Preserves Online: The Best Jewelry Cleaner

Friday 3 August 2012

The Best Jewelry Cleaner

I highly recommend using a professional jewelry tarnish remover and cleaner to keep your pieces looking their best. I use Sunshine Products jewelry tarnish remover/cleaner. It is all natural, contains no ammonia, acids or alcohol. It is biodegradable, environmentally friendly and safe to use on all metals. Over the years, I have tried many other brands of jewelry cleaners and I’ve found Sunshine Products to be the best on the market. I have this available for purchase at shows. How you store your pieces is just as important as cleaning, and can often prevent or delay dirt & tarnishing. Be sure to store each piece separately from each other, to prevent scratching. If you do not have a jewelry box with separate compartments, separate velvet pouches will do the trick! Sterling Silver will tarnish with exposure to air. The best way to prevent this is to store silver in a pouch or plastic baggie, away from direct sunlight, where the exposure to air is minimized. Over time, however, most silver will tarnish some. Many jewelry stores sell special anti tarnish bags for sterling silver. This is a good idea! Also, special jewelry cloths are available to polish sterling silver, and can remove most of the tarnish. The best way, though, is to prevent tarnish as best you can. :)