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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 1427855, member: 10944"]C</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point a lot of people were told to wrap their silver in Saran Wrap/plastic wrap. I see it a lot and literally had a lady tell me she was taught that was the best way to store it. I had someone wrap a really nice, fancy bowl I bought online in a trash bag for shipment. I often don’t open my packages for weeks and sometimes months if I trust the seller. Well this one I let sit for close to a month. I opened it and the bowl had brownish/gray stains all over it. I assume there was PVC in the bag. Coin flips from the 80s were famous for containing PVC and damaging lots of coins. Seller thought he was doing a good thing by protecting it from scratches. I haven’t tried to polish yet so not sure if the damage is permanent but it looks awful. I fear it may be there for good.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got some silverware at a thrift store earlier in the year and totally forgot it was wrapped in rubber bands. Just discovered it the other day and they had already started staining everything they were touching! Whoops![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 1427855, member: 10944"]C At some point a lot of people were told to wrap their silver in Saran Wrap/plastic wrap. I see it a lot and literally had a lady tell me she was taught that was the best way to store it. I had someone wrap a really nice, fancy bowl I bought online in a trash bag for shipment. I often don’t open my packages for weeks and sometimes months if I trust the seller. Well this one I let sit for close to a month. I opened it and the bowl had brownish/gray stains all over it. I assume there was PVC in the bag. Coin flips from the 80s were famous for containing PVC and damaging lots of coins. Seller thought he was doing a good thing by protecting it from scratches. I haven’t tried to polish yet so not sure if the damage is permanent but it looks awful. I fear it may be there for good. I got some silverware at a thrift store earlier in the year and totally forgot it was wrapped in rubber bands. Just discovered it the other day and they had already started staining everything they were touching! Whoops![/QUOTE]
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