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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:23 PM Original message |
Anyone know anything about sterling silver jewelry? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's oxidation. |
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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The strange thing is that it doesn't happen to two other |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Check for a small imprinted 92.5 somewhere on the jewerly |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Oxidation: the interaction with certain elements such as oxygen or |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oil+air=tarnish. They shouldn't tarnish that fast though. |
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back2basics909 (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Depends how humid it is.. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why? I use to wear SS all the time. |
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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I'm also in HUMID Illinois |
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back2basics909 (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Dam! Yeah and it's not that humid right now (also in IL) |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. If it's in contact with your skin, it won't turn. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sterling Silver, Ma'am |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. That's exactly it, sir. I make sterling jewelry, and am familiar with this |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. In My Youth, Sir, That Was My Trade |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Ah, I see. It would be my trade as well, however.... |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. When you speak of clear lacquer, does clear fingernail polish count? n/t |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 02:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yes, that's actually the BEST CHEAPEST option in the "lacquer" family. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. It seems that your body chemistry is reacting with an alloy in the silver. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Me too. I can't wear 10K gold. It turns my skin black. n/t |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. mrs. unblock has a nearly allergic reaction to cheap jewelery |
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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. rofl |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Yep, I have expressed this reaction before-- |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. sterling silver can tarnish very quickly depending on the conditions |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Jewelry rep here |
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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Thanks for the info. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Clean with baking soda |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. sometimes this can occur due to a reaction with perfume or cologne, |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Some people cannot wear certain metals |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. in my younger days, my silver rings would turn black on my |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Despite my earlier sassy reply, there are some very fine pieces of |
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