Most of the pieces I create are made of sterling silver. If not cared for properly, sterling silver will most likely tarnish. To prevent this, it is a good idea to limit exposure to air as much as possible by always storing your jewelry in plastic or cloth pouches (I like to use small zip lock bags for all my sterling silver chains and wires, which work great in preventing tarnish).
If your silver does tarnish, you can use a polishing cloth to bring back the original sheen. I've heard that the 3M Tarni-Shield Silver Polish is good, though I've never tried this personally so I can't vouch for its effectiveness myself. You can also find silver polishing cloths at jewelry stores - Tiffany has a really good one that works very well on my sterling silver jewelry. They are available at Tiffany stores and come in a pretty blue envelope.
Finally, avoid rubbing your jewelry pieces against each other by keeping them in their separate compartments.
These will ensure that you will enjoy your jewelry pieces for years to come!
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I never heard of the ziploc bag trick. Ingenious!
HAHAHAHA - OMG - it's ZIPLOC! I was trying so hard to think of how to spell it because "zip lock" just looked all wrong.
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