mustangchi
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How do you all clean pieces without damaging the oxidation?
I can't help with the answer but maybe also ask in the antique/vintage thread.
No special care needed for oxidised sliver pieces, dishwashing soap or jewellery cleaner is fine. Not sure about black rhodium as I don't have any. But the silver is great because you can even de-oxidise for fun and then re-oxidise it to your preferred depth of colour with egg white.
Thank you for your advice! I bought a band that is a mix of gold and oxidized silver and I have never bought oxidized before. So it would be okay to wash hands with the ring on and okay to clean it with a mix of dawn dishwashing soap and water?
Yes, absolutely! No special care needed. Enjoy!
Is it antique or modern? If modern, the oxidation is done intentionally with liver of sulfur. In the crevices of the design it is permanent. So just wear it without worry.
We would love to see your ring!
How do you all clean pieces without damaging the oxidation?
What's the difference between oxidation, tarnish, and patina?
I haven’t played around with water/soap on my oxidized silver collet ring
I should.
I was told by the vendor not to wash my hands with it on, at all, to preserve the current look. So - don’t get it wet at all was the instructions given.
Redoing the oxidation at whatever intervals you need to maintain a certain look, is an expected thing - I think.
Count me in as another who wants to see your ring!
Patina is that green or brown discoloration seen on some metals like copper. Think the green color on the Statue of Liberty.
It's when that old brass or copper vase stops looking "gold" and turns brown with green in the crevices.
Patina is sometimes used to describe antiques, when referencing a really old color on the surface. Perhaps the dark color of the wood with wear marks on a antique chair, which comes from great age.
Patina can also refer the the well worn or rubbed condition of an antique, like in antique gold jewelry.
Oxidation (or tarnish)is the dark color that metals can get from being exposed to air for a really long time. Silver turns grey or black. 9 or 10 carat gold can get brownish, but will polish up in a heartbeat.
People often use these terms interchangibly, so there can be some confusion.
Here's an informative article in reference to your gold band with the purplish color, which I think would be tarnish.
Gold Jewellery Tarnishing - Ganoksin Jewelry Making Community
Tarnishing is superficial corrosion of the carat gold surface and is evident by a usually dark discolouration. Read more on gold jewellery tarnishing.www.ganoksin.com
This thread, although informitive is all talk talk talk
we need pictures people !
you are too funny! Unfortunately I am not good at taking pics and my dry hands from handwashing in hospital are nothing anyone wants to see. They would be scared off from answering my question
You are being way to hard on yourself
Everyone's hands are dry and lizzard like in this pandemic
And i think i take the crown for taking the worst pictures on the internet
lizard like is a great way to describe mine right now for sure
If you mean oxidized as in black rhodium I am curious. I have a CVB band with black rhodium….well, it *used* to have black rhodium. Wore it a few times and it is completely gone. I like it just as well without it so I’m not going to send it back to have it reapplied, but it was truly bizarre. I clean my pieces with Lavish and in an ultrasonic with blue Dawn.