[Jewelry making - Article 01003] - Re: [Orchid] Tarnish remover use aluminium foil

[Karen Goeller]

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Ivy,

>     When you use the baking soda / washing soda and Aluminum foil
>     tarnish removing method, are there any limitations on the jewelry
>     that can be cleaned this way? For example, will pearls be damaged
>     by the chemical action? I suppose most gemstones would be OK?
>     Feathers, not. 

    The chemists and more experienced among us will no doubt have more
    info on things like pearls... but I don't recommend using it for
    anything that's really "soft" (like amber, opals, woods), permeable
    (sculpey, bone, fabrics) or heat-sensitive (heat-treated stones,
    topaz). 

    I may be over-cautious in that, but wouldn't want a customer telling
    me that my advice had ruined a favorite piece! 

Karen

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