Maintaining silver jewellery is a tedious task. We give you some easy tips to care for your silver jewellery.
Silver jewellery adds a different look to a person's look and can be matched with every occasion and event. It is a popular gift item in youngsters because it is light on their pocket and is still impressive. Unless you take good care of silver jewellery, you will soon start seeing the wear and tear effects on the jewellery item. So here are few tips to maintain the shine of the jewellery whenever you wear them.
Keeping the shine of the silver jewellery intact there are many a things one needs to do. Here are few tips by Jewelskart.com for the silver jewellery lovers who want to keep the shine of their jewellery intact.
Polishing: Silver is scratch-resistant but not scratch proof. Polish your silver jewellery regularly using non-abrasive cleaning cloth, to maintain the original condition of silver jewellery.
Use soft cloth: Soap & water will also help keep your silver looking good. But do not dry silver with paper towel or tissues, always use soft cloth only.
Cool storage: When you are not wearing your silver jewellery, store them in a cool, dry place. Zip-lock bags or the individual cloth pouches are ideal for this and will help prevent both tarnishing and scratching with other pieces.
Avoid exposure with chemicals: Never immerse your silver jewellery in chlorine, salt water, mineral spring, & suntan lotion. Be careful as some household cleaning lotions contain chlorine bleach; these will cause discoloration & might harm the gemstones in the jewellery.
Oxidation removal: To remove tarnish or oxidation film from silver you can use fresh, uncontaminated commercial silver dip liquid, polish paste or polish cloth, available in jewellery suppliers or hardware stores. Make sure there are no loose stones or parts.
Limit the gemstone's exposure to silver cleaners - cleaners may harm certain kinds of gemstones.
Nevertheless, with an array of tips now one can keep their age old jewellery intact as if the piece has been bought today.
Article Source : Feme Fashions
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Submitted by Saloni on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 14:54
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An inexpensive way of shinning your silver wares is with toothpaste. I use it for the little plates and glasses for my mandir. A very helpful post.
Anumita Chatterjee Roy (Moon)
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