Can You Wear Sterling Silver In Salt Water

Here s my public service announcement.

Can you wear sterling silver in salt water. Pool water is harsher for jewelry for than salt water but salt water is still corrosive. Water generally does not damage sterling silver. Water generally does not damage sterling silver. Most of the silver i find in the saltwater is either black or green.

Waters that contain chlorine salts or harsh chemicals will affect the look of your sterling silver. They will tarnish and in some cases become damaged by exposure to pool and saltwater. The quick answer to this question is yes you can if you know it s sterling silver. Yep what he said.

How do i bring my sterling silver back after a chlorine pool. Extremely salty foods should never be served in silver. The thing about water is that when you expose your new sterling silver to it you ll notice tarnish over time. Your silver is going to change color over time but how quickly it turns depends on how often you wear it and the chemicals you prove it too.

Over time it turns black then develops a thick black encrusted layer those old silver finds will dissolve break if you aren t careful. Step 1 soak any silver that has been damaged by salt or salt water in ammonia for 10 minutes. Well the answer is not necessarily who doesn t but maybe what doesn t. Though showering with sterling silver jewelry on should not harm the metal there is a good chance that it could induce tarnishing.

Wear nitrile protective gloves while cleaning the silver. In the ocean salt water is different still from fresh water and pool water. Also salts chemicals and choline affect the appearance of your sterling silver. In general you ought to avoid showering with sterling silver going to the hot tub with it the pool the ocean or any water body for that matter.

We encourage our customers to remove your sterling silver before showering. But water does cause silver to oxidize darken more quickly and what type of water and the chemicals in it has an impact on how much it will cause your silver change color. However i am familiar what chlorine can do to sterling as my step son tried to s. Water usually does not harm sterling silver it s the elements in the water that can cause it to change color.

I will not ask you how your sterling silver whatever got into your chlorine pool because i am polite. Water in and of itself doesn t cause the damage. Plus if you drop your ring in the pool you can swim down and retrieve it if you lose your ring in the ocean it will be much harder to retrieve your ring.