ADVICE FOR YOUR JEWELRY
HOW TO CLEAN SILVER?
THERE ARE SEVERAL METHODS TO CLEAN 925 STERLING SILVER.
LET'S SEE THEM TOGETHER:
To void blackening the silver you must first of all learn to keep it well.
Light, heat and humidity are enemies of silver and contribute to its blackening.
NO LIGHT; Store your jewelry in a closed box, lined with a soft cloth to prevent the metal from marring. You can, easily, use our packaging or our jewelry boxes that you find on the site.
HEAT AND SUMMER SWEATING; High temperatures can favor the darkening of the silver.
Another reason can be direct exposure to certain agents such as perfume and even the sun.
Some small tricks to avoid damaging silver jewels are definitely the ones to wear them last after coming into contact with make-up and other chemical agents.
PACKAGING HAYAMI; As mentioned, humidity blackens the silver.
Store your jewels inside our packaging, which you will find inside the box, as it consist of a trasparent membrane that keeps the surrounding air dry, plus you can use it as design elements to display your jewels or even better inside the very nice jewel box for sale on our site, where you can store anything you want. Among other things, it is very convenient for traveling and not going up all your jewels.
THE REMEDIES
The possible solutions for polishing silver are innumerable. There are many products on the market for this purpose such as Argentil, Sidol for example;
Useful above all when the objects are very oxidized but it is also possible to rely on the so-called grandmother's methods.
ALUMINUM AND COARSE SALT
Cover a glass container with aluminum foil, place a handful of coarse salt inside, then insert your jewels and pour boiling water so as to completely envelop the silver jewels. Wait an hour, remove the jewels and dry them.
LEMON AND BAKING SODA
Squeeze the lemon and pour the juice directly onto the jeweled glass to be cleaned, adda couple of tablespoons of baking soda and rub everything with a cotton cloth. The cloth will get black or dark green, which means that the oxidation is disappearing. Once the dirt has been removed, rinse everything and dry with a clean cloth.