Gem gloves and anti tarnish

Hello Troy,

1st - I am just seeing your note now ? Wonder how so?

Competently agree. I do not answer the question. I will please try to better answer the question- if still incomplete. All precious [solid] metal jewelry [ without diamonds / gemstones / pearls] is stored in “just fit” zip lick [seal of some sort] plastic bags as air tight [air void] as possible. If a pedant is stored with it’s chain - think for example rose gold where the matching color of chain to pendant can be challenging] then a bubble plastic bag is used. The second a bit wider and taller - the ends of the chain go through the inner bag.This is all done to make life a little easier to get the piece out of the bags.

These bags are then placed inside a bubble wrapper paper covered opaque bag that is then placed in a metal drawer of a well made cabinet [the metal drawer itself fits exactly so is a barrier to the passage of air to inside it.]. he condition inside the drawer is presumed dark. The humidity of the room where the cabinet is: 52 { as of now using a hygrometer measurement tool} I do not know what the humidity is inside the drawers are but could find out if a need were inclined.

There is no sulfur dioxide etc.absorbent material used.

The two precious metals stored are gold and silver. 14 & 18K & .925.

The longest stored, are some .925 Silver jewelry from late 2019 that when last examined [ a guess 1/2 year ago] under 3X magnification showed “minimal” tarnish that is removable.

None of these jewelry pieces are removed from storage unless needed. In general the cabinet drawers are never opened except for a specific reason.

I hope this answer is better and of some help, Thank you,

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for getting back with me on this. No worries, we are all busy. Honestly, I had forgotten about the conversation.

It seems what you are doing for storage is successful, by keeping the articles separate from each other. This helps prevent galvanic interaction which can happen if multiple pieces are in contact with each other. Moisture and differential pH content triggers this reaction.

Cheers!