Jewellery – Cleaning and Caring

To make it shine the way it was supposed to, you are going to need to clean it, because if you wear jewellery, it’s going to collect skin flakes and similar grime (and even if you don’t wear it, it’ll collect dust).

Is your piece of jewellery set with harder stones (not just the obvious diamonds, sapphires and rubies, but also cubic zirconia, amethyst, topaz and rhinestones), softer stones (and stone-like substances) such as turquoise, opal, lapis lazuli, coral and amber, or is it a string of pearls ?

Jewellery involving the harder stones (or no stones) is the easiest to clean. The soft toothbrush prevents any scratching. Diamond, being the hardest of all substances, is unlikely to be scratched by some puny piece of plastic. Gold, however, is pretty soft.

Dry your jewellery with a soft cloth. Don’t use a paper towel unless you fancy picking bits of paper out of a claw setting.

Pearls should be cleaned as little as possible. If your pearls really are grubby (or if they’ve got sweat on them), then use a mild saline (salt) solution. Never spray perfume on pearls or use ammonia – this will stain the pearls.