Tips To Maintain Your Sterling Silver Beads

If you give your sterling silver beads proper care and maintenance, these pieces of jewelry may last a lifetime. Here are some tips to maintain your sterling silver beads and other jewelry. Hope they can help you.
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Feb. 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Sterling silver beads are beads made of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals. Why not use 99.99% silver? As we know pure silver or fine silver is very soft and malleable, so it can easily be damaged. This is why it is mixed with other metals, usually copper, to add durability and strength. It enhances the hardness without negative effects on the silver's beautiful color. And it almost does not have any effect on the value of the metal. The value of your sterling silver beads is most dependent upon the skill of the craftsman, the labor involved in creating the item, and the elaborate details of the design.

If you give your sterling silver beads proper care and maintenance, these pieces of jewelry may last a lifetime. To avoid damages and scratches, store your silver jewelry in your jewelry box's separate compartment. Other tips in caring for your sterling silver are as follows.

1. Do not expose your silver to harsh chemicals when you are cleaning inside the house using bleach or ammonia. Do not wear them when you are to swim in chlorinated water. These kinds of chemicals will damage your silver.

2. When not in use, keep your sterling silver beads inside a soft cloth pouch to minimize its exposure to the air. The hydrogen sulfide and sulfur in the ambient air cause dulling or tarnish build up.

3. As soon as tarnish becomes visible in your silver jewelry, clean it at once. Use silver polishes that are especially formulated to remove tarnish. Specialty craft stores and many jewelry stores sell solutions and cloths appropriate in removing tarnish. One such product is the Silver Polishing cloth which you can buy at Walmart for $5. The cloth is pre-treated with tarnish remover on its one side, and the other side is for final polishing. It is contained in a red box.

4. If your sterling silver beads jewelry also has stones, do not use tarnish remover that requires your entire jewelry to soak in the liquid; doing this can dull the stone finishes.

5. The best way to prevent tarnish build up is to clean it on a regular basis. This will keep your jewelry sparkling and bright. Polishing these items is not a difficult job, just do it regularly before you get problematic with very heavy tarnish build up.

6. When you notice tarnish is building up already, do not leave it on your sterling silver beads for too long. Remove it as soon as possible so as not to make a permanent damage to your silver.

7. Wipe your jewelry with a polishing cloth after wearing it and before putting it away. The oils and the moisture from your skin make faster tarnish build up, and, over time, can pit the silver.

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