[Jewelry making - Article 01060] - Re: [Orchid] Tarnish remover use aluminium foil

[Kimberly Starbard]

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Hi Mr Hart:

>     Retail store experience...... we use the aluminum foil, Calgon,
>     salt, solution for cleaning sterling silver with every type of
>     stone you can think of with absolutely not one piece suffering any
>     detectable damage. Hundreds of customers have been given the
>     recipe and no reports of damage over the years. If an object can be
>     put in water with no damage, this solution would not damage
>     anything I can think of. 

    I have been making an earring from weaving together tiny (very tiny)
    sterling silver beads on nylon or silk beading thread. The earrings
    are very nice (if I can be so bold) but, I have had no way to clean
    them if they get tarnished. 

    Would your method possibly work in my situation? If you were
    cleaning a clasp on a strand of pearls in this way, would it damage
    the silk the pearls are knotted on or do you just avoid getting the
    silk wet?( I know you said in the above post that it doesn't damage
    anything that you can think of, but I just wanted to double check. I
    can be annoying in that way). If it is not a trade secret, would you
    be willing to share the ratio of the ingredients in the solution? 

    Thank you and I always look forward to reading your posts. I have
    learned a lot from them. 

Best Regards,
Kim Starbard
Cove Beads

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