Jewelry

[sparklestar]

Have a question for you.  I've come across a couple of older silver bracelets, one from Mexico, and I cleaned the tarnish off with cleaner and polishing cloth.  However, the one from Mexico still has some dark spots on the clasp which is a unique closure. It's a flat piece in which one end slides into the other.  Any ideas why I can't get these spots off?

[henderson]

The Mexican jewelry may not be sterling silver.  Is it marked .925?  I bought a piece from Mexico and it tarnished.  It was inexpensive and not real silver.  There are websites that will warn you about this.

[BlingQueen022]

Try HSN's Sparkle Sparkle. 

[Kachina624]

A jeweler or silversmith can put it on his polishing wheel and give it a super polish with polishing compounds.  They will remove about anything unless the silver pitted, which acids like salad dressing will do.

[SharkE]

maybe just that one individual spot is not silver, just some kind of metal.

Not 100% silver. Check the stamp too.

[itiswhatitis]

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@SharkE wrote:

maybe just that one individual spot is not silver, just some kind of metal.

Not 100% silver. Check the stamp too.

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It wouldn't have been 100% silver in any event.  Silver Bars are the purest you'll get at .999!  So, what are you talking about @SharkE?

[SharkE]

just saying maybe the clasp isn't made of silver why it's hard to clean, etc.

[itiswhatitis]

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@SharkE wrote:

just saying maybe the clasp isn't made of silver why it's hard to clean, etc.

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Then you should have said that @SharkE.

[SharkE]

Thought I had LOL

[itiswhatitis]

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@sparklestar wrote:

Have a question for you.  I've come across a couple of older silver bracelets, one from Mexico, and I cleaned the tarnish off with cleaner and polishing cloth.  However, the one from Mexico still has some dark spots on the clasp which is a unique closure. It's a flat piece in which one end slides into the other.  Any ideas why I can't get these spots off?

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Best thing for you to do is to take it to be polished.  Some Mexican jewelry (Southwestern Style) is oxidized.  That's not going to come off.