| One of my passions is silver jewelries and I own | | | | always clean. It is advisable to wash them daily |
| a collection of them. I started buying them about | | | | with gentle soap and tap water and dry them |
| 10 years ago when I was still in high school. I have | | | | thoroughly before putting them in your jewelry |
| sterling silver necklaces that I rarely wear | | | | box at night. You can also use metal polish once a |
| because the styles had become outdated so I | | | | week but not the kind with granules as they can |
| stored them in a jewelry box in my room for | | | | damage the shiny finish of your sterling jewelries. |
| safekeeping. A few days ago I decided to take | | | | Now in the event that the jewelries become |
| them out to see which ones had designs that I | | | | tarnished, what then is your next step? In this |
| can wear again. I was so taken aback to see that | | | | case, let a professional clean the jewelry for you |
| most of my precious sterling silver jewelries had | | | | and your local jeweler will always be your best |
| turned to black. My initial reaction was to think | | | | friend here. But if you're on a tight budget you |
| that I had been duped. That some of the pieces I | | | | can make a home cleaning solution. Mix some |
| bought were fakes. I took them all out and went | | | | baking soda with water and here you can boil |
| to a local jeweler to have them looked over, | | | | your sterling silver necklaces or any other sterling |
| turns out they just tarnished over time. | | | | silver jewelry in a pyrex container. |
| I got curious about how this happened and what | | | | If you just want to temporarily store your |
| can be done to prevent it. I went to an Internet | | | | jewelries, you can always take out your jewelry |
| cafe and search for information about it and I | | | | box and store your jewelries there for easy |
| discovered that sulfur, a very common substance | | | | access the next day. For long term safe keeping |
| causes the fluid shiny finish of our sterling silver | | | | you need to make sure that your sterling silver |
| jewelries to stain and become black as the night. I | | | | necklaces and other sterling silver jewelries are |
| went back to the jeweler to confirm this and he | | | | thoroughly clean, wrapped in tissue and stored in |
| was generous enough to provide me with some | | | | airtight containers. Makes you wonder why should |
| tips on how to handle my sterling silver necklaces | | | | they be in airtight containers? Most experts say |
| for long term storage. He also gave me some | | | | that airborne sulfur is always waiting for its |
| cleaning instructions to help keep my sterling silver | | | | chance to pound on your sterling silver jewelries |
| jewelries nice and shiny. | | | | so you need to store these in airtight containers. |
| First off, make sure that your jewelries are | | | | |