How to clean your jewelry
We all really want to take care of our jewelry and ensure them a long life. But when we use our jewelry often and they are part of our everyday accessories, it can not be avoided that they do not get wear and dirt on them.
Fortunately, you can keep your jewelry beautiful and beautiful to look at - by easily cleaning them. This way, you also take good care of your jewelry and their durability.
At A-Hjort, we recommend the jewelery cleaner from Hagerty and their Silver Clean, which is easy to use and effectively removes dirt - while giving the jewelery a new and fresh shine.
Your jewelry will quickly look brand new and can be used for both gold and silver.
You can also follow our guide below and see how you can even clean your jewelry easily and simply at home.
Clean gold and silver jewelry
All you need to clean your gold jewelry is a bowl of lukewarm water, a little dishwashing liquid and some kind of brush- Here you can easily use a toothbrush or a gentle dish brush.
Pour a little dishwashing liquid into the lukewarm water
Put your jewelry in the water and leave it for a few minutes
Take the jewelry up brush gently dirt away
Rinse the jewelry in lukewarm water so that the soap residue disappears
Wipe the gold jewelry thoroughly
Clean jewelry with pearls
Pearls are a fine material that can be a little fragile. It is important to treat pearls properly and with care. Beads are an organic material that absorbs dirt and colors.
However, it is very easy to clean its jewelry with pearls and takes a short time.
All you have to do is:
Take a dry cloth and gently sand the impurities
We recommend that you clean your jewelry with pearls at regular intervals.
Avoid soap.
Clean the gems
You have to be a little more careful when cleaning your gems. Diamonds have a different fragility, but can withstand the jewelry's.
When cleaning gemstones, it is important that you avoid the jewelry cleaning tool, as not all stone types can withstand it.
But you can easily clean jewelry with gemstones using water and soap. See our guide here:
Make a bowl of lukewarm water and a little soap
Take your jewelry down in the bowl and leave it for a few minutes
When picking up the jewelry, you can gently brush with a toothbrush, soft dish brush or similar
Dry your jewelry thoroughly with a tea towel or soft cloth
With the help of small rules of thumb, you can also easily and simply avoid that your jewelry absorbs a lot of wear and dirt. Always remember to take off your jewelry when you exercise, sleep and bathe.
Sweat wears hard on your jewelry and gives a coating and discoloration.
If you are in doubt about cleaning your jewelry or how to do it, you can visit your nearest jeweler and they can help you. Here you can also buy jewelry cleaner which is intended to remove dirt and discoloration.