Sonnys Navajo ring find renewed my interest in restoring the green turquoise stone

[lorraine]

Sonny's Navajo ring find renewed my interest in restoring the green turquoise stone

in the one I found last week; I wanted to get rid of the scratches on the stone, so

I purchased some 2000 GRIT sandpaper ( never tried this before) , and gently sanded the stone, following with a buffing using Black jewelers rouge.

I was pleased with the results; most of the scratches are gone, but it could probably use a bit more work.

Purchased the sandpaper at an Auto Merchandise store; not available at Home Depot.

At the risk of "overkill" with pics of this ring, I'd like to show you the "before " and "after " of the stone for those who may be interested.


I initially thought of selling this ring, but now I think I will definitely keep it.

Here's the pics

Thank you for looking

Lorraine

 

[Captain PopTop]

The ring looks great !

 

[lorraine]

Thank you , Hamid, Diggin'Dave,and Captain Pop Top.

Lorraine

 

[SusanMN]

Love it. Turquoise is one of my favorite stones.

 

[lorraine]

Thank you, Susan

Lorraine

 

[hamiddetecting]

Thank you , Hamid, Diggin'Dave,and Captain Pop Top.

Lorraine

You're welcome and thank you so very much for your great post

 

[Rogerv]

tooth paste also works good you can use it to remove scratches from watch faces but your ring looks great

 

[lorraine]

tooth paste also works good you can use it to remove scratches from watch faces but your ring looks great

thank you for the suggestion, Rogerv...much appreciated

Lorraine

 

[SonnyFl]

Gal! When you make up your mind to get something done, you go all out. There's no stopping you. That's nice work.

 

[lorraine]

Gal! When you make up your mind to get something done, you go all out. There's no stopping you. That's nice work.

You inspired me , Sonny with that really nice Navajo Eagle ring that you found!

Lorraine

 

[CSMPEREZ]

You're a master LO!!!

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

i hate to sound supersticous but i would try to find a reservation and see if maybe theres a owner i would not want to anger spirits

 

[Idigack]

wow...looks great ...could you please list in details on how to clean saltwater black covered silver so I can clean up some of the silver rings I found...besides electrolysis...thanks good luck in the future HH Dave

 

[lorraine]

Thanks ,idigack

It's a simple process...not many steps:

For thickly tarnished items, I begin with electrolysis for as many minutes as it takes for the thick tarnish to slough off; then follow with a rinse, then a soak in Tarn-X for a few minutes and follow the soak with another rinse and then gentle scrubbing with Baking Soda.

Sometimes I make a paste of Tarn-X/baking soda and gently scrub with the paste.

Repeat the Tarn-X soak /baking soda scrub for a many times as it takes to get the tarnish completely removed.

There are other methods used by other members that are just as effective; perhaps they could post their methods for all of us to learn.

Lorraine