Silver Tarnish

[smungung]

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!

 

[Golden ChipMunk]

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.

 

[Ipv6Ready]

Is tarnish as bad as milkspots or cleaned?

 

[Golden ChipMunk]

Is tarnish as bad as milkspots or cleaned?

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.

 

[ryan71]

I don't handle my silver very much but when I do I wear white cotton gloves.

 

[Golden ChipMunk]

I don't handle my silver very much but when I do I wear white cotton gloves.

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.

 

[Golden ChipMunk]

There was a thread someone put inside a leather shoe, can't remember who it was.
That bar was fully toning...

 

[PitBullion]

I don't handle my silver very much but when I do I wear white cotton gloves.

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.

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.

 

[smungung]

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!

OMP , if keep too long can also damaged the coin/ bar permanently.

what do you mean by OMP?

 

[Golden ChipMunk]

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!

OMP , if keep too long can also damaged the coin/ bar permanently.

what do you mean by OMP?

Original mint packaging

 

[Golden ChipMunk]

I don't handle my silver very much but when I do I wear white cotton gloves.

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.

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.

 

[Aureus]

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.

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.

 

[sammysilver]

I don't handle my silver very much but when I do I wear white cotton gloves.

I understand that the colour of the gloves makes no difference!

 

[Golden ChipMunk]

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.