Silver is beautiful but reactive. Small daily habits accelerate tarnishing and can cause irreversible damage. Here are five to stop right now.

  1. Wearing silver in the shower — water, especially hard water, speeds tarnish.
  2. Applying perfume over jewellery — the alcohol reacts with silver.
  3. Storing pieces together — metal-on-metal contact causes scratches.
  4. Swimming in chlorinated pools — chlorine is highly corrosive to silver.
  5. Leaving it on humid surfaces — moisture accelerates oxidation.

Store your silver in individual zip-lock pouches with an anti-tarnish strip for best results.