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 Re: Silver-plated keys discoloration!?
Author: L. Omar Henderson 
Date:   2005-11-10 12:56

(Disclaimer- I sell a silver protectant sachet)
The 3-M strips do work. They are essentially 60 lb paper coated with activated charcoal. Unfortunately the amount of charcoal coated on the strips is small. If you open and close a case regularily, or heaven forbid do not keep it closed most of the time they will absorb everything from the air which promotes silver tarnish rather quickly. The 6 month advertised usage life per strip pertains to a rather small container which is kept sealed nearly all the time. A small cloth bag filled with activated charcoal - available at tropical fish supply stores - will give you 10-1000 times the amount of activated charcoal. You may have a slight "dusting" problem unless the weave of the cloth bag is very tight, but minor at most. There are other available bulk and packaged solid phase materials that remove sulphur and other tarnish promoting chemicals found in the air which are more efficient and more long lasting than activated charcoal however.
L. Omar Henderson
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