Tips to take good care of Sterling silver jewellery

Most of the people love to wear sterling silver over pure gold jewelry. Women who are fond of Jewelry have an added advantage to wear their sterling silver jewelry along with other precious metals. However, unlike other jewelleries, ornaments made up of sterling silver require extra care, and it must be regularly cleaned and polished. It helps to retain the shine of sterling silver jewellery for a longer time.

Ornaments made up of Sterling silver comprises of 92 percentage of pure silver and rest percentage of other metals. These other metals can be copper or nickel. Cleaning of sterling silver jewellery is very essential to preserve its bright shine. When it is cleaned, it is hard to differentiate sterling silver from white gold. The right manner to clean sterling silver is to apply a cleaning agent on the ornament that contains a sulfur base. This type of cleaning agent has a pungent smell, but cleans well and removes accumulated dirt and tarnish. For cleaning purpose, there are various cleaning cloths available in the market. These cleaning cloth are chemically treated with cleaning agents that will help to clean and polish silver. You can use them once in a week to keep sterling silver jewelry lustrous and attractive.

It is seen that many woman use household products to clean their sterling silver jewelry. Luke warm salt mixed in water and ammonia are used for cleaning purpose. Strange but true these products are not a good way to clean such precious jewellery pieces. With time, salt serves as a corrosive to sterling silver, and it will gradually cause damage to your valuable ornament.

Sterling silver jewellery is the most lustrous and stunning of all the precious metals. It reflects a mirror shine that creates a sparkling effect.

The surface of ornaments can get scratches with usage. So polishing your sterling silver jewellery is essential so that the original shine of the ornaments can be retained.