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1. Avoid wearing your jewelry
especially white gold in a chlorine pool or a hot tub.
The chemicals may slowly erode the finish, weaken the prongs, and
discolor the gold or sterling silver.
2. Use ½ water and ½ ammonia to clean diamonds and some colored
stones. Dip the jewelry into
this solution and use a soft brush to clean under the prongs.
DO NOT clean the following stones in this solution:
Turquoise, opal, emeralds, tanzanite, pearls, amber, coral and
ivory, shell cameos, lapis, bone, horn, any assembled stone
3. Store your jewelry in separate soft boxes or plastic bags to avoid
scratching the finishes.
4. Platinum is an extremely durable precious metal.
It is resistant to tarnishing and discoloration due to chlorine and
other chemicals but needs to be cleaned like gold jewelry.
5. Clean silver jewelry with a non-detergent soap and water, using a
small, soft brush to clean under the stones. To remove tarnish, try a polishing cloth. They are charged
with a cleaning compound just for silver.
6. Hair spray, perfume and perspiration can weaken the silk thread
that pearls are strung on. The
corrosive effects can damage pearl luster.
7. Should your pearl strand break, the knots in between each pearl
will prevent the loss of any pearl. Knots separate pearls to prevent them
from rubbing against each other.
8. Clean pearls only with a non-detergent soap, rinse and pat dry.
9. Place a piece of aluminum foil, shiny side up, on the
bottom of a glass bowl or glass pan. Fill the container with a solution of
boiling water and three teaspoons of baking soda. To remove tarnish, soak
any sterling silver and good quality silver plate (the finish on cheap
silver plate will bubble if it's soaked).
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