How To Care For Ostentatious Silver Jewellery: Tips to Keep Your Pieces Sparkling

Silver is often preserved from moisture and sun exposure so that it doesn’t lose its lustre and shine; which is essential. In order to keep your silver jewellery from ageing, we have got the best tips and tricks that you can follow.

Why Is Silver Jewellery Important To Preserve?

Silver jewellery like silver earrings, sterling silver rings, and more get tarnished over time so it’s important to take care of them.

This tarnishing occurs when the jewellery is exposed to oxygen and sulphur in the air, hence, its unavoidable.

Silver is always in fashion and looks classy. Whether worn with chic dresses or with traditional ones, they always go with the style.

How To Maintain Your Silver Timeless Pieces?

Pure silver is a precious metal that needs all protection from unwanted elements. Keep your silver in a separate box.

Use silica pack gels and other moisture absorbers while storing your silver jewellery.

Remove your sterling silver necklaces before showering or taking a swim.

Do not let your silver jewellery absorb moisture.

Do not wear the same silver jewellery daily or it will succumb to tarnishing easily.

Ways To Neatly Clean Your Silver Specials

You do not need to polish your silver jewellery, just clean it gently every few months.

Just like store-bought cleaners, there are some silver polishes available in the market that can be bought to clean your silver up. All you have to do is use a soft-bristled toothbrush or microfibre cloth and apply the paste directly on the silver pieces.

You can do this yourself– just get some silver polish with one part lemon juice and two parts baking soda. Now mix these two ingredients & apply with a cloth or toothbrush onto the silver piece, then rub it off gently after a few minutes.

One of the easiest ways is to use a regular toothpaste mixed with a bit of water and brush it onto the silver jewellery to bring its lustre back.

One of the most effective ways to clean your silver timeless pieces is to firstly, put a sheet of aluminium foil in a bowl and fill it with boiling water. Then add one tablespoon of baking soda in the bowl. Soak your silver pieces for up to 30 minutes, then polish them with a soft cloth.

Extra Tips and Tricks

Always remember to separate your earrings when storing if you don’t do this, it may increase the risk of silver earrings darkening/oxidising. This generally happens due to moisture and sulphur in the air.

To ease the pain of oxidising, remember to store your silver earrings in a separate airtight bag or box while they are resting.

Hang your necklaces and silver pendants to avoid tangles. You know how easy it is to get your necklaces all tangled up together and then how frustrating it is to lose them when you have to wear them. To avoid this, it is best to store your necklaces hanging. Use airtight boxes in a small glass cabinet with hooks so it is easier for you to just hang them in there after a long day. Buy a jewellery hanger where you can lay the necklaces. An idea hanger is airtight, so you can pack the moisture away from your silver delicates and delay oxidation.

As an alternative, you can also:

Wrap the necklaces in kitchen paper or tissue paper.

Lay them out on the paper and roll from one end so the silver chain doesn’t rub the pendant and the chain doesn’t get intertwined.

Stonex Jewellers are the trusted source for authentic jewellery. They offer gold rings, engagement rings, ostentatious diamond rings, wedding bands, dress rings & more. Not just jewellery, this store also offers an extensive range of 21st wooden keys in glass and mirror 21st keys.

AUTHOR BIO

Karsha

Karsha has been a writer for over 10 years and has been writing for Stonex Jewellers for more than two years where she has gained insights on how to capture the essence of the jewellery industry. She comes from a versatile background, having written for fashion & lifestyle beats and covering the trends of the market. Graduated from the domain of Journalism & Mass Communication — she knows how to depict the cultural and emotional significance of who styles what & when.