Nobody wants to have to wear tarnished jewelry to an evening out to a party. Especially not a necklace which would get the most attention on a woman, and should be clean of any blemishes that can be seen even from a feet or two away. Your Sterling Silver jewelry needs constant care and there is no getting away from this fact. Further, you do not want to have to do it every week, because let’s face it - no one loves their jewelry that much! Here follow a few things you are better served by for taking care of your silver necklace.
Caring for the Jewelry
It does not take much to tarnish sterling silver - just air can do it. So keep your sterling sealed after you are done using it. Packing it in air-tight container is the right thing to do. Apart from air, packing it will protect it from moisture too, an even deadlier agent of ageing for your silver. Water not only affects the surface, but it will also be laced with chemicals, acidity, and other harmful agents that are part of living in a industrial society. If your jewelry gets wet, do NOT allow it to dry on its own, because the chemicals and agents will harm the surface of the sterling. Use a towel to wipe off the water from its surface, which will also remove the harmful agents.
Cleaning the Jewelry
Always clean your jewelry with a soft cotton or flannel cloth. Silver can scratch very easily, just because it is one of the softest metals in use. Never use anything other than these - paper, fabrics, synthetics, or plastic brushes are to be avoided completely.
To clean your silver, just wash it in warm water mixed with a mild dishwashing or a hand washing liquid or soap. No more than that, and this should be enough. Rub this homemade soap mix all over the surface of the necklace, as much as you can reach. Do it often, and you will never have to worry about blemishes coming on it, nor about having to wear a large collar dress.
Pearls and Stones
Do not immerse it in water, if your necklace includes pearls and other gemstones. Instead use a moistened cloth, the soft cotton mentioned above, wet it in the soap mix made above, and run it over the jewelry. The difference is that jewelry with gems is not to be immersed in water. After cleaning it like this, dry it with a cloth too.
After having cleaned it, you should let the jewelry dry completely, otherwise moisture will prove damaging to if it is stored with moisture in it. Let it keep overnight if required. After letting it dry, polish it with a jewelry polishing cloth. Never polish in a line, so that you do not get any pattern on the surface.
Store it in a dry and possibly air-tight place to avoid dust etc..
Dont's
Here is what you should NOT use on your jewelry: toothpaste, baking soda (despite what you may read online), cleaning agents like Lysol which are just too powerful for silver, which is a very powerful agent anyway and should be used with caution.
Keep it safe, keep it clean.
Why Creating Your Own Jewelry Using Sterling Silver Findings is becoming the New Trend
Jewelry is designed by jewelry houses, and much of it is manufactured in industrial processes under strict quality control, and then is made available at your nearest store, beautifully displayed. Some of the higher end and not-so-higher end jewelry is made to order, and the client gets a personalized piece. Professionals make and deliver jewelry, and do it well too, as seen by the business they seem to be doing. Designing jewelry needs expertise, and businesses can pay experts to that for them - experts who are artists.
The advantages of manufactured jewelry are manifold - professional design, industrial, which translates to precise, quality of manufacture, and the wide variety of choice available. Add to it the experience of shopping for Jewelry, which can be a reward in itself.
Amateur Jewelry Design
From the earliest times, women have always been involved in making their own jewelry. But nowadays, making your own jewelry is more widespread than before, so much so that it can be called a new wave of trend. This is especially true for Sterling Silver findings - these findings are readily available from stores, whether online or real ones - and women have discovered that there are a lot of interesting things they can do with them.
Silver Findings
Sterling Silver is a beautiful metal. When combined with precious and semi precious gemstones, it is used to make some of the most elegant and beautiful jewelry. Silver findings are little pieces of jewelry that can are manufactured or made for the purpose of using them to make jewelry, at home or in a industrial setting. These findings can be pendants, beads, fine wire and wire pieces, solder pastes and such little pieces that are not jewelry by themselves, but can be combined and used to make jewelry that can be worn.
Advantages
Here are some advantages that are driving this trend:
* If you want a particular style of earring, you can just get a piece of wire and a stone or pendant and make it yourself. This applies especially if it’s a completely new type of jewelry, created by you only. If you copy some other style, you can personalize it by adding color or a different twist to it. All in all you get a personalized piece of jewelry worn by no one else in the world.
* Getting silver findings and making a piece is much cheaper than buying the same as part of jewelry. It's kind of obvious, but to get the real idea about how much cheaper it is, you will just have to go to the nearest store to ask around. Prepare to be surprised.
* This is a way to express your creativity - using your mind is a good exercise, whether you read a book or solve a puzzle. Creating your jewelry, and by which is meant making a "design" and then crafting it, is just such an exercise.
* Lets admit it, it won’t be as much fun for anyone if you make your own jewelry, and don’t discuss it with anyone. It gives a topic of conversation in many settings.
There are a host of videos on YouTube and other video sites where users have shared their stories, and their skills with making their own jewelry. Join in!
The advantages of manufactured jewelry are manifold - professional design, industrial, which translates to precise, quality of manufacture, and the wide variety of choice available. Add to it the experience of shopping for Jewelry, which can be a reward in itself.
Amateur Jewelry Design
From the earliest times, women have always been involved in making their own jewelry. But nowadays, making your own jewelry is more widespread than before, so much so that it can be called a new wave of trend. This is especially true for Sterling Silver findings - these findings are readily available from stores, whether online or real ones - and women have discovered that there are a lot of interesting things they can do with them.
Silver Findings
Sterling Silver is a beautiful metal. When combined with precious and semi precious gemstones, it is used to make some of the most elegant and beautiful jewelry. Silver findings are little pieces of jewelry that can are manufactured or made for the purpose of using them to make jewelry, at home or in a industrial setting. These findings can be pendants, beads, fine wire and wire pieces, solder pastes and such little pieces that are not jewelry by themselves, but can be combined and used to make jewelry that can be worn.
Advantages
Here are some advantages that are driving this trend:
* If you want a particular style of earring, you can just get a piece of wire and a stone or pendant and make it yourself. This applies especially if it’s a completely new type of jewelry, created by you only. If you copy some other style, you can personalize it by adding color or a different twist to it. All in all you get a personalized piece of jewelry worn by no one else in the world.
* Getting silver findings and making a piece is much cheaper than buying the same as part of jewelry. It's kind of obvious, but to get the real idea about how much cheaper it is, you will just have to go to the nearest store to ask around. Prepare to be surprised.
* This is a way to express your creativity - using your mind is a good exercise, whether you read a book or solve a puzzle. Creating your jewelry, and by which is meant making a "design" and then crafting it, is just such an exercise.
* Lets admit it, it won’t be as much fun for anyone if you make your own jewelry, and don’t discuss it with anyone. It gives a topic of conversation in many settings.
There are a host of videos on YouTube and other video sites where users have shared their stories, and their skills with making their own jewelry. Join in!
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