Protecting Jewellery

Here are a few tips that your customers may find helpful to keep their Jewellery looking bright and sparkling.

we advise our clients to always protect their jewellery from sharp blows, scratching, chemicals, sunlight and heat/cold. Ideally, they should store their jewellery in a soft lined box or pouch, and kept apart so that they don't rub together or tangle up.

• Jewellery should be worn for appropriate tasks. 
• Clean Jewellery regularly, use a good jewellery cleaning product (always read the manufacturer’s instructions). We recommend & supply “Top of the Town “Silver Polishing Cloths.
• Never go swimming in your jewellery, chlorine in swimming pools can cause damage.
• Sterling silver will polish up by rubbing or buffing it with a soft cotton cloth or a Sunshine Cloth.
• Storing silver in small zip lock bags will reduce tarnishing.
• No harsh chemicals
 Salt water and harsh chemicals such as chlorine bleach or detergents can damage your precious jewellery , erode gold plating and the polish of the gems leaving them dull. Hairspray, perfume and perspiration can also cause dullness if not regularly cleaned off, and it's best not to shower in your jewellery.

 

Tarnishing

Silver is a  precious fine metal. Its colour is silver white and it is often used in jewellery. Silver has to be alloyed with other metals in order to use in jewellery production. This mixing of metals makes it more durable and rigid.

Jewellery and Silverware are traditionally made from Sterling Silver (standard silver), an alloy of 92.5% silver with 7.5% copper.

Under normal conditions, Silver will tarnish - it's the mixture of moisture and sulphur in the air we breathe that causes Silver to tarnish.