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Jewelry Care & Safety

October 12, 2025

Jewelry Care & Safety

To maintain the beauty and integrity of your purchase, we recommend treating it with care. Simple maintenance practices, such as routine gentle polishing—especially for 925 sterling silver—and proper storage, can help preserve the longevity of your favorite pieces.

Each GroveTop Studio piece is tested to ensure durability against everyday elements like sweat, humidity, and saltwater exposure. We also test for chlorine resistance, as chlorinated water (from pools, hot tubs, or cleaning products) can accelerate tarnishing, cause surface pitting, or even weaken metal over time. While our stainless steel pieces are highly resistant to corrosion, and our sterling silver components are of premium quality, we do not recommend wearing your jewelry while swimming, showering, or cleaning with chemicals.

For best results:

Avoid chlorine, bleach, or harsh cleaners. These chemicals can damage both metal and plated finishes.
Remove jewelry before swimming or bathing. Even stainless steel can show wear after repeated chlorine exposure.
Store pieces in a dry place. Use an airtight bag or jewelry box to reduce oxidation and tarnish on silver.
Polish gently with a soft cloth. Regular light polishing helps maintain the natural shine without wearing away surface treatments.
Avoid abrasives. Rough cloths or chemical dips can dull both silver and stainless steel over time.

With just a bit of care, your GroveTop Studio jewelry can remain a lasting keepsake—crafted to endure, but made to be cherished.

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Our Metal Integrity Tests

Each piece undergoes a multi-phase durability test to ensure it endures salt, sweat, chlorine, and time.

Sweat Test

Each piece undergoes an acid test to confirm its authenticity and metal composition. We submerge each piece in acidic vinegar, simulating sweat, to verify that our metals are genuine stainless steel or sterling silver — never cheap alloys or coatings.

Salt Water Test

Saltwater is nature’s toughest challenge for metal. Our pieces are immersed to verify that the finish won’t flake, rust, or lose its luster — even in ocean air or humid conditions. It’s how we ensure strength worthy of the sea.

Chlorine Test

Chlorine can be surprisingly harsh on metals, so we expose our designs to controlled chlorine solutions to test for fading or pitting. The result: pieces that stay beautiful, even after a dip in the pool.

Before introducing any new design, we put a prototype of each piece through a rock tumbler test — mixing it with coins and keys to simulate years of real-world wear. Only when the metals and finishes meet our durability standards do we move forward using pieces from the same batch in our final collections.

“As the craftsman behind GroveTop Studio (Motif Metalworks), I wear the Celtic Fusion piece every day. For me, it’s more than just jewelry—it’s a connection to my heritage, blending both my Nordic and Celtic roots. It reminds me daily of the reverence for nature that these cultures held dear, while also keeping me grounded in my modern values and faith. I hope each piece we create can give you that same sense of rootedness and meaning.”

– John, Founder

At GroveTop Studio, every piece begins under the shelter of centuries-old oaks on our South Carolina homestead. It’s here, in the quiet of the grove, that we select and hand-finish jewelry that carries both meaning and beauty.

Welcome to our grove.

We hope you find a piece that speaks to you.

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