How To Get Rid Of Patina In Hard to Reach Spots

Friday, June 7, 2013

How to Get Rid of Patina in Hard to Reach Spots

Lynn has this lovely silver ring of her grandmother's that she wanted to wear, but she hated the patina that was inside of the swirls. So we decided to take a shot at removing it.

The Ring

We want to remove the patina inside a silver ring.

The first thing we needed was a q-tip.

Using a q-tip to remove patina in hard to reach spots

I cut off both ends and put it in a flex shaft.

Using a q-tip to remove oxidation in hard to reach areas

Then, I tapered the end on a file, so it could really get in the hard to reach areas.

Using a q-tip to remove patina in hard to reach areas

I charged up the tapered tip with compound.

Using compound and a q-tip to remove patina

Then used it as a tiny polishing tool.

And viola!

It definitely could use a little more work inside with the q-tip and maybe some higher shine compound (We used tripoli.) but the ring is certainly on its way to being patina free everywhere!

-Johanna