Tarnish is a coppery, brown or black shade that appears on jewelry (especially sterling silver) when it exposed to airborne or other chemicals. In most cases, it does not damage your sterling silver jewelry and is easily removed. If left uncared for, sterling silver jewelry will tarnish--it is inevitable.

To keep your sterling silver Celtic jewelry from Celtic Metaphysical Jewelry dot Com from tarnishing, clean it regularly with a silver polishing cloth, or with a cleaning solution. You can purchase a silver jewelry polishing cloth from Celtic Metaphysical Jewelry dot Com, or a bottle of liquid jewelry cleaner. If you use a paste jewelry cleaner for silver, you may get residues of the paste in the engraved designs.

You really ought to clean your sterling silver Celtic jewelry every two weeks, or at least once a month, and always after you use it. The oils and acids on your skin, plus being exposed to the air, may promote tarnishing if left uncleaned.

If you keep your sterling silver Celtic jewelry in a box, you will protect it from the worst airborne chemicals, but your sterling silver Celtic jewelry will tarnish slowly over time even in a box. We provide free, silver foil gift boxes for all pieces of Celtic jewelry that do not come with a jewelry box for this reason.

Either remove your sterling silver Celtic jewelry from its box and clean it periodically, or keep your pieces wrapped in an airtight container. Be particular about cleaning sterling silver chains that might be mostly hidden in a box, or other not so obvious parts of your Celtic sterling silver jewelry.

Do not apply hair spray or perfume after putting on your sterling silver Celtic jewelry in order to avoid serious chemical tarnish.

Your silver polishing cloth will also clean polished pewter, gold, platinum, and other similar metals. But, do not use your silver polishing cloth on 24 karat gold, ivory, pearls, opals, coral, lapis, malachite, and other soft and porous stones and metals.

Do rub the surface of your Celtic sterling silver jewelry gently with the inner, treated cloth to loosen tarnish. Buff the surface of your Celtic sterling silver jewelry with the outer cloth to obtain an instant, brilliant shine and luster. For heavily tarnished sterling silver, lightly moisten the jewelry's surface prior to polishing.