Frequently Asked Questions about Sterling Silver

1. What are the benefits of wearing silver jewelry?

Wearing silver jewelry has a good health care effect, it can neutralize the toxic substances in the human body. Silver ions have a strong bactericidal effect, can eliminate 650 kinds of germs, can be used as a drug testing tool, and are very beneficial to the human body. It can also accelerate wound healing, prevent infection, and purify water and preserve freshness. The ancients said: Wearing silver, health and wealth will accompany you, sooth the five internal organs, calm the mind, stop fear and palpitation, and remove evil spirits. In medicine, it is much more effective for human health than other precious metals.

2. What are the reasons for the blackening of silver jewelry?

A. Because everyone’s endocrine and physical conditions are different, some people’s sweat contains more acid, some people have less acid, and some people’s body fluids have high sulfur content, these are the substances that cause the surface of silver jewelry to turn black, so Everyone wears silver jewelry will produce different results, and some people wear it for half a year and it will look like new.
B. Sulfur, nitric acid and oxides in air and other substances (such as cosmetics) have a certain corrosive effect on silver. If silver jewelry is worn for a long time, the combination of sulfur and silver will form a black silver sulfide film on the surface of silver jewelry, which begins to appear as some small spots, and then spreads into pieces to form what people usually call silver scale, which becomes Black color affects the surface luster of silver jewelry, and people usually mistake it for discoloration.

3. What is the solution to the blackening of silver jewelry?

If the silver jewelry turns black, don’t rush to wash it with silver washing water, because silver water is a chemical preparation, which also has a certain corrosive effect on the jewelry. The silver cloth is your first choice (every piece of silver jewelry YK SILVER has a free silver cloth to help customers maintain their jewelry), and there are many small remedies, such as soaking the silver jewelry in cola overnight, or using a soft brush Dip in toothpaste and brush…but remember to dry the water with a cotton cloth after washing.

4. Can I take a shower?

Yes, you can take it with you or take it off, but try not to take it in the shower. Jewelry needs to be taken care of.

5. The problem of delivery

A. The goods will be sent by SF Express within 3-7 working days after the customer completes the payment, except for the pre-ordered goods.
B. If you can choose to pay in person at the subway station or at the store in Hong Kong, please WhatsApp us directly.

6. If it is a two-color pendant, will the gold or rose gold color fade? What is electroplating?

The golden part or rose gold part of the two-color pendant is plated with 24K real gold, and has a thickness guarantee, which will not fade like platinum, please rest assured to wear it!

7. What is zircon? Is it a real diamond, why is it so flat, and what is the difference between it and a real diamond?

Zircon is not a diamond, it is artificially manufactured by the cutting process of diamonds imported from Switzerland, so the cost is much lower than that of real diamonds. The brilliance, the zircon dispersion is 0.065, which is higher than the 0.044 of the real diamond, so it looks better in fire. The hardness is 8.5, slightly lower than that of the real diamond. The very good hardness determines that the zircon will hardly scratch. Yes, so there is no need to worry about the zircon not shining. If it does not shine, there is only one reason. It is dirty. At this time, it needs to be cleaned. Use a soft brush and a small amount of neutral detergent to gently scrub will shine like new. That is to say, zircon only needs to keep the surface smooth to be able to sparkle like a rainbow, which is exactly the same as that of South African diamonds.

8. What is the difference between the S925 and S999 we marked?

A, the silver content is different

925 silver refers to silver products with a silver content of not less than 92.5%, and the purity above this is regarded as pure silver. Because high-purity silver is soft and easy to oxidize,  925 silver is added with 7.5% of other metals, which makes it have ideal hardness, can be better shaped, inlaid with various gems, and made a variety of silver jewelry.
The pure silver in 999 silver jewelry can be called sterling silver. The content is the numbers after the metal symbol, and 999 silver means that the silver content is 99.9%. Thousands of pure silver refers to silver with a silver content of 99.9%. The silver content of thousand-foot silver jewelry shall not be lower than 99.9%. It is also the highest purity standard for silver products stipulated in the current national standards.
Therefore, S925 silver and S999 silver respectively represent the content of silver in silver jewelry, and these two kinds of pure silver jewelry belong to the range of sterling silver. In order to distinguish, 999 silver is called pure silver, and S999 silver is more advantageous in terms of purity.

B. The hardness is different.

S925 silver is harder than S999 silver, and can be used to make silver products of various shapes; while S999 silver is soft silver, and can only be used for some relatively simple jewelry and silverware, such as silver bracelets, silver tableware, and silver teapots.

C. The colors are different.

S999 silver jewelry is whiter than S925 silver jewelry, because the higher the purity of silver, the whiter the silver will be.

D, the imprint is different.
Silver jewelry should generally be marked with the English abbreviation of silver (“S” or “Sterling”). The stamp of standard silver is S925, and the stamp of pure silver is S999. All silver jewelry purchased in our YK SILVER has such a logo, which means that the silver content is different.

8. Is colored silver more likely to become black and stained than ordinary silver jewelry?

The surface of colored silver jewelry also has a protective coating, as long as it is properly maintained, it will not turn black and stained.

9. Is it better to wear sterling silver earrings with newly pierced ears?

If you put a pair of iron earrings on the newly pierced ears, it will 100% become inflamed, but if you wear silver earrings, not only will there be no inflammation, but the wound will heal quickly, because silver ions have anti-allergic effects, which shows that silver Has strong anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties.