So, this is the ring after a few minutes in a bleach and water mix. It’s almost the same color as it was before being polished.

I should have taken a before photo but didn’t think of it — it was so shiny it looked like a fake from a gum ball machine.

Thanks for the help, everyone!

Photo on my daughter’s hand.

Probably a long shot, but does anyone know how to quickly tarnish 10k gold? (Quickly can months, just not years)

By: Emil Wojcik : January 17th, 2024-21:34

I’ve had my father’s ring for 22 years, without a stone. In fact I remember this ring from the mid ‘70 and the stone was missing even back then. I recently had a small, pale blue-gray star sapphire that I’ve had for years (I’ve collected cut gemstones for...

Chlorine works, diluted and be careful.

By: enjoythemusic : January 17th, 2024-22:34

Thanks! After your suggestion I found a video of someone using chlorine on a 10k chain and it looks like this is exactly what I was looking for. Will give it a try when I have the chance.

By: Emil Wojcik : January 20th, 2024-14:07

Iodine

By: cazalea : January 17th, 2024-23:27

Paint it on with a q-tip

Thanks! Googled using iodine after your suggestion and found a few descriptions of how it works. Seems it’s used mostly for give gold an antique look, which may be more extreme than I need.

By: Emil Wojcik : January 20th, 2024-14:12

I’m going to try chlorine first and if I’m not happy with that, I’ll give iodine a try. I don’t know why chlorine or iodine didn’t show up in my initial google searches but when specifically searching for them there’s lots of hits.

Agreed, which is why you’d expect 10k to tarnish easier than 14, 18, etc. But from what I can find, this method would take some time with even 9 or 10k.

By: Emil Wojcik : January 20th, 2024-16:10