How to care for sterling silver?

Silver: caring for silver jewelry

Silver is a beautiful and useful metal, moreover, not so fastidious in the care, but he needs care and proper handling.


Silver blackens under the influence of moisture, sulfur in the air, in violation of metabolic processes in the host organism, which is the product. With proper care silver over the years, it will not lose its appeal, and slight darkening in the relief elements of the product will only give it sophistication.




For the same, so that the product kept the original appeal and didn't lose its color and Shine you need to properly care for him and cleaned from time to time.

Caring for silver jewelry




Store your jewelry from silver to a box with velvet upholstery. The second storage option in parchment paper. Does not tolerate silver storage at high temperature and direct sunlight.




Remove jewelry from silver, while doing homework, so that chemicals do not damage the product. Also it is not recommended to expose the silver high temperatures and humidity, so it's best to shoot jewelry with hygienic procedures, pool, saunas, etc.




If for some reason You prefer not to rent favorite jewelry, do it household chores and so on, then take care of thorough cleansing products every time after that (wash your hands with soap and water) and wipe the product dry.




Remember that silver is a very soft metal and is easily subject to deformation, so it is better to remove jewelry when doing physical work, sports activities, so as not to damage it. Sweat also detrimental to silver.




Detrimental to the products of mercury, mercury-containing substances and sulfur, so avoid contact with products cosmetics (whitening), medicinal ointments and other things. It is also bad on the silver contact with rubber.

Cleaning silver




In order to remove silver dark spots, patina, patina, to restore its original color and Shine, you can use one of the following methods.




- Heated to 60 degree water, add liquid soap and a few drops of ammonia. For a while, place the product in the solution, then rinse with warm water and scrub with a soft flannel cloth.




- Wash the item in warm soapy water, then RUB with a soft cloth dipped in a mixture of a few drops of ammonia and tooth powder. Then rinse in clean water and wipe dry.




- Wash the items of silver in water with the addition of baking soda (50 gr. soda in 1 liter of water). Then rinse in clean water and wipe with a soft cloth. Baking soda can be replaced with tooth powder or finely crushed chalk.




- If You do not trust traditional folk remedies for cleaning silver, you can buy in the store specialized.




Silver is not only beautiful, but also useful metal, with long time use it for water purification. Additionally, the silver reacts to changes in human health, if the media jewelry from silver falls ill, it can darken and thus jewelry silver will be a great decoration, but also a kind reflection of your state.

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