Polishing oxidised jewellery

[Hayles Gerry]

HI,
Anyone out there with advice on how to polish oxidised jewellery to shine it and seal it?
Cheers
hayley

[Dennis]

HI,
Anyone out there with advice on how to polish oxidised jewellery to shine it and seal it?
Cheers
hayley

Unless It has porous stones, such as coral and turquoise, most tarnished jewllery can be revived by a thirty second dip in Goddard's Silver Dip from the supermarket. Once rinsed and dried it can be further polished up with a silver cloth.

Waxing with Renaissance Wax or a spray furniture polish will protect it to a degree, but for storage there is nothing better than anti-tarnish tabs in a closed box or bag. Find them on line.

There have been lots of debates about this which you can find by putting key words into our search box, top right. Dennis.

[mizgeorge]

Is this to polish jewellery that you've deliberately oxidised?

If so, I either use micromesh to rub back and get some nice highlights, and I happily tumble this type of piece for shine.

I don't generally seal silver jewellery, but if I wanted to, I'd use either protectaclear or GerMar.

[Dennis]

Ha, If I have misunderstood you Gerry, as George suggests and you want to finish blackened jewellery, then I would still wax it, because that gives depth to the colour and then I would polish it up with a soft cloth.

Should you want an antique effect then use an impregnated silver cloth first to bring up the highlights. Which answer were you after by the way? Dennis

[Hayles Gerry]

Hi,

Thanks for all your advice.

Do you tumble oxidised pieces? If so, do you need to change your water for the next tumble with non-oxidised pieces?

I am looking for a shiny, velvety texture.

Cheers

Hayley

[mizgeorge]

Hi Hayley,
I'm not quite sure how shiny and velvety go together as I would always consider the latter to be slightly matte, but yes, I happily tumble oxidised pieces.

I change my water every time I tumble. However, provided you have neutralised the oxidised piece before tumbling, it shouldn't have any effect on non-oxidised work.