Do you have any sterling silver jewelry? How do you maintain them? When their color turns into black, what do you do in order to keep them shining as usual? Today I want to introduce knowledge of how to maintain 925 sterling silver jewelry.
925 sterling silver’s turning black is a normal natural phenomenon. As the air and other natural medium of sulfur and oxides have a certain amount of corrosion to silver when wearing it for some time, there will be some small spots (silver sulfide film). After a long time it will be spread into the film, and even black. Thus, the present 925 sterling silver jewelry has some discoloration due to oxidation. The following is two proposals of maintenance.
1, Consumers should seek the truth from facts. The fear of 925 sterling silver’s turning black is the most common psychology of consumers. In order to win exaggerated sales, manufacturers tend to make promises, such as never fade, never change color, etc. These commitments do not meet the actual, which cause consumers to the lack of scientific understanding of silver jewelry. They have too high expectations. When they found it doesn’t match the fact, they will have a kind of feeling being deceived or taken, which cause them looking for business to ask them to return or replacement. Eventually, businessmen will suffer from pain. It will also affect the credibility of business, resulting in sales’ not ideal. So, in the sales process, businessmen should properly guide consumers to realize that 925 sterling silver jewelry’s turning black is normal. But if they pay attention to the daily maintenance, 925 silver jewelry can shining and lasting for a long time.
2, Enhance the maintenance knowledge of 925 sterling silver jewelry. The majority of consumers know that 925 sterling silver jewelry will turn to be black, but they do not know what to do to keep them shining, or when it is black, how they should do. This is why some consumers are not willing to buy 925 sterling silver jewelry. So, to teach how to maintain and remove the silver oxide in the surface and the methods to restore 925 sterling silver’s glossy is the confidence to guarantee consumers.
Primarily to do the following:
Firstly, do not wear 925 sterling silver jewelry while you are wearing the other precious jewelry. This is to avoid collision deformation or scratches.
Secondly, you should avoid 925 sterling silver jewelry’s contact with water vapor or chemical composition, especially when you are swimming in the sea.
Thirdly, after wearing, you should wipe it or clean with cotton cloth; and then put it into jewelry box or bag.
Last but not the least, if your jewelry has been oxidized black, you can use soft toothpaste with sub-soiled to scrub it. You can also use hand-soap or cleaning agents to deal with it. It can not be scrubbing with silver water until you have no idea to wash it. After washing, you use cotton cloth to rub it into dry.
