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Silver turned white during cleaning?

Q. I was cleaning a new piece of antique silver wired cloisonne with ammonia [on eBay or Amazon] 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 Clark
hobbyist - Carpinteria, California
August 1, 2009

Precipitated Chalk /
Calcium Carbonate
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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 Parks
store owner - Bristol, Tennessee, USA
June 28, 2010

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