By Kathy from Charleston
If it is silver plated it is ruined but if it is sterling silver you can get that stain off with Cream of Tartar and lemon juice. Cream of Tartar is a white powder you can find at the grocery store in the spice rack. Lemon concentrate works if you don't want to buy a lemon. Take a few drops of the juice and about an eighth of a tsp of Cream of Tartar, then just rub on the silver with this mixture and your fingers. It takes a little time but it always works with no scratching of the silver surface. Add lemon juice and cream of tartar as needed to keep a workable amount going. Good luck.
I think a jeweler is your best bet. cleaning with toothpaste and such is fine for dirt but you probably have affected the bracelet in some way with the chlorine from the swimming pool
Take it to a jeweler. They can tell you very quickly whether it is clean-able or beyond help. I did this once and was so delighted with the results that now I take all my jewelry in once a year. The result is a brand new look. Very inexpensive too.
If its real silver then try putting vinegar on it, it gets rid of rust, dust, and dirt!
Can you help me please. I dropped my silver bracelet in bleach and it has gone grey.
Thank you.
By Ian
The same thing just happened to me last week while I was cleaning and thought I damaged my rings from having my hands in bleach water. I did the same thing, I first scrubbed the heck out of the rings with a toothbrush and then remembered that I had a silver cleaning cloth and rubbed them until they were all cleaned up and shiny. :)
I have a silver bracelet with cubic zirconia's that has tarnished. I polished it with Wright's Silver Cleaner, but it still looks dark-ish. More like a stainless steel than a silver color. I have used this cleaner before successfully, so I think the problem is due more to the bracelet than to the cleaner.
Any suggestions?
No hallmarks indicating the type of silver in the bracelet.
Thanks,
Holly

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How do you clean a tarnished silver bracelet? I went swimming with it on and it was shiny, but when I was done it was a dark silvery/gray.
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Silver should have a silver mark indicating its metal content, using the numbers shown above, stamped in the metal. Silver plate has the imprint of the base metal. British silver plate is marked EPSN, which means electroplate silver nickel. Look for the imprint to tell which kind of metal is in your bracelet. (09/08/2006)
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