Cleaning pure silver mods
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Aluminum Car wheel polish, hmm.. I’d say sub optimal. Guessing what’s in it it’s probably a cleaner, an abrasive, and a wax. Aluminum and magnesium are both a good bit softer than silver, and car wheels don’t get polished till they have big gouges in them. Also their system of oxidation is different from silver. The abrasive may either do nothing or take off a lot of metal because the granules are big. plus you don’t need the wax gumming stuff up.
The real question is is the mod actual Silver or only silver in color?
The Mother's polish is what I use on aluminum and or silver colored mods.
an actual Silver or Silver coated mod would require a different type of polish/cleaner.
The Mother's polish is what I use on aluminum and or silver colored mods.
an actual Silver or Silver coated mod would require a different type of polish/cleaner.
Wrights Silver Cream, water soluble non toxic and does a wonderful job on my Pilak's. It's primary purpose is to clean silverware, serving etc.
I use Wrights Copper Cream for my Copper gear and Wrights Brass Cream for my Brass gear. They all do an excellent job.
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I use Wrights Copper Cream for my Copper gear and Wrights Brass Cream for my Brass gear. They all do an excellent job.
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it’s pure silver
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They may be very expensive but DAMN! Pilak make exquisite Mod's and are the best Mod's I have the pleasure of owning.
I loving mine just nothen like it this one is a 20700 ver
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If it was/is "pure silver" (meaning it's 99.9%) it would not tarnish. Sterling Silver (92.5% silver alloyed with 7.5% copper to make it harder and more durable) tarnishes, and is typically polished with jeweler's rouge on a buffing wheel. You can buy cloths impregnated with rouge to make maintenance polishing easy (hand polishing). They are typically red and yellow (two-sides & impregnated with two different grades of compound), offering the user a progressive polishing option with one cloth. Search term: Jeweler's Clothit’s pure silver
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If it's silver-plated ... be careful so-as not to polish through the plating exposing the base metal.
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Pilak's are over 95% pure silver, mine don't tarnish. To bring out a mirror shine yes you need to use buffing wheel with Jewelers rouge. Here's one of my Pilak's that I've never put it on my polishing wheel, I've only used Wrights Silver Cream. Which will clean off the grim build up, Pilak's are very low maintenance.
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