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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;User 67, post: 3340, member: 67&quot;]<font face="Verdana">All silver polishing is abrasive in some way. That&#039;s the whole point, you abrade the oxidization to remove it. There is an electrochemical process, where they use an electric charge in ammonia, that actually may even reverse a bit of oxidization while removing the rest. When using ammonia and q-tips, the ammonia will chemically lift the oxidization (more so than just plain water) but it is the cotton that is actually doing the aberration. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Verdana">My first attempt would not be a polishing cloth. I&#039;d try Purell and a cotton ball, checking the color of the piece not the cotton ball. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.hermansilver.com/care.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hermansilver.com/care.htm" rel="nofollow">Herman Silver</a> has a great tutorial and advise. </font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">In the 19th century the gold would be inlay, this is likely a gold (or electrum) wash, and as gold is soft it would be easy to polish it off the surface.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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