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ages Posts: 2 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 04-05-2000 12:43 AM I would like to display some of my sterling silver Christmas ornaments through out the year. However, I do not want to have to polish them all the time. Can you recommend the best way to display them? I do not want to do anything to reduce the value of each ornament. ------------------ Annette G.E. Smith P.O. Box 32701 Juneau, AK 99803-2701 IP: Logged
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 04-05-2000 09:33 AM The only way to display silver of any sort without tarnish is to lacquer them. Now, for something small like an ornament, you might be able to lacquer them yourself. I can't give you any technical help, unfortunately, but it seems to me that this is your only longterm solution. Lacquering avoids polishing, and polishing is what wears the silver and hurts the surface. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 04-05-2000 10:24 AM Here is an alternative to lacquering or polishing you might try. Depending on where you live (and the time of year) there is more or less sulfur in the air and it is sulfur that creates tarnish on silver. Most silver will retain its shine if the sulfur is regularity washed off with ordinary soap and water. It is important to set a schedule such that the silver is washed before the sulfur (tarnish) starts to set in. We find that (depending on the time of year) every 7-10 days seems to work for our silver. If you wait to wash until you notice some tarnish, you will only delay the eventual need to polish. Another alternative to lacquering you could try is a micro crystalline wax polish such as RENAISSANCE. This very fine wax drys clear and will keep the sulfur in the air from reaching the silver. IP: Logged
ages Posts: 2 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 04-10-2000 12:04 PM Thanks for your replies to my question. I ran out and checked at all our jewelry stores here for Renaissance, and no one has heard of it. Could you tell me where I might find it, and approxiamtely how much the cost would be? Also, what about Pacific Cloth? Would it make a difference in the speed of tarnish appearing if used as a backing in frames? Thanks....I do appreciate your time in responding to my questions. Annette IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 04-10-2000 01:17 PM The Renaissance Wax should between $15-$20. *Renaissance Wax* The Manufacturer: Picreator Enterprises Ltd 44 Park View Gardens London NW42PN Phone: 020 8202 8972 UK Dealer: Conservation By Design Timecare Works 5 Singer Way Woburn Road Industrial Estate' Kempston Bedford MK42 7AW Phone: (01234) 853555 Fax: (01234) 852334 USA Distributer/Dealers: Cutlery Specialties 22 Morris Ln. Great Neck, NY 11024 Phone: (516) 829-5899 Fax: (516) 773-8076 The Gemmary P.O. Box 2560 Fallbrook, CA 92088 Phone: (760) 728-3321 Fax: (760) 728-3322 Highland Hardware Attn: Mail Order Department 1045 N. Highland Ave. NE Atlanta, GA 30306 Phone: (800) 241-6748 Fax (404) 876-1941 IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 07-19-2018 05:02 PM Has anyone used ProtectaClear IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 10-12-2020 12:22 PM For some reason this showed up as "unread" in my feed, even though it's years old and I must have read it long ago. But seeing it again leads me to ask: How do you use Renaissance wax? Do you just polish the piece with the usual silver polish and then rub on a thin layer of Renaissance wax, or is some other treatment necessary first? Can you use it for silver you use (like, say, a teapot), or only for display silver? How do you remove it--is it difficult? Can it go on wooden handles? Ivory insulators? Applied elements made of copper, gold, etc? IP: Logged

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