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Silver turned white during cleaning?
Q. I was cleaning a new piece of antique silver wired cloisonne with ammonia ⇦this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] when portions of the fine silver wire began turning white.I have never had this happen after decades and hundreds of pieces.
Q. Do you now how I can get the silver wire to look silver again?
Al Clarkhobbyist - Carpinteria, California
August 1, 2009
A. Try precipitated chalk and water mixture.Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija- Cerovski vrh Croatia
Q. I have some jewelry that was displayed in the showcase and after two weeks it started turning white.. what causes this and what do I do to prevent this or correct the situation with the jewelry... the jewelry is stamped 925 and really have no idea on what might have caused this to happen.. PLEASE HELP>>>
Donna Parksstore owner - Bristol, Tennessee, USA
June 28, 2010
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