How to Clean Jewelry With Home products
By Dangazzm
Do you wonder why your jewelry lost its luster and looks dull and unappealing now? Well its a combination of oil from your skin and dust, along with skin particles that attach to it creating a layer of grime. This layer of grime is usually small but doesn't allow your gold, silver, and diamonds to glimmer like they did when you first bought them. You could take them to a jeweler and get them cleaner professionally but that costs quite a bit of money. Especially when you can mix up a few things I am sure you have in your house right now to clean them.
Now as a small disclaimer. You can damage your jewelry if not taken care of. Especially old a fragile pieces, those are better left to professionals. For example a family heirloom that is priceless to you. However, your wedding ring is probably tough enough still so that you can clean it yourself.
How to Clean Silver Jewelry At Home
Silver is a little more touchy than gold is so I will start with this. Chlorine such as what is found in swimming pools is detrimental to silver and causes it to turn a greenish color. While you can clean this off it is a lot harder to do it yourself than normal grime is to take off.
First of all these are the supplies you will need to mix up in a small bowl:
- two teaspoons of liquid dish washing soap
- one teaspoon of household ammonia
- 1/4 cup of water
Be careful to not get too much ammonia, because ammonia can damage the silver and tarnish it. Basically what you want to do is take a cotton swab and run this solution all over the grime areas. If it is tough to get off then you can soak the piece in the solution for about 30 minutes then make sure to rinse it off right away then try to use the cotton swab again which should be a lot easier to come off thanks to the soak.
How to Clean Gold and Other Gemstone Jewelry At Home
Gold and gemstones are a little more resilient but also can hold the grime a lot more, or at least it seems so.
First soak the gold or gemstones in isopropyl alcohol for a few hours. This should break down a lot of the crud and make it easier for the next step.
Next you can take a half a cup of isopropyl alcohol and 2 cups of water to create a cleaning solution that you will apply with a soft bristled toothbrush. Make sure to not use too cheap of a brand of toothbrush because you don't want to scratch anything.
Then basically you want to get in all the grooves and crevises with the toothbrush and brush away all the grime on there.
Keep in mind that it can take a few soaks and brushes to get really clean and don't cheat and try to use an abrasive to clean it as all you will do is scratch off the gold and possibly damage your gems.
Once cleaned rinse it off in warm water and let it air dry, then take a microfiber cloth like you do with glasses and buff it to a nice shine.
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