How To Clean Jewelry Files
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How to clean jewelry files. Lay the file against the closest edge of the piece bracing the piece on your bench pin and push down forward and across the edge. Use a 2 cut file for removing large amounts of metal and a 4 cut for fine trimming and shaping. Because these pieces only have silver plated over the surface of another metal vigorous cleaning or submerging items in a liquid solution along with regular wear and tear can cause flaking. Knowing how to clean silver plated items such as silver necklaces rings and other jewelry can be a little tricky. For flat surfaces use the flat file or the flat surface of the half round file.
Recommended tools supplies. Look how shiny my jewelry came out. Quick tip to show how i clean my jewelry files using a small steel cup brush. Sharping file is fast and easy.