How To Clean Jewelry Files
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How to clean jewelry files. Recommended tools supplies. Watch this video and learn how chemically sharpen your metal files give it a try it really dose sharpen the file. 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. File card https amzn to 2dc7g0q in this brief video professor john ahr of the online jewelry academy shows you how to clea.
For flat surfaces use the flat file or the flat surface of the half round file. Use a 2 cut file for removing large amounts of metal and a 4 cut for fine trimming and shaping. Sharping file is fast and easy. 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.