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Super Cleaner

Great for Cleaning Jewelry

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Here's a cleaning solution you can make at home. It's great for cleaning silver and can also be used for cleaning your jewelry projects in between buffing compounds so your polishing wheels don’t get contaminated or caked up. The ingredients for this include some chemicals, so be safe and keep kids and pets away while you're mixing this up and working with it.

Ingredients and Directions:

In an eight ounce container (pickle jars work well), combine one inch of cleaning detergent (Top Job or Mr. Clean), one inch of dish washing liquid, and one inch of ammonia. Fill the rest of the container with water. Shake well. Use your microwave to heat up solution slightly or put in an old pot (you don’t use for food) and simmer on stove top. Place jewelry (silver or gold) into solution and let sit for about ten minutes. Remove from solution and rinse with water. That’s it.

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