If you love you jewelry like I know you do, its easy to invest a small fortune in a collection. Whether is fine jewelry or costume jewelry, you should treat your jewelry collection as an investment that needs your TLC. After all with proper care todays fashions will become tomorrows highly sought after collectible vintage pieces.
Key points:
Knowing when not to wear your jewelry is the first step to proper care.
- Don't wear your jewelry when engaged in a strenuous workout
- Take care to remove your jewelry when engaged in household task. Cleaning solutions can damage both fine and costume jewelries.
- Gardening grit can leave scratches and accidentally catching your jewelry on something as simple as a cleaning cloth can result in injury to you or your jewelry.
- Remove your rings before applying hand or body lotions.
- Put your jewelry on after applying makeup, perfumes and hair sprays.
- Remove all jewelry before having you hair styled.
- Remove jewelry before entering a chlorinated pool or hot tub.
- Remove your jewelry before bathing.
Proper storage:
- After wearing gently wipe oils and dust from them using a jewelers cloth or smooth soft cloth. Do not use paper towels or fabric like terry cloth. Paper towels can scratch some metals and terry cloth can snag and break delicate chains.
- Before storing take care to refasten any clasps to help prevent tangling, knots and kinks.
- Keep you jewelry items separate, store in plastic zip baggies. Exposure to air can help accelerate tarnishing of some metals.
Cleaning:
- Use a mild soap and water solution and a soft brush to effectively clean most jewelry.
- Remember to thoroughly dry before storing
- Do not use hard objects like tooth picks to clean around pronged settings.
- For fine jewelries its always best to have them professionally cleaned.
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