How To Care For Your Sea Glass Jewelry
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Jewelry Maintenance
- Gently washing your jewelry with warm water and liquid dish soap on a regular basis will help to prevent tarnish build up on the silver and the sea glass.
Cleaning Your Sea Glass Jewelry
- To remove tarnish and to clean the sea glass I recommend Weiman Silver Cream ( formerly called Wrights Silver Cream ) which is a gentle foaming silver cleaner that is safe to use with the sea glass. Weiman Silver Cream comes in an 8 ounce tub that also contains a sponge. It can be found in most grocery stores. Make sure you rinse your jewelry well after cleaning and blot it dry with a soft wash cloth.
- Silver dips will remove tarnish from the silver but will not clean the sea glass. Polishing cloths are tricky to use on small silver components and may also leave tarnish smudges on the sea glass. Silver pastes are not recommended as they will leave a residue in the nooks and crannies of the sea glass and wirework.
- Important - If your jewelry contains any components that have silver with a patina silver dips will remove and destroy the patina. Weiman Silver Cream will clean the jewelry piece beautifully and remove tarnish while leaving the patina intact.
Tarnish Stains On Sea Glass
- Don't worry if your jewelry becomes very badly tarnished over a long period of time and tarnish stains and smudges migrate to your sea glass. With proper care this can easily be prevented and resolved. Applying baby oil to the sea glass will completely remove tarnish stains and most types of dirt from sea glass. You can pour baby oil directly onto the sea glass and rub it with your fingers or a cotton ball then wash with warm water and dish soap. Then use the Weiman Silver Cream to clean the tarnish from the silver. Baby oil will not harm the silver or any of the beads used by Out Of The Blue Seaglass Jewelry.
The Frost
- Bringing Out The Color - White frost is a natural characteristic of authentic sea glass. However, when worn as jewelry the idea is to show off the color of the sea glass. To bring out the color more lay your sea glass on a paper towel and apply a very small amount of baby oil with a cotton swab to the sea glass. Then blot off as much of the baby oil that you can with a paper towel. That way enough will remain on the sea glass to intensify the color without leaving any residue on your clothing. This will not harm or cause sterling silver to tarnish.
- Bringing Back The Frost - Even if sea glass is never treated with baby oil the frost will diminish overtime from being handled and worn. The frost becomes more and more transparent from absorbing the body oils of the wearer and from absorning moisture from the air. The frost is still there and washing your sea glass with warm water and dish soap will return it to a frostier state.
Silver In It's Natural State
- Silver is a beautiful precious metal which does tarnish. I never apply any shellacs, waxes or resins to the silver. Overtime silver will tarnish even with these protective coatings and will then be impossible to clean. Out Of The Blue Seaglass Jewelry can be easily cared for following the steps outlined above.
Jewelry Repair
- Repairs are handled on a case by case basis. If the problem is due to craftsmanship the repair or comprable replacement piece of jewelry will be free of charge. Other repairs will be priced individually.
