Do You Know Why Silver Tarnishes? With These Tips, You Can Restore the Shine to Your Silver Jewelry

Silver is a beautiful but delicate metal that tarnishes easily. The reason for that is simple: a chemical reaction with air and skin. However, tarnishing of silver can be easily and quickly removed, for example, in the home kitchen. This is how you cleverly make silver shine again.

Have your beautifully shiny silver jewelry gotten dark? Over time, silverware darkens. The reason for the darkening is a layer of silver sulfide that accumulates on the surface of the jewelry, which is created when silver reacts with hydrogen sulfide in the air. The pH value of the skin also affects the darkening of silver.

You can't avoid the tarnishing of silver, but silver jewelry can be kept shiny by cleaning it regularly. Polishing silver jewelry and objects is easy and safe when you follow these three steps:

1. Make sure the item is clean of excess dirt. You can easily clean silver jewelry under running water. If necessary, you can use dishwashing detergent. After rinsing and cleaning, silver jewelry and objects should be dried carefully.
2. Choose the product you like for cleaning silver jewelry. For those looking for an effortless solution, the Hagerty Silver Duster cleaning cloth is suitable, for example, with which silver and silver-plated jewelry can be cleaned in the blink of an eye. For those who prefer a more thorough method, Hagerty Silver Care cleaning paste is suitable, which is applied to jewelry with a sponge.
3. When the workspace and clothes are protected, you can get down to business. However, remember to be gentle. Since silver is a soft metal, it bends and scratches easily. Avoid excessive scrubbing and using tools when cleaning.

Care products for every departure

Hagerty, which has been operating since 1895, offers a wide selection of products suitable for cleaning jewelry and objects made of precious metals, from which you can choose the most suitable for the purpose of use. With cleaning cloths, dust and darkening can be removed in the blink of an eye. For more thorough cleaning, you can use cleaning liquids and pastes.

Hagerty Silver Duster is a non-scratching cotton cloth for polishing and dusting silverware. With the help of a large cloth (35x55 cm), even larger silverware can be polished. The cleaning cloth that can be selected in the shopping cart of our online store is suitable for many materials, such as silver, gold, steel and other metals. Our cleaning cloth contains only natural ingredients and is safe to use. An easy and effortless solution!

Hagerty Silver Care is long-term protection for silver and silver plating. Cleans and polishes and contains a substance that protects against darkening.

Hagerty Silver Foam is a cleaning foam suitable for silver, tin and stainless steel, which is especially suitable for cleaning cutlery. Clean the objects with the sponge that comes in the package, rinse and dry. The end result is shiny objects.

Hagerty Silver Clean is a product suitable for silver and silver-plated objects, which quickly removes tarnish and restores the silver to its original shine.