Caring for your jewellery containing sterling silver

Sterling Silver Earrings with White Swarovski Crystals

BRIEF HISTORY

Sterling silver contains copper, which adds hardness to silver. It also creates a tendency for silver jewellry to tarnish. Hence, avoid exposing sterling silver to harsh chemicals such as chlorine, cosmetics, perfume or even hairspray.

STORING

You can store your sterling silver jewelry in tarnish prevention bags or cloths. It is also important to separate your jewellry when storing it so that it does not rub against harder jewellry that could damage it. Use appropriate sized zip lock bags to keep your jewellery sealed and dry if you will not be using then for a suatainable period of time.

CLEANING

You can use Silver Cleaning Solutions which you can buy from your local store e.g. Argos to clean items which entirely contain sterling silver. However, for items like the stunning pair of earrings displayed above which is made of both sterling silver and genuine Swarovski Crystallised Elemets, it would be wise to use a Silver Jewellery Polishing Cloth instead. This way you can ensure that only the areas containing the Sterling Silver gets cleaned, avoiding spillage onto the other areas which are not made of sterling silver e.g.the Swarovski Crystallised Elements.

Hope we have given you a few tips about caring for your Sterling Silver Jewellery

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