Maintaining brass jewelry

The maintenance of brass jewelry requires a little more attention than gold jewelry, only stainless metal. Brass is a combination of pink copper and gray zinc, it has a natural matte yellow color that gives it a slight vintage look. Like 925 silver, brass oxidizes in contact with the air and over time. Oxidation is a surface phenomenon and it is easy to overcome, in order to keep its brass jewelry bursting.

Care Tips Brass Jewelry

The two main things to do for proper care of brass jewelry are to store them in pouches or a jewelry box, and to protect them from contact with acidic substances. Here are some additional tips:

• Remove your brass jewelry for cleaning, sports, or going to the pool
• Drop your perfume drops away from the contact areas with your jewelry
• Prefer a neutral pH soap (if you do not remove your jewelry in the shower!)
• Remove your brass jewelry to sleep if your skin is acid (acid skin = your jewelry darken very fast)

Why does brass jewelry tarnish?

Unlike gold, the surface of brass tarnishes over time. Oxidation is a natural phenomenon, but certain factors accelerate it, let's see which ones:

• PH acidic skin.
  The PH of the skin varies from one person to another and depending on what is consumed. In fact, the PH will be more acidic if the person consumes acidic foods or alcoholic beverages.
• The contact of brass jewelry with
  • acid perspiration
  • cosmetics,
  • perfumes,
  • maintenance products,
  • chlorinated pool water
  • a very humid air

Cleaning and maintenance of brass jewelry

The main idea for cleaning brass jewelry is to remove the thin layer of brass tarnished by oxidation (contact with oxygen).

The recipes of grandmothers

• Baking soda
  Place the baking soda on a previously wet toothbrush and rub gently.
• Ash of cold wood
  Same as bicarbonate
• White vinegar
  Soak your silver jewels in white vinegar. Leave 2 for hours.
• Lemon juice
  Dip a toothbrush into squeezed lemon juice and rub gently.

The tricks of modern times

• Coca
  Soak your silver jewelry in coca, for 1 minute. Wash them with soapy water and rinse thoroughly.
• Toothpaste
  Cover the silver jewelry with toothpaste and let sit 30 minutes.

You have been warned!, the maintenance of brass jewelry is not at all the same if it includes semi-precious stones. Indeed, it will be necessary to bypass the stones so as not to damage them! Their chemical composition might not at all appreciate a treatment reserved for brass.

If your brass jewelry has stones, use a toothbrush, a soft cloth and a dose of patience. If necessary, a little elbow grease will suffice.

Remember to use a chamois or microfiber type cloth to avoid scratching the brass.

Professional Maintenance Products

There are products dedicated to jewelry, such as Hagerty products, a brand specializing in the care of jewelry and precious objects. These items range from 7 to 10 euros.

Omyoki brass jewelry

Omyoki makes a point of honor to offer quality jewelry. Our golden creations are made with quality and treated brass. We have chosen not to gold plate our golden jewelry because the plating deteriorates quickly and we prefer that our jewelry lasts over time. In addition, brass is a material with a pretty gold color. It is an alloy of pink copper and gray zinc, with a natural matte yellow color that gives it a slight vintage look.

Contrary to popular belief, brass is not allergenic. In fact, it is very rare for people to be allergic to this metal. In reality, it is the presence of nickel, in large quantities, that poses a problem and caused a scandal years ago, before there was any real regulation of the composition of jewelry.

The Omyoki brass jewelry are mostly handmade. Those that come from presses (simple and full shapes) benefit from handmade finishes. Brass has been used in jewelry for hundreds of years. It was mainly Indian craftsmen who initiated this use, which later became common. Having become very trendy today, brass jewelry is all the rage!

Fair trade

Omyoki is committed to a fundamental approach, all our jewelry is manufactured and sold in a fair trade logic. We work with artisans from developing countries, with whom a unique relationship has been established. Each workshop has been visited to ensure working conditions and fair compensation is paid. The jewelry is created to accompany the hard work of small workshops, women's groups, or the work of local artists from developing countries. Our goal is to provide work in areas less favored than ours and to improve the lives of artists and their families.

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