Can You Put Sterling Silver In Boiling Water

I will not ask you how your sterling silver whatever got into your chlorine pool because i am polite.

Can you put sterling silver in boiling water. Water generally does not damage sterling silver. The short answer to this question is yes you can if you know it s sterling silver. This releases sulfur which will oxidize your antique silver items when you put them in the bag. Put two eggs in some water and get the water boiling.

If it was good enough for centuries and centuries of people then hey it s good enough for me. Boiling rain and surface water along with a few silver dollars may be the way to go if there ever were to be a need. But water does cause silver to oxidize darken more quickly and what type of water and the chemicals in it has an impact on how much it will cause your silver change color. After about ten minutes take the eggs out and put them in a baggie.

Research on drinking water disinfection systems has shown that silver can be used successfully to control bacterial growth. Squish them up until they re in fairly small pieces. And from now on we ll be loading our water storage barrels with a coin or two. However i am familiar what chlorine can do to sterling as my step son tried to s.