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Jewelry Care Sheet.
Best Cleaner to use:
Dawn Dishsoap or Colgate Toothpaste.
Dawn Dishsoap or Colgate Toothpaste.
Best Cleaning tools:
A SOFT toothbrush, and jewelry cloth.
Rub soap on the stone with your fingers .
Use the toothbrush to brush soap on GENTLY on the wire.
Rinse thoroughly with water and pat dry with paper towel .
Once the jewelry has thoroughly dried, you can buff it gently with a polishing cloth.
If tarnish is stubborn, brush the soap on, let it sit for 5-10 minutes and rinse with water.
Tooth paste is abrasive and can be difficult to clean off. I really like it though. it cleans my pieces very nice.
About Liquid Commercial Jewelry Cleaners…
There are 3 main types of liquid
jewelry cleaner readily available in the store…Silver Cleaner, General Purpose Jewelry Cleaner, & Delicate Jewelry
Cleaner….
- Delicate Jewelry Cleaner or Pearl Cleaner-The safest bet of the 3 types of liquid cleaner for any gemstone jewelry. I think most of these are diluted soap, but they work without damaging most gems.
- General Purpose Jewelry Cleaner- This is a general purpose jewelry cleaner to use with caution—many stones cannot tolerate this jewelry cleaner, most contain Ammonia. Ammonia is acidic and can pit or damage many gemstones.
- Silver Cleaner- Do not use silver cleaner. It is a very harsh acidic
cleaner
- Soft or Delicate Gemstones
Below is a list of gemstones I suggest you use only SOAP & WATER and NO HARSH BRUSHING to clean them!
- Amber (do not soak, just wet to clean & dry thoroughly)
Aquamarine
Charoite
Chrysocolla
Chrysoprase
Dyed or Treated Gemstones
Emerald
Eudialyte
Fluorite
Hemimorphite
Inlay Jewelry
Kunzite
Kyanite
Lapis Lazuli
Malachite
Opals (some may not be washed at all-they can lose their fire, use caution)
Pearls
Polymer Clay
Selenite
Seraphinite
Shell Cameo
Shell,Ivory,Bone,Horn,Coral
Sodalite
Sugilite
Tanzanite
Tourmaline
Turquoise
Wire Wrapped Jewelry Care… - Avoid scenarios that can crush or catch delicate or filigreed wire wrapped jewelry (beware of open weave sweaters and reaching into the washing machine with certain filigree designs).
- Do not throw jewelry into a drawer or pile with other jewelry or things that can damage it.
- Avoid storing in direct sunlight, excessive heat, cold, or area with extreme temperature changes (ie-near windows,vents,ducts).
- Do not expose to harsh chemicals or household cleaners.
- Remove when applying hairspray, perfume, lotion or any skincare/makeup.
- Do not swim wearing jewelry, chlorine can pit gold, silver, & gems.