[Jewelry making - Article 00058] - Re: [Orchid] Preventing Argentium Silver Tarnish

[Trevor F.]

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>     In MY experience, Argentium Sterling is nearly tarnish-proof. I
>     have not needed to clean anything that I've finished making with
>     Argentium Sterling. I think it is simply honest to call Argentium
>     Silver highly tarnish resistant rather than tarnish proof. 

    I happily second this. While I _have_ had to clean a thing or two
    that I've made with Argentium Sterling (AS) --for instance the spoon
    I mention on the blog has received a year's worth of neglect and
    abuse and it does show it-- the VAST majority of items I've made are
    pretty much as clean and shiny today as they were when I finished
    them. 

    In particular I would repeat what Cynthia said about AS being highly
    tarnish resistant NOT tarnish proof. I've seen "tarnish proof" used
    on some sites where AS products are sold and I think that's simply
    false advertising and, ultimately, fraud. No one legitimate, and
    certainly not Peter Johns nor Argentium Silver Co., claims that AS is
    tarnish "proof". 

    However 18 k yellow gold isn't "tarnish proof" either --I know
    because I can tarnish it in a couple days under the right weather
    conditions-- and you're not likely to hear that being held against
    it. So why should AS be held to standards any different? The answer
    IMHO is that it shouldn't. If it is MUCH less likely to tarnish over
    a given period of time, and tarnish much less, than regular sterling
    then that's a significant improvement and a good thing, for makers
    and wearers alike. 

    For those who've used AS and have learned to produce products that
    benefit from it's tarnish resistant properties the benefits are
    _real_ not imagined or hyped or the result of "clever advertising".
    Use it or don't use it as you see fit but I should think it worth
    remembering that many others are using it to good effect, shop-wise
    and product-wise. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light
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