Living with Bronze
If you are contemplating adding a bronze jewelry to your collection, please mind that bronze is by no means as consistent as gold or silver. Aging of bronze will occur quickly with contact with your skin, perfume, moist air etc. Patina on bronze is surface oxidization and it's creating an outer layer on the surface of bronze item rather than eating away like rust on metal.
There are three schools of treating bronze.
The first one is to let it age naturally and gracefully and observe the process.
The second: to force the patina… and believe me, there are tons of trics on the Internet
and the third one: to stop (to a certain extend) the bronze from aging. If you like the shine and the golden tone of your bronze jewelry or watches, I would recommend getting a dry silver cleaning cloth for the beginning and cleaning the jewelry as often as you can, obligatory after wearing it.
I wonder how your favorite bronze hammers look like after years of being quiet witnesses of your path
Have a great day!
