| Silver jewelry is incredibly popular today. It has such a | | | | If you need to clean your silver a bit more you can use |
| clean and cool look to it that many people love to add | | | | a small bit of liquid soap that has been added to warm |
| the shine of silver to their overall style. However, silver | | | | water (approximately half a cup). With your soft cloth |
| jewelry will not remain as shiny and beautiful without | | | | you will apply this mild soap solution to your silver |
| proper care. You need to remember that true silver is | | | | jewelry and wipe away the dirt. After that you can |
| a soft metal. Additionally, silver tends to tarnish if you | | | | rinse your piece with warm water and thoroughly dry |
| do not clean and maintain it properly. | | | | it. If your jewelry has intricate details that you cannot |
| Part of keeping your silver jewelry clean and shining is | | | | clean with a cloth you may want to use a soft bristle |
| to store it properly. If you store it carefully you will be | | | | toothbrush to clean the area. |
| able to reduce tarnishing of the piece. Many people | | | | Unfortunately, if you have allowed your silver to |
| make the mistake of storing their silver in a wooden | | | | become tarnished you will need to get a special silver |
| jewelry box loose with other pieces. Truthfully you | | | | cleaner. You can find these easily in stores, and you |
| should always keep your silver jewelry in a small | | | | will have your choice of a liquid or paste form of silver |
| plastic zip bag alone. Do not try to jam more than one | | | | cleaner. If you choose to use the paste you will need |
| piece in the bag. Instead, each piece should have its | | | | to apply a small scoop onto your cloth. Rub the cloth |
| own bag. This will help keep your jewelry safe from | | | | gently onto the piece, carefully working the paste into |
| scratches, but it will also protect it from the air. | | | | any crevices that the item has. Try to rub in a straight |
| Prolonged exposure to the air is what causes your | | | | line rather than a circular pattern because you do not |
| jewelry made from silver to tarnish quickly. Basically | | | | want to inadvertently scratch the jewelry. Let the |
| the oxidation and moisture present in the air starts to | | | | paste dry and then use a different soft cloth to rub |
| turn your silver into a gold color, but that gold shifts | | | | away any excess paste. If you like you can even rinse |
| very quickly to a shade of black. | | | | your silver jewelry under warm water to fully clean it, |
| Regular cleaning will also help to prevent tarnishing. | | | | but you need to be sure that you completely dry it |
| You must remember that any time that you are going | | | | before putting it away. |
| to clean your silver you should only use a soft flannel | | | | The liquid form of silver cleaner is used differently. This |
| or cotton cloth to do the job. There are also custom | | | | liquid cleaner, which is also known as a silver dip, allows |
| silver cleaning cloths on the market for you to buy, and | | | | you to dip your jewelry into the solution. After you |
| these can be wonderful because they have special | | | | have dipped it in the solution you will take your jewelry |
| ingredients in the cloth that help guard against tarnishing. | | | | out so that you may rinse it off and thoroughly dry it. |
| In fact, these silver cleaning cloths are ideal to keep in | | | | The great thing about liquid silver cleaner is that you will |
| your jewelry box for quick day to day cleanings. | | | | see results almost immediately. |