how do you keep your silver tarnish free? im thinking about one of those antitarnish bags or a ziplock bag with some anti tarnish strips in it. any recommendations? thanks!
Silver will generally tarnished if you touch them with Bear hand... (Bare hand) Any fabric material sometime can make them toning. The worst is sponge material. OMP , if keep too long can also damaged the coin/ bar permanently. Generally, any plastic bags material can deteriorating over time period Life span of any plastic materials 10 years, imo Some a few months depend on the molecular chains. Think 10 years is a long period, just replace the next 10 years or so.
Nope! I buy tarnish/toning bars/coins ; its depending where the toning located. Some are great. Good price premium are given. Recently, got some bars with natural antique Toning. Gun Metal colour naturally occurred.
Only good for single use.... Then wash them. Your fingers do get sweat and leave some oil residue from your skin on to the gloves Which eventually transfer to the metal.
There was a thread someone put inside a leather shoe, can't remember who it was. That bar was fully toning...
This is true but if you wash hands before you put on the gloves I have found that i can get a good couple weeks use without seeing any oil transfer to the coins.
Hands n fingers are always oily , here is simple proof Get a mirror rubbed your fingers on it. You will see smug on it. That residue later I suspect react with the silver eventually cause milkspot/ marking on the material. Yet to be define.
You think it's normal to secrete oil to a degree that it goes through cotton gloves in a single use? :/ I don't buy that, certainly not in my case.
Sweat Best is to minimise contact with hand/ fingers. Keep the metal in sealed bags from air & hot temperature.
