24/04/2026
For so long I thought that the only way I could have jewelry I don't react to and could clean without damage was to use either silver or gold but that's just simply not true! This is me cleaning darkened + dull stainless steel with simply baking soda, water and aluminium foil.
Here's the step by step:
Firstly get a pot and fill it a quarter of the way with water and put it on to boil. Once the pot is at a rolling boil layer some aluminium foil on top and secure by wrapping around the lip of the pot.
Now that you have this foil contraption place your jewelry in the foil and COVER with baking soda. When I say cover I mean I don't want you to be able to see any jewelry cover.
Once the baking soda is covering the jewelry get a skewer and poke some holes in the foil, this will let the water flood the baking soda and it will start bubbling and fizzing. Depending on how dirty you might even see the grime in the bubbles like mine 🫢
Leave the jewelry to sit in the baking soda for about 30 seconds (you can go longer but you shouldn't need it if you covered the jewelry correctly) and viola! The jewelry is perfectly clean without the elbow grease.
Shake out any excess water and leave the jewelry out on a microfiber cloth to soak up all the water and air dry. This step is VERY important. Don't put your jewelry away until all of the water is gone or else it will start to darken again. Use this technique to get all the grime out of those impossible to reach chainmail connections and your piece will be shiny for a lifetime 🖤
CAUTION! don't use this technique on any pieces that have other materials like pearls or shells as it will ruin the finish! Stainless steel or silver ONLY
Would you try this jewelry hack?
