aj47 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 So last weekend I got married and me and my wife bought beautiful matching Stirling silver wedding rings. (Expensive too) In my vanity, I thought mine was a tad too shiny so looked up and found a method to darken the silver by placing it in a bag with a recently crushed and boiled egg. The article suggested 5 hours, I checked mine after 20 minutes and it was completely copper coloured! I presume this is oxidisation with sulphur compounds. How can I reverse this? I’m currently boiling in baking powder to no avail. Please help, my wife is going to kill me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) This is a non-abrasive way to do it but you might consider taking it to a jeweller's considering it's an important piece to you. http://blog.teachersource.com/2014/01/18/chemistry-of-tarnished-silver/ Edited October 2, 2020 by StringJunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenbeier Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 (edited) If silver ( spoon, fork,knife) get dark by egg, then mainly silver sulfide Ag2S is formed. A house wife trick is to put this together with baking soda in an aluminiumfoil and then in hot water or better in a dishwasher. The aluminium reduce the silver and everything gets shiny. It should also work with the ring. You said you saw copper, after your treatment, then probably I have bad news for you., because you purchased a copper ring plated with silver. This silver is gone. Maybe as suggested ask the jeweler or find a plating shop who can renew the silver. Edited October 3, 2020 by chenbeier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koti Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 15 hours ago, aj47 said: So last weekend I got married and me and my wife bought beautiful matching Stirling silver wedding rings. (Expensive too) In my vanity, I thought mine was a tad too shiny so looked up and found a method to darken the silver by placing it in a bag with a recently crushed and boiled egg. The article suggested 5 hours, I checked mine after 20 minutes and it was completely copper coloured! I presume this is oxidisation with sulphur compounds. How can I reverse this? I’m currently boiling in baking powder to no avail. Please help, my wife is going to kill me! Take it to a jeweler, a long bath in a good ultrasonic cleaner should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bufofrog Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 It just has silver tarnish on it, let a jeweler fix it. Easy and cheap. I actually think it looks kind cool like it is, got a pirate vibe to it.😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 The baking soda/ aluminium foil/boiling water trick works very well. Cheaper and (importantly) quicker than taking it to a jeweler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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