"Turning"/Tarnishing Gold Earrings?

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#16
ik this is the same problem as me!!

don't think that you are alone because you are not :smile1

i wish i knew how to fix this because the studs I'm wearing are 14k yellow gold and i have not even had them for 2 months these earrings are $200 and they are the only earrings i wear because they have the special lock backs on them
 
#18
I have the same problem. I turn yellow gold into rose gold no matter what the karat value!

I had a friend give me titanium earrings for Christmas earlier tonight. I've had them in for 6 hours so far and not one bit of pain, redness or swelling. It's been 10 years since I could wear anything without hunting down plastic sleeves. I can't wait to get more earrings again!
 
#19
I have had the same problem with one pair of earrings. I wore a very small pair of diamond studs in 18 k yellow gold. Every day 24/7 for about 3 months. Every now and then I removed them to wear others. Everything was always ok, but one day I took them off and on the left side the pin was dark brown, violett! Only the one, the other not. I never had any reaction to these studs at all, so I'm wondering what caused the discoloration on this one pin...my only guess is, that maybe my ear got a little snagged with the stud and so it was slightly injured and that caused the tarnishing...but I don't know, it's strange.
Oh and I also got a new pair of 18 k white gold studs and I feel that they are not as comfortable than my yellow gold ones...my ears get a little swollen where the pin is...
 
#20
I stumbled across your post a few days ago-- thank you for posting and giving me hope that I didn't just have low quality gold earrings! Now I am posting in case there is anyone else like us out there! I don't experience the discomfort you describe, but I do have a few pairs of 14K earrings my mom gave me that I care about deeply that have tarnished this way. The tarnish is impossible to remove at home-- or so I thought. I was standing in my show watching YouTube and stumbled across a video that showed how to quickly remove tarnish from Sterling. Hopeful, I tried the method on my gold earrings and IT WORKED LIKE MAGIC!!

All you need is a bowl of hot water, some salt, baking soda, and tin foil. Combine the hot water, salt, and baking soda, then submerse your earrings and the tinfoil into the hot water, touching the tinfoil to the tarnished spots. It has something to do with electromagnetics and it is amazing. I hope someone can use this info!!!
 
#21
PeacefulMommy said:
Necklaces... not so much. Probably because they're moving around quite a bit and not pressed against my skin all the time. The same with bracelets. Both can turn my skin colors if I sleep in them overnight, and I've only turned one 14k chain orange, but I've never had a reaction to them, and I've never turned the metal with the exception of that one 16" rope chain.

Rings also have to be 14k yellow/rose gold or better. I cannot wear silver or white gold rings AT ALL. My fingers break out in itchy, bumpy hives or a red rash that causes skin to peel... not pretty.
I only wear 14k+ yellow or rose gold rings anymore. The rings I wear daily are 18k rose gold and I don't have an issue turning their color. I don't turn the yellow gold rings, either. I only have trouble if water gets trapped under my gold rings.

Earrings seem to get the biggest reaction because they pass THROUGH my body and don't just sit on top.

The reason I can wear James Avery silver is because their silver is 92.5% sterling and the remainder is palladium. No nickel or other metals.

I'm tempted to purchase a cheap pair of platinum earrings from Blue Nile and see whether or not I react.
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Yes, so old, but I was intrigued after reading James Avery is Sterling and palladium, because my ears do the same to jewelry, however, on their site:

The precious metal alloys used in the making of James Avery jewelry consist of sterling silver, 10K, 14K, and 18K yellow gold, white gold, stainless steel, copper, bronze, and titanium.
Sterling silver: Our sterling silver is a mixture (alloy) of at least 92 1/2% pure fine silver and a maximum of 7 1/2% copper.

Any where I can get jewelry with less copper? Thanks!
 
#22
porkupineapple said:
I stumbled across your post a few days ago-- thank you for posting and giving me hope that I didn't just have low quality gold earrings! Now I am posting in case there is anyone else like us out there! I don't experience the discomfort you describe, but I do have a few pairs of 14K earrings my mom gave me that I care about deeply that have tarnished this way. The tarnish is impossible to remove at home-- or so I thought. I was standing in my show watching YouTube and stumbled across a video that showed how to quickly remove tarnish from Sterling. Hopeful, I tried the method on my gold earrings and IT WORKED LIKE MAGIC!!

All you need is a bowl of hot water, some salt, baking soda, and tin foil. Combine the hot water, salt, and baking soda, then submerse your earrings and the tinfoil into the hot water, touching the tinfoil to the tarnished spots. It has something to do with electromagnetics and it is amazing. I hope someone can use this info!!!
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#23
Hi! Thank you! I will try this on my gold. It does work on my silver. I also turn real silver yellowish for my earrings. Bracelets, rings, chains for silver and gold all fine, but once through my ears the posts turn! Still looking for jewelry with less copper/nickel.
 
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