What You Need To Know About Cleaning Jewelry
Diamonds could be a girl’s best friend, but not those are lifeless and dull. It is well known that jewelry could lose its shine when it gets dirty. It could be from natural body oil or it could be from perfumes and lotions that we use.
In fact, different types of jewelry require different types of cleaning methods. You should know what you have before you start cleaning. It is important to be extremely careful with opals and pearls.
- In fact, gold jewelry is very strong, but still it can scratch and thus you have to handle it gently. To clean the gold jewelry just place some tablespoons of ammonia in a cup of warm water and put the jewelry into the water for some minutes. After that, brush the piece of jewelry with a soft toothbrush. And then dry the piece of jewelry with a soft cloth.
- As a rule, gems stones are hard enough to survive most cleaning methods. Turquoise, opal and onyx are the exceptions. Hard gemstones require absolutely the same treatment as precious metals. To clean your gemstones just place them into a solution of warm water and ammonia briefly, brush lightly with a soft brush and after that rinse and dry with a soft cloth.
- Everyone knows that opals and pearls are fragile. And thus they do not have to be soaked in any type of solution. To clean the piece of jewelry with pearls or opals, lay the jewelry out flat on a clean and dry cloth. Add several drops of shampoo to a small bowl of water. After that dip a clean cloth into the solution and wipe off each separate opal or pearl. You have to use a clean cloth with clean water to rinse and wipe the piece of jewelry dry.

