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soroia Posts: 2 Registered: May 2006	posted 05-09-2006 01:20 AM Hi all, I am new to this forum. I have a question about the Jewelry cleaning. Is there anyone can tell me how can I clean the sterling silver? Is some medical liquid is needed? Stainless Steel Jewelry is a new trend of fashion jewelry. Can I use the same material and process to clean the stainless steel jewelry? I have a friend getting a problem about his stainless steel ring. When he wear that, he found that there is a black dirty around his finger. No matter how his wash the ring, it still come out about 1 or 2 hrs. Is it because of the ring? Thank you ------------------ Soroia why I have no reply option after Dale have reply my question... Dale, thank you for your help. I also think that it is a chemistry react but I cannot find the information on that. I will told my friend that the information you give. Thank you very much IP: Logged
Dale Posts: 2132 Registered: Nov 2002	posted 05-09-2006 12:15 PM Sterling silver, and other sorts of silver, should be cleaned with a silver polish. Wrights is a good one, sold at most grocery stores. Haggerty is also good. Their spray is excellent for intricate pieces, but it smells awful. These should work for stainless also. If not try Simichrome, sold in hardware and bicycle stores. Reaction to metals IMHO depends on individual body chemistry. People who drink tea frequently have allergic reactions to gold, with the same ring. Have your friend coat the inside of his ring with clear nail polish to avoid the contact. Thanks for asking these questions. Please tell us about yourself and your interest in silver jewelry. IP: Logged
soroia Posts: 2 Registered: May 2006	posted 05-09-2006 12:27 PM heiii... I found the reply button now. Thank you Dale. I will told my friend of the information. IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1627 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-09-2006 02:42 PM Dale's point about body chemistry is a good one. Part of it comes from diet, but part of it comes from genetics. A person's skin continuously excretes sweat and oil which forms a thin coating on the skin. This sweat and oil combination in most people has a pH of between 4 and 5.5 which makes it an acid. Remember the pH scale runs from 1 to 14 with 7 being neutral, lower than 7 being acid and above 7 being alkaline. When you wash yourself, you clean this layer of sweat and oil off your skin but it comes back. For some people it comes back quickly and for other people it takes longer. If you are a person with strong skin acid - down around the pH level of 4, it will react quickly with some kinds of metals such as iron and copper. The iron in steel reacts leaving black marks on your skin where copper or brass which is made with copper reacts by leaving green marks on your skin. For people who have strong skin acid the only solutions are to wear non-reactive metal such as gold or platinum or to coat other kinds of jewelry with nail polish or liquid plastic so the metal will not be exposed to the person's skin. One of my hobbies is playing guitar. Guitar strings which are made from phosphor-bronze or steel alloys start to corrode and wear out after a several weeks of playing for most players and then need to be replaced. I have a couple guitar-playing buddies who have such strong skin acid that their strings only last a few days before they start corroding and losing their tone. Even with washing their hands before playing and wiping down the strings as soon as they stop playing, their strings still corrode very quickly. They have to either pay extra for plastic coated strings or pay extra for many more sets of strings and replace them constantly. IP: Logged

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