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, Plating Wear and What Can Be Restored

A dulled piece of jewellery is usually called tarnished and treated with a polishing cloth. Sometimes that is right. Sometimes the dullness is not a film on the metal but metal that is no longer there

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A velvet jewellery box holding a tray of silver rings

Caring for Jewellery at Home: Cleaning, Storage and Wear

Very little jewellery is ruined by cleaning. A great deal is ruined by wearing it in the wrong places, storing it in a heap, and cleaning it with something more aggressive than it needed. The right ap

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

Gold, Plated, Filled or Solid: What the Marks on a Piece Mean

A stamp on a piece of jewellery is a declaration, not a guarantee. It is still the single most useful piece of information you have, and the difference between a piece that survives daily wear and one

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