Intercept Jewelry Care Blog
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The Issue with Silver, Leather & Rubber
An interesting jewelry design is the combining of silver with leather and/or rubber. We see these creations in bracelets, necklaces, earrings, watc... -
Why Retailers Prefer Intercept Anti Tarnish Packaging
Ensuring your jewelry pieces maintain their sparkle and sheen requires not just any anti tarnish product, but one that contains high-performance Intercept Technology™.
Learn more about why our anti tarnish products are the best on the market:
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How To Celebrate National Jewel Day [Infographic]
Are you ready to celebrate National Jewel Day on March 13th with the above ideas? Whether you are going to buy new jewelry or simply wear your favorite earrings, necklace or bracelets, make sure you keep them protected all year long with the proper care products that fight against tarnish and corrosion. Check out our inventory of anti-tarnish paper, anti-tarnish strips and all of our other anti-tarnish products to protect all your precious metals. Anti-tarnish products neutralize the corrosive gases and particles that cause unsightly tarnish. When you place them in your jewelry box or other silver jewelry storage container, it creates a microenvironment that will keep your jewelry protected and shiny!
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How Does Anti-Tarnish Paper Keep Jewelry Protected?
If you own or wear jewelry often, you already know that properly caring for it is crucial to keeping it protected and clean, looking its best, and ensuring longevity. This is especially important to prevent your jewelry from any tarnish. You are most likely already familiar with the common tricks of the trade such as not getting your jewelry wet and not wearing it during physical activities like working out. You may keep it safely stored in a jewelry box or container as well. But did you know that anti-tarnish paper effectively protects your jewelry from damage?
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How Can Poor Packaging Materials Cause Jewelry Tarnish?
If you own jewelry, you probably keep it stored in the packaging material it came with which tends to be some kind of box or fabric pouch. Things like necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings are among the belongings being stored in their original containers and this can pose some problems because the environment they are in could be damaging!
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Tarnish & Corrosion - A Historical Flashback
Historical Flashback - 1795 Boston Time Capsule Opened
We go through life collecting memories, of times of people, sometimes all it takes is a part of a song, or the sight of some long forgotten trinket to allow memories to come cascading back into our conscience minds. Times capsules are nothing new, but what they do give us is a glimpse of a time gone by, insight into what the people who so tenderly put away their memorabilia considered important or worthy of being saved for later generations. We do not have them here to let us know why they saved particular items, but we are allowed new insights.
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Bridal Basics: Jewelry Choices for Bridesmaids
As wedding season approaches, brides everywhere are in the midst of making final decisions for their special day. Of all the details like the venue, the guest list and the wedding dress, every bride has to figure out how her bridal party will look! Bridesmaids play an important role in any wedding because they are the go-to gals of the wife-to-be and need to complement the bride as she stands at the altar.
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The Five Bad “S” Words to Avoid Keeping Your Jewelry Safe from Tarnish
\We all have jewelry that we love and treasure; just as we most likely all have simpler pieces that we have sitting at the bottom of our jewelry box collecting dust. Regardless of how precious or invaluable the items in your jewelry collection are, there are particular ways to care for jewelry that everyone should know. It doesn’t matter how often we may wear a set of earrings, or how expensive the diamond necklace your husband bought you was or how old the wrist watch your Grandmother gave you when you were little is… most jewelry has history behind it—and preserving that history is important. Below is a list of the top five worst “S” words we want every jewelry owner to know in order to better protect your pieces and prevent tarnishing those special metals (and memories).
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The Truth About Tarnish
Do you know the truth about jewelry tarnish? Check out this reference guide to learn more about jewelry care and protection.
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Quality Assurance Tips for Preventing Tarnish
When working with silver jewelry, one of the biggest challenges is getting products, tarnish free, to their final destination while conforming to strict quality assurance guidelines set by retailers, and demanded by consumers. Whether that destination is the distributor, the retailer, or the consumer, there are certain precautions that should be followed to avoid customer returns, delays, and related fees that some retailers may charge their vendors.
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How to Keep Your Silverware and Flatware Free of Tarnish
Mostly everyone who is engaged in maintaining the quality of their home, their furniture and appliances take careful consideration into home improvement. You might be content with the quality of your interior, but are you concerned about the condition of your flatware? How would you like to have dinnerware that is both clean and tarnish-free? After all, tarnish is not necessarily the most attractive image you’d wish to see on your flatware. Have you ever found a spoon in your drawer which you had to switch for a new one since there was a bit of a tarnish overload? You’re not alone.
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How to Preserve the Quality of your Silver Jewelry
Did you receive a nice piece of jewelry over the holidays? If it was a piece of silver jewelry—whether it was a necklace, bracelet, or even a watch—then watch out; as a natural material, silver reacts with its environment (particularly with chemicals in the air), which can result in your silver becoming tarnished.
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