https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 04:39:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242616 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:08:08 +0000 Queen Mum 242616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I discovered the ketchup trick when I realized that tomato sauce would leave my copper bottom pans clean. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242614 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:04:06 +0000 NK 242614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've used ketchup before! I have a couple of cheap gold/brass? bracelets that darkened and I used ketchup to shine them right up. I don't think it works for everything, but if you were going to toss it anyway, it's worth a try. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242578 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:26:41 +0000 Kari 242578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ketchup?!? I've never heard of this method before. Fascinating! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242522 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:19:09 +0000 Scarlet 242522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, okay, that's cute actually and not creepy at all. Okay then.<br /> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242427 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:54:50 +0000 ticksgirl 242427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone, you've given me plenty of options to try! Fingers crossed....</p> <p>Scarlet, it's actually "tick's" as in The Tick cartoon (see photo). Hubby was a big fan when we met. Not the most glamorous user name, but it's the one I always use. I'm sure it always causes much confusion.</p> <p>Edited to add: So in other words, the blood-sucking kind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242268 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:59:20 +0000 Scarlet 242268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you got your answers but I just have to ask, is it "ticks" as in nervous ticks or as in the blood-sucking kind? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242227 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:36:56 +0000 taylor 242227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unless it is Sterling ...it is tarnished for life I'm afraid. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242209 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:01:20 +0000 Anonymous 242209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so trying that ketchup trick... you guys are the best:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242145 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:28:35 +0000 PalmFronds 242145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can also try Tarn-X, a silver and other jewelry cleaner in stores.It works great!<br /> The toothpaste trick is good too,but it can't be be toothpaste--it has to be the thick white kind.It gets me out of jewelry jam quite frequently! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242130 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:25:51 +0000 Maya 242130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You girls have an answer for everything! I'm going to give this a try. Thanks for asking, Ticksgirl. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242129 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:25:02 +0000 Queen Mum 242129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ketchup works... and so does tootpaste. give them a try. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242108 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:43:54 +0000 Velma 242108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you tried paste silver polish? If that doesn't work, bring out the big guns: try coating the piece with ketchup and leaving it for a few hours or overnight before washing it well with soap and water (sounds crazy, I know, but ketchup can turn a dirty penny as shiny as a new one . . .). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheap-tarnished-jewelry-can-it-be-rescued#post-242104 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:40:26 +0000 ticksgirl 242104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a necklace from F21 that, shockingly, is severely tarnished and can't be worn anymore. But I absolutely adore it and have never seen anything else even remotely similar to it. Is there anything that can be done to preserve it, short of having the design copied in real gold some day when I've won the lottery? </p>