Jewelry & Watches

How to Clean Jewelry

There are so many brands of jewelry cleaners on the market today. Depending on how your jewelry is made, these products may or may not be safe for your jewelry! So, before using jewelry cleaner, take a good long look at the jewelry and try to determine what it is made of.

Please note that any jewelry that is glued should not be soaked in jewelry cleaner. Instead, use a little Woolite mixed with water, and soak the piece for just a couple of minutes. Remove the piece from the mixture and dry it immediately – but gently – with a soft cloth. Use a soft toothbrush to gently scrub small crevices.

Try to avoid soaking pearls! Pearls may come from the ocean – but your tap water may very well damage pearls. Simply wipe the pearl with a damp cloth, then use a polishing cloth to give it back its shine.

Never soak any of your jewelry overnight. It isn’t necessary, and it may harm the jewelry. Again, it is important to know what gemstones are used in your jewelry, and how the piece of jewelry was constructed before determining how you will clean it.