Oxidized Jewellery and Maintenance, Explained

 It's not trying to maintain oxidised jewellery online. The most active and easiest approach is with the paste of lemon juice and salt, say experts.

·         Make sure to keep your oxidised jewellery away from moisture. It is suggested to store each piece individually in a zip lock plastic pouch to ensure no contact with air.

·         When wearing oxidised jewellery, make sure that it does not contact perfume or any cosmetic products. Let your perfume dry before wearing the jewellery.

·         If the jewellery does get oxidised further, clean it very gently using dry toothpaste powder and a soft cloth to bring back its original sheen.

·         Put the oxidised bangles in a bowl of tomato ketchup for 5-10 minutes to remove the tarnish. The acid in the tomatoes oxidises with tarnished silver, which helps keep your oxidised jewellery as new as you bought.

·         The fastest and easiest method to maintain the jewellery is by utilising toothpaste. Just spread the white toothpaste on the oxidised jewellery set and rinse it off with warm water.

·         Cover the jewellery freely with baking soda and leave for 30 minutes. Rinse it off with hot water.

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They appear in several designs, shapes, forms and sizes. Women of all age groups wear oxidized silver jewellery in several conditions. And most of them are slandered, with edgy and stylish designs, differing colours of gemstones and with a pop of diamonds too on them. But what specifically is oxidized silver jewellery? Before we bestow you a range of silver oxidised jewellery, let’s understand them better.

It is a piece of silver, which has been blackened or oxidized, and it is more on the lines of true sterling silver. However, the surface of the part has been blackened on purpose through a chemical process. When the surface of the jewellery has been exposed to sulfides, the surface's colour changes, which speeds up the tarnishing process. What happens here is that there is a silver sulfide layer that forms on the outer surface of the metal, which gives the jewellery piece a much blackened look.

The term oxidation is misleading when it comes to oxidized silver jewellery. There is no oxygen involved in the chemical process of changing the silver shine to black. It is the sulfides that have been introduced into it which turns the silver black. But this is an industrial term used, and hence it is known as oxidized silver.