He aha nā ala maikaʻi loa e mālama ai i nā mea nani kālā?

Lohe a ʻike mākou i ka "sterling silver this" a me "sterling silver that" kokoke i kēlā me kēia lā, akā ʻaʻole maopopo ka poʻe kūʻai i ke ʻano maoli. ʻO ke ʻano o ka "sterling" he "maʻemaʻe"? No kekahi ʻāpana o ka honua nā mea nani kālā? ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka sterling - a i ʻole like - me ke kālā maʻemaʻe? A he aha ke ʻano o kēlā peʻa ma ke kua o kaʻu lei ke ʻōlelo ʻo ".925"?

Ma ka wehewehe ʻana a me ka ʻaelike honua "sterling" kālā he 92.5% ke kālā maʻemaʻe a me 7.5% kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe - maʻamau ke keleawe. ʻO ka 92.5% ke kumu i hoʻopaʻa pinepine ʻia ai nā mea nani me nā helu 925 a i ʻole .925.

No ke aha e hui ai ke keleawe me ke kala maʻemaʻe?

I kēia manawa, manaʻo paha ʻoe, "ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke kālā sterling e like me ke kālā maʻemaʻe". ʻAe, ʻae a ʻaʻole. ʻAʻole maoli ia maʻemaʻe, akā ua hui pū ʻia ke kālā sterling i kēia ratio pololei no kekahi mau kumu maikaʻi loa. Ua ʻike paha ʻoe i ke kālā maʻemaʻe ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki ma ke ākea? Inā ʻaʻole, e nānā i ka ʻohi puna kālā a kou kupuna wahine. Hiki i ke kālā ke ho'ohehe'e (tarnish) wikiwiki, e waiho ana i ke kala 'ula'ula. ʻO ka 7.5% keleawe a i ʻole nā ​​metala ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia e hana i ke kālā sterling e hoʻolohi i ke kaʻina hana ʻino.

ʻO ka lua, he metala palupalu loa ke kālā maʻemaʻe. Hiki ke kūlou a haki maʻalahi. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi metala ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, i ka hui ʻana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o kāu mau mea kālā kālā, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana ma ke ala. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke kālā sterling - ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻemaʻe - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke koho ʻana i nā mea nani.

A ʻo ka mea hope akā ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, e hoʻohui i kahi metala ʻē aʻe - a pēlā e hoʻolōʻihi ai i ke kālā - e maʻalahi ka waiwai i nā mea hana metala, nā mea nani a me nā mea hana lima e hoʻopaʻa a hoʻoponopono i kēlā mau apo paʻakikī, nā pendants a me nā lei a mākou e mahalo nui nei.

No laila, hele ʻoe ... ʻO ka manawa aʻe e kūʻai aku ai ʻoe i nā mea nani hou, a i ʻole ke kūʻai ʻana i makana hoʻomanaʻo no kāu hoaaloha / wahine, e hoʻomaopopo pono ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka mea kūʻai aku ke ʻōlelo lākou "He kālā sterling kēia"... ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole lākou.