Posted by fjewelrystore.com on January 25th, 2007 — Posted in Jewelry Tips
I have a sterling silver bracelet and it’s completely brown. I don’t have a polishing cloth or any cleaners for it. How do I clean my sterling silver using household products?
The best jewelry cleaner in the world, including precious stones, is simply denture cleaner tablets like “Steradent”. Drop a tablet in warm water with whatever jewels and metals you want cleaned and let the tablet do the hard work.
A few minutes later (up to 30 min soaking) just rinse it all off and you won’t believe how clean and sparkling it all is. One small box of tablets will last you for years and you will always have them on hand whenever you want to clean your sterling silver jewelry.
You can also use a toothbrush dipped in lemon juice and then dipped in salt and scrub the precious metal with this.
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Posted by fjewelrystore.com on January 17th, 2007 — Posted in Online Jewelry
Part II
http://www.bja.org.uk - The British Jewellers Association (BJA) - UK jewellery industry including, jewellery manufacturers, jewellery wholesalers, designer jewellers, internet retailers and others. British Jewellers Association offers a range of jewellery info and advice, promotional services to members (over 750 members). (http://www.jewelleryinbritain.org.uk - Jewellery in Britain - 8 page news sheet, which is sponsored by BJA).
http://www.acj.org.uk - Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) is an organization based in Great Britain, dedicated to the promotion of contemporary jewellery.
http://www.designerjewellersgroup.co.uk - The Designer Jewellers Group - promoting individualism in jewellery designs and professional craftsmanship.
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Posted by fjewelrystore.com on January 9th, 2007 — Posted in Jewelry Making
While silver, gold, and platinum have some similarity in working characteristics, there are also distinct differences that should be considered when designing a piece of jewelry. All the metals are similar when sawing, filing, bending, or polishing, although silver does give less resistance to saw blade, file, or pliers — even well-annealed 18-karat yellow gold is harder to bend than sterling. And each alloy of gold will be slightly different, depending on the metals used in the alloy. For instance, many goldsmiths prefer using a white gold alloyed with palladium, a platinum group metal, rather than with nickel, because it is not so brittle.
As far as the workability of the metals is concerned, your choices when designing will depend to some degree on your skill level and the equipment available. If your design is for a large piece, you need to consider your torch capability. Gold, because it does not conduct heat very well, can be spot soldered with a small torch. Silver, on the other hand, needs to be heated evenly all over, and thus will require a larger flame. Platinum has its own techniques and equipment requirements, especially for casting. If you do not have the tools or experience, platinum will not be an option for you.
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Posted by fjewelrystore.com on January 1st, 2007 — Posted in Online Jewelry
Part I
http://www.jic.org - Jewelry Information Center (JIC) - the source for consumer information on fine jewelry.
http://www.gia.edu - Gemological Institute of America (GIA) - is the world’s foremost authority in gemology, diamond grading, jewelry education, gemology research, diamond and gemstone grading reports and laboratory services.
http://www.nationaljeweler.com - National Jeweler Network - current affairs and trends affecting the jewelry trade.
http://www.jewelers.org - Jewelers of America (JA) - is the national association for the retail jewelers.
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