How to safely clean tantalum jewelry I have some tantalum jewelry that I would like to clean. I've tried just soap and water to no success, so I wanted to try one of the standard at-home cleaning methods, like this one that uses foil, hot water, baking soda, and salt.

I know that tantalum is very non-reactive, so I would expect this to be safe to the metal, but I want to confirm before I accidentally do any damage. Unfortunately because tantalum is such a non-standard metal for jewelry, I haven't been able to get a straight answer from the internet or even the jeweler for whether this will be okay.

Is using the foil and baking soda method safe for cleaning tantalum jewelry? Are there any common cleaning methods that would be safe for most metal jewelry but not for tantalum?
Ultra Met uses tantalum for corrosion resistant coatings and has a list of corrosive substances that won't dissolve tantalum, comprising of hydrochloric, hydrobromic, and hydroiodic acids, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, acetic acid, hydrogen sulfide and even pirahna.  

So unless you plan on using aqua regia, hydorfluoric acid, hot chlorine or other hot halogen gas, (none of which are safe for most metal jewelry) your ring should survive—at least the tantalum part will.