How do you stop rings from turning your fingers green?

Ok relax, and don't listen to everybody else on here...Green skin DOES NOT mean your ring isn't real....

Sterling silver is an alloy of silver 92.5% and copper 7.5%. When it is worked by a jeweler it will be heated if it is soldered. As a result it may become coated in red copper oxide. Usually this is removed by pickling in a solution of sodium bisulphite which produces a weak sulphuric acid solution. If you have a ring that has not been properly pickled prior to polishing it may still have copper on its surface that will react with your perspiration to make a green copper compound that stains the skin.

I would suggest soaking your rings in a mixture of household ammonia and water (50/50)for a day or two. The ammonia solution will turn blue as it forms a copper ammonia ion and this will not hurt the silver. After that, your rings will not turn your skin green because the copper has been removed from the surface of the sterling.

Another problem with sterling silver is that it can turn black if you eat a lot of garlic. Again perspiration attacks the silver and in this case I am not sure of the chemical reaction. Proper pickling and polishing will remove the black and restore the silver to its glory.

If possible get your silver plated with rhodium and it will never tarnish and cause problems.

A final note: Some people just have very strong perspiration that chemically attacks even low (10) karat gold alloys and slowly dissolves a ring from the inside out.

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My problem is a weird one. The 14 kt gold ring turns my ring finger green on the right hand but mot my left! I tried wearing my wedding bands on the right hand side and they did the same. Any explanations for this oddity?

You could try putting clear nail polish on the ring - that would create a barrier between the metal and the moisutre/enzymes in your skin which are causing the reaction. You will have to reapply frequently as it will chip off with time. You could also see a jeweler and ask about having it plated in white gold or surgical stainless steel which are not reactive in this way. You could even ask the jeweler to replace the shank of the ring (the round bottom part) altogether with one of these other metals.

Good luck

if you don't want to keep applying clear polish, try some super glue to the inside.Put a few small drops all around and with a tooth pick smear it around. Just be careful when applying. Let it dry completely! It puts on a tougher longer lasting 'coat' on the inside!

You all are so mean so what if its fake maybe her kids got it for her. Alot of rings are recieved by others is suppose to be the thought thats counts right??? I have a braclet on now thats says mom just because my 10 year old did cores for my mother to earn enough money to buy it for me for mothers day. I still wear it proud fading and all cause it was a precious gift from my daughter she picked out....Should I looked at her and said its not real I dont want it???? You all r crazy......

If you want to still wear the ring, paint the inside of the band part with clear finger nail polish. It will help coat the surface to keep it away from your skin, which is reacting to the copper in the metal of your ring. Otherwise, get jewelery with more gold content.

Try putting clear finger nail polish. It worked for me

The easiest way to do it is putting a clear coat of nail polish around the inside & outside of the ring . just the part that goes around your finger. Hope this helps.

The clear polish on the inside of the ring is really a great tip. You may have to reapply occasionally, but it does work.