Anti-tarnish help please!

[RosieG]

I've been asked to make a little picture in silver wire for a friend to give as a gift. It's not my usual sort of thing at all (I make jewellery) but I'm enjoying the challenge. The silver will be sewn onto a silk fabric background using transparent thread. How can I prevent this tarnishing, are there any products that I can dip the finished pieces in to help fend off tarnish? thanks in advance!

[pearlescence]

Either white gold or rhodium plated sterling wire?

[mizgeorge]

I think I'd just make it from argentium, which has much better tarnish resistance than regular sterling. Heat the finished piece carefully (to slightly less than annealing temperature) to bring the germanium layer to the surface, then pickle and polish as normal.

[Dennis]

Or make it as a brooch, so that it can be unpinned and cleaned occasionally. If it needs to fit snugly use a double pin. Dennis.

[RosieG]

Thanks - those are all good ideas.