Tarnashing question

What can cause it ? I bought two 1g bars the same time one is perfect the other has gone really bad it looks plated any ideas will be appreciated. I was looking to sell it with a few other bars.

 

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Are you talking about gold? Pure gold shouldn't tarnish.

 

Silver will always tarnish. I'll leave it to the chemists to explain the process. If you are a silver collector the only options are to either (1) learn how to clean silver [not generally recommended] or (2) embrace the horror.

 

I think it's more accepted to clean a silver bar than it is a coin. At least that's what I've read in these parts.....

 

Sorry yes its silver and if they have got a tendancy to tarnish then thats not too bad. It has been handled the most and if i can ill clean it to sell it.

 

You may want to sell it as is. Many people prefer toned to cleaned, and if they want to clean it they can do it themselves. If you have no experience with cleaning, you can make a mess out of it.

 

^ Good post.

 

I always clean my bars I like them shiny!! Boil a pan of water with baking soda and a peice of aluminum foil on the bottom set your bars on it and watch with amazment how quickly it becomes shiny again. Most bars don't hold any collector value so why not clean them! you can also youtube the process that's where I learned it from.

 

Thanks for the help and I think I might clean them by boiling so I can sell it easier.

 

Those are 1-gram SILVER bars? They must be tiny.

 

Very small, nothing compared to a grain though and I got them at a good price last year and want to sell them to re invest in larger bars.

 

Uh, you do realize that a gram of silver is only worth like, a buck?

 

Yeah but if he sells them on ebay they're worth like 5 bucks, thanks to the bidiots!

 

I was thinking the same thing. You would need silver to double in value to make up for the cost of the baking soda:yes:

 

I can get them to sell for about £3 - £4 on ebay and I can get baking soda free.

 

I do not have any experience in cleaning silver bars, however, I have had some cleaned (dipped) before because of too much toning on them. I do not like a lot of toning on my silver art bars because it makes them too dark and I like my silver art bars shiny. If there is a silver art bar that has too much toning, then I just take that bar to my main bullion dealer and they will clean (dip) it for me since they tend to do it the right way. After they clean it, it looks much better and I am satisfied with it.

 

One gram of silver is a tiny amount-- even less silver than what is contained in a pre-1920 threepence!