Taking Care of Sterling Silver Jewelry
Sterling Silver Jewelry is a great way to look fashionable without breaking the bank. In fact, you can get pretty much any look you want for under $50 dollars. That includes celebrity look alike styles and designer look a likes for a fraction of the price.
On the same token, sterling silver jewelry has gotten a bad reputation for a few reasons. The biggest complaints include tarnishing, most jewelers don’t want to work on it, it changes color, etc. Below are solutions to these very common sterling silver jewelry complaints.
1. ”My sterling silver jewelry tarnishes”. Tarnishing is a dulling that happens when silver reacts with sulfur or hydrogen sulfide in the air. The question is, how do you avoid tarnishing? Surprising enough, wearing your silver is the best way to avoid tarnishing. This doesn’t allow for the sulfur/hydrogen in the air to “stick” to the metal. The other way to avoid tarnishing is to make sure that you clean your jewelry regularly with a cleaner that is specifically made to target tarnishing.
2. ”My sterling silver jewelry has turned black”. The black look on silver is basically the oxidation described above, but perhaps has not been taken care of. The best thing to do if the steps above do not work is to take your silver jewelry to a professional jeweler to look at and perhaps clean in their ultra sonic cleaning equipment. Oxidation can also occur from a chemical reaction with common things like lotion, perfume, soap, etc. It is very important to avoid having your jewelry come into contact with any of these items.
3. ”Nobody wants to size my sterling silver ring”. Most jewelers do shy away from working on silver jewelry, unless you have purchased it from them, although if they are a serious jeweler, they will. Most people don’t want to bother because it’s such an inexpensive metal, that the labor involved can sometimes be more expensive that the price of the piece. On the other hand, if you love the ring, then it will be worth it to be sized. Also, there are so many websites that sell gorgeous sterling silver jewelry available in so many sizes and at amazing prices, it might be just as easy for you to buy another ring in your finger size.
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