Helpful Tips for taking Care of your Sterling Silver jewelry
★★Tips for preventing tarnish of silver jewelry★★
Knowing what’s harmful to your sterling silver jewelry is the best way to combat tarnish. For your daily wearing, following are the tips:
- Remove during household chores: Household cleaners, chlorinated water, perspiration, and rubber will accelerate corrosion and tarnish. It’s a good idea to remove sterling silver completely before any household chores.
- Wear it often: Your skin’s oils will help keep silver jewelry shiny. One of the easiest ways to prevent tarnish is to simply wear your silver everyday
- Keep out of direct sunlight: Sunlight and heat together will cause silver to tarnish. So it is best to remove your silver jewelry before you head to the beach.
- Put your jewelry on last: The chemical inside of the Lotions, makeups, her spray and perfumes will cause corrosion and tarnish just like the household cleaners. Put on your silver jewelry last to prevent tarnish.
★★How to clean your sterling silver jewelry★★
Simple at home method for your silver jewelry cleaning:
- Soap and water: The easiest way to clean your silver jewelry is use soap and water. This is our most recommended method because of the gentleness of soap and water.
- Baking soda and water: Make a paste from baking soda and water, apply a small amount onto a cloth or tooth brush and scrub gently.
- White vinegar and baking soda: For heavy tarnished silver jewelry, soak your silver jewelry in 1/3 cup of white vinegar and 1 tbsp of baking soda for 3 hours. It should remove most of the tarnish.