Tag: Plating

Every Trinket File guide tagged plating: how plating wears, what tarnish means, and what can and cannot be restored.

A metal strip with one end polished bright next to the dull, tarnished section

Tarnish or Wear? Diagnosing Dull Jewelry Before You Polish

Dull jewelry usually gets called tarnished and handed a polishing cloth. Sometimes that's right. Sometimes the dullness isn't a film on the metal but metal that's gone, and every polish takes a bit mo

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A velvet jewellery box holding a tray of silver rings

Caring for Jewelry at Home: Cleaning, Storage and Wear

Very little jewelry is ruined by cleaning. A lot is ruined by being worn in the wrong places, stored in a heap and scrubbed with something harsher than it needed. The right routine is unglamorous and

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The sterling hallmark and maker's mark stamped on a silver fob

Solid, Filled, Vermeil or Plated: Reading Jewelry Marks

A stamp on jewelry is a declaration, not a guarantee. It's still the most useful information you have, and the difference between a piece that survives daily wear and one that looks tired in a year is

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