Victoria’s Secrets: How to Clean Your Jewelry

Your fine jewelry may not look its best if you don’t keep your pieces clean. The buildup of sweat, soap, lotion, and everyday grime can make your custom jewelry look dull and dirty and harbor bacteria. Although cleaning jewelry is one of the complimentary services Rock N Gold Creations offers, many clients ask me how they can do it themselves at home. Here are some tips to keep your custom jewelry clean and gleaming:

GOLD: Soak the item for 15 minutes in a two cups of warm water with a few drops of a mild dishwashing liquid, like Joy. Gently scrub with a soft-bristle toothbrush. Rinse with warm water and dry with a soft cloth.

DIAMONDS: Soak for 20 minutes in a mixture of one cup warm water and ¼ cup ammonia. Gently scrub with a soft-bristle toothbrush, getting into the small areas between the diamond and the setting. Rinse with warm water, and lay on a tissue to dry.

PEARLS: Rub each pearl individually with a soft, clean cotton cloth dampened with a solution of two cups warm water and a few drops of a mild dishwashing liquid, like Joy. (Don’t soak your string of pearls; it can cause the string to stretch.) Let them air-dry overnight.

SILVER: Rinse in warm water and pat dry. If silver is tarnished, use a silver-polishing cloth or a jar of silver-cleaning fluid. (Silver cleaner won't harm gold and platinum, but it also won't clean them.) For intricately designed jewelry, use a silver-cleaning paste to get into small crevices. (Don't use toothpaste or other abrasive cleaners, which will scratch.) Wipe with a clean, soft cloth.

Call us today to make an appointment for complimentary jewelry cleaning!

Best wishes,

Victoria Mattar

Simon Says...

Last month I wrote about customer service and how to maintain your jewelry by cleaning at home. Home cleaning is never quite as thorough as what we can provide at Rock’n Gold Creations with our professional equipment, but it helps cut the heavy grime that can get into your pieces. That’s why it’s important to bring your jewels into the store regularly, for us to keep them looking bright, clean, and inspected and make sure they are properly maintained and dazzling when you wear them. Remember, wearing dirty jewelry is like wearing clothes that have not been to the cleaners and properly pressed. So Simon Says you need bring your jewels in at least every three months or more to keep them bright and properly maintained, at no charge to you!

Simon Says...

In today's jewelry market, customer service is the name of the game to stay competitive in our industry. Here at Rock’N Gold Creations, customer service and top quality at great value is what we focus on. If you have any questions or thoughts about recycling, repairing, restoration and/or redesigning your jewelry, we are here for you.

Simon Says... bring in all your jewelry for a free cleaning and inspection so we can make your pieces shiny and like new again!

Jewelry Cleaning Tips

Soap, sweat, lotion and makeup are just a few of the things that create buildup and dull the look of your favorite jewelry that you wear every day. Want to keep it looking shiny and brand-new? Here are some tips from our experts:

1. Make a solution* of 50 percent ammonia, 48 percent warm or hot water, and 2 percent dish soap.
2. Soak your pieces for approximately 15 minutes.
3. Repeat this process about once a week to prevent buildup.

* Note: Only diamonds, sapphires and rubies should be cleaned in this solution. Call RGC for questions about cleaning other types of stones.