[Jewelry making - Article 00057] - Re: [Orchid] Badly tarnished silver jewellery

[Lisa Gallagher]

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    If the silver wasn't tarnishing while in your care, then I would
    assume how you have handled it has nothing to do with the problem.
    It was fine when it left you, and came back only after a few months
    in someone else's possession, so then wouldn't that say it's how THEY
    are treating it? How are they storing it? Do they keep it somewhere
    damp or in other tarnish-friendly conditions? Do they wear the
    jewelry into a pool, or some other place that would encourange
    tarnish? Does her skin tend to tarnish silver faster than normal?
    Some people's chemistry just does that. There are all sorts of
    things that could be happening with the piece to make it tarnish so
    quickly. I can't offer you an easy way to clean tarnish that's right
    next to pearls, but as for HOW it's happening, I'd stop worrying
    about how YOU took care of it before she took it, and look into how
    SHE is taking care of it, or not, as the case may be. Good luck
    solving the mystery! :-) 

Lisa
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