| Sterling silver jewelry is enjoying an unprecedented | | | | very easy to use. Store your cloth in a plastic zip-lock |
| popularity with today's fashion conscious public. You | | | | bag, and keeping your jewelry drawer or armoire. It is |
| know how beautiful sterling silver jewelry is and how | | | | a good idea to have one cleaning cloth for gold and |
| brilliantly it shines. Now here is the rest of the story. | | | | one for silver. |
| Silver has been used since ancient times, but has not | | | | 2.) For a slightly more "in-depth" cleaning you may |
| survived as well as ancient gold because it tarnished | | | | want to use a liquid jewelry cleaner. |
| and decomposes. There have been times, however, | | | | 3.) For cleaning badly tarnished silver, here's a neat little |
| when silver was "in"; we are going through such a | | | | tricka.) Cover the inside bottom of a heat-proof glass |
| vogue today. | | | | dish on bowl with a piece of aluminum foil, shiny side |
| Silver is the most common of the precious metals. Fine | | | | up.b.) Place the tarnished silver in the bottom of the |
| silver is pure silver, which is seldom used for jewelry | | | | dish, contacting the aluminum foil.c.) Add 1 heaping |
| because it is too soft. Sterling silver is 925 parts silver | | | | tablespoon of baking soda, and then slowly pour boiling |
| to 75 of copper, the alloy most often used. Silver | | | | water to cover the piece. The tarnish will gradually |
| weighs about half as much as gold, has greater | | | | collect on the aluminum foil.d.) Remove your silver, rinse |
| flexibility, but is not as malleable, it has always been | | | | thoroughly, and polish. |
| less expensive as well. A comparable piece of gold | | | | Here are Some Tips for Greater Enjoyment of your |
| jewelry might cost four or five times that of a piece of | | | | Sterling Silver Jewelry |
| sterling silver jewelry. | | | | 1.) Are your silver chains all tied-up in knots? If so, |
| The current fashion trend toward black clothing has | | | | here's a nifty little trick for straightening them out. Dust |
| made silver jewelry more popular than ever. Silver likes | | | | your chain with a little talcum powder and then try to |
| to be worn; it stays cleaner & shinier through | | | | unknot it. If the knot is stubborn, place a small drop of |
| movement and friction. So sterling silver is a perfect | | | | baby oil on a sheet of wax paper. Lay the knot in the |
| accessory for today's fast paced lifestyles. Much like | | | | oil and work it out with two pins; then clean the chain |
| gold, sterling silver needs to be cleaned. | | | | as instructed below. |
| Care and Cleaning of your Sterling Silver Jewelry | | | | 2.) Always apply make-up, perfumes, oils or colognes |
| 1.) For daily cleaning it is recommended to use a simple | | | | before you put on your jewelry. |
| jewelry polishing cloth that is impregnated with special | | | | We hope you have enjoyed this special report. Please |
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