

2. Avoid wearing gloves, as they can decrease your finger sensitivity. Instead, be cautious when handling torches or pickling compound and keep first aid supplies on hand.

3. Always take care when working with torches. Never touch heated objects with your bare hands.

4. Always make sure you understand how the tools work before attempting to use them.

5. Never touch the pickling compound with your bare hands. Always use tongs.

6. Keep torches, pickling agent and small pieces of jewelry away from pets and children.

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Make Some Basic Silver Jewelry

• Cut your silver sheet to the size necessary for your project.
  
• Shape your silver using your round nose pliers and a jig or small ball-peen hammer, if necessary.
  
• Shape any additional pieces you wish to attach and set them aside.
  
• Heat solder and apply to any pieces or jewels you want to attach one by one to your jewelry piece.

• Using tongs, place piece in warm pickling compound to remove waste materials.

• Rinse your jewelry in water.

• Repeat as necessary until project is completed.

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