Give your earrings an antiqued look

The most common chemical for making silver earrings have that antiqued look is Liver of Sulfur. This is a common and safe chemical for jewelers who desire to give their silver earrings a nice patina. You can take a little lump of Liver of Sulfur and put into a small container of hot water. It will dissolve making a dark yellowish brown liquid that smells like rotten eggs! The silver earrings should be cleaned thoroughly to remove any oils, etc., and then this smelly solution is placed on the silver earrings with a small brush or cotton swab. After a while, the silver earrings will darken. The silver earrings are then rinsed and a buffing machine or good polishing cloth is gently used to remove the dark effect from highlights, which leaves the recesses with a nice antiqued look.

Some jewelers will obtain the same effect using chlorine bleach. This will darken the silver earrings but less effectively. A word of caution, chlorine can quickly damage white gold jewelry andThe most common chemical for making silver earrings have that antiqued look is Liver of Sulfur. This is a common and safe chemical for jewelers who desire to give their silver earrings a nice patina. You can take a little lump of Liver of Sulfur and put into a small container of hot water. It will dissolve making a dark yellowish brown liquid that smells like rotten eggs! The silver earrings should be cleaned thoroughly to remove any oils, etc., and then this smelly solution is placed on the silver earrings with a small brush or cotton swab. After a while, the silver earrings will darken. The silver earrings are then rinsed and a buffing machine or good polishing cloth is gently used to remove the dark effect from highlights, which leaves the recesses with a nice antiqued look.