Here are some silver care tips:
• Store your jewelry in a cool, dry place.
Leaving jewelry out in the open even if in a jewelry box will be a sure way for your jewelry to tarnish.
• Remove when cleaning, swimming and taking a shower.
The chemicals used during these activities are hard on all jewelry components. Chlorine will blacken silver nicely as will sulphur and rubber will destroy your sterling!
• Remove when sleeping. Movement during sleep can also cause stress on chains, ear wires and clasps.
• 92.5% Sterling Silver has base metals in it - usually copper and a smidgen of zinc. So it WILL tarnish if left out and not properly cared for.
Oxygen and Light, and Oils from skin are the prime reason for tarnish.
Tarnish aka Patina or Patinizing when desired! can be easily cleaned.
• 99.9% Fine Silver is pure. Fine silver will still tarnish some, but not to the degree sterling does.
Fine Silver will yellow a bit in time, but can be cleaned easily.
• A great way to clean your jewelry is with this home made silver dip.
Get an aluminum pan, like the disposable pie pans.
Add really hot water, not boiling, but very hot.
Add 2 teaspoons of baking soda and 1 tsp. of salt.
Stir a bit.
Add jewelry and let soak for 10 min.
Rinse and dry thoroughly. Viola’ just like new.
This will remove tarnish, and also is safe for all jewelry components including Swarovski crystals and pearls.
Buy a Jewelers Cloth from any good jewelry store that has been impregnated with rouge for every day polishing of your silver :-)
Marnie
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