[Jewelry making - Article 00009] - Re: [Orchid] Badly tarnished silver jewellery

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     If anyone could help me to understand what is going wrong and also
>     how could clean the chain/headpins/clasps without taking the whole
>     thing appart again and without damaging the pearls and stones I
>     would be so grateful. 

    I cannot really help you on the going black in the first place
    (maybe switch to Argentium? Polish everything with TarniShield
    before assembly?) but you may be able to clean the pieces
    effectively with an ionic cleaner-- it removes tarnish without
    disassembly or damage to stones, etc. 

    I use my titanium anodizer with the terminals reversed for ionic
    cleaning. I have read also that you can consrtuct an ionic cleaner
    from an old "wall wart"-- one of those chargers/adaptors for cell
    phones, etc, though I have not done that. Or, you could just buy
    one... the usual seems to be Speed Brite. 

Noel
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