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Cleaning Jewellery - Is It Safe To Clean Your Valuable Jewellery?
Please note: If uncertain regarding cleaning your jewellery seek advice from a specialist brighton jeweller.
When jewellery is worn, it becomes coated in an oily debris that is primarily made up of dead skin, dust and grit. A greasy film will even start to coat the backs of stones and inside settings if you put on jewellery when washing up, therefore the main purpose of cleaning jewellery is to remove all this oily particles.
Here are a few ideas and easy methods to clean different types of jewellery:
Gold Jewellery: You can utilize an old toothbrush with some warm soapy water to completely clean your gold jewellery.
Gold Alloys: High carat alloys like 18 carat and over, will not usually become tarnished, and will not be harmed by household chemicals. However, lower carat gold can be harmed by contact with chlorine based bleach and cleaning chemical compounds. Chlorine may cause stress corrosion cracking in lower gold alloys of 14 carat and below, although it will be worse if the jewellery consists of porosity through sub-standard manufacturing treatment options. Because of this it is best to avoid cleaning your jewellery with chlorine bleach or other cleansing agents that contains chlorine, and to avoid wearing it when in contact with bleach.
Diamonds: Unless you rub two of your diamonds together, it is going to be quite difficult to scratch or damage them. Therefore, just like gold jewellery the good unwanted toothbrush and warm water and soap will do. One word of caution is that if you use a cloth, sometimes the synthetic thread might bend the claws which hold the stones and may loosen them.
Silver: When cleaning silver jewellery, Silver tarnishes quickly thus solutions like Goddard's Silver Dip can be utilized and the tarnish will come off easily.
Platinum: Platinum is highly resistant to discoloration such as high carat gold alloys and so could be cleaned utilizing chemical substances.
It is always advisable to pop down to any local jewellers in brighton and seek professional advice should you be unsure whether your cleaning method will cause damage to your jewellery.
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