Caring for your jewelry

Our jewels are fetishes, charms doors, valuable or unique. A bear them, they use the color tarnished and scratched stones.
- Caring for your jewelry

Our jewels are fetishes, charms doors, valuable or unique. A bear them, they use the color tarnished and scratched stones. How to avoid the damage and see black day? Tips to maintain and give them a new life.

Daily:
Remember to remove your jewelry whenever you are in contact with water or a source of heat. Even on the beach to avoid unpleasant surprises like a stone lighter, bleached by the sun ... Attention also to the shelter during a workout, shock damage the metals and stones. Tip: to end shocks, wear only one ring on the same finger.

Maintain a jewel by its metal

    Money
    Silver is a metal less dense than gold or platinum and softer. It scratches more easily. But more importantly, it oxidizes if not covered with a layer of rhodium. The ideal is to re-polish every year, even if most people bringing money just to appreciate its patina.
    Gold
    Yellow gold does not change color, it may simply tarnish. In this case, we will simply repolishing. The frequency of maintenance depends primarily on the type of jewelry: a pendant deteriorates much slower than a ring or a bracelet. White gold, he also requires a rhodium plating because it tends to become slightly gray with time and wear. In this case, it must be done rhodier and polish.
    Platinum
    Platinum is very hard, it does not use the same way as gold and silver. It is even considered indestructible and very white color does not move. But paradoxically, he insists easily crash. So be careful to remove your jewelry to any effort if you want to keep impeccable.

Tips for a care home is:
For gold and platinum:
Avoid ammonia, iodine, mercury. Simply clean your jewelry with soap and water or alcohol.

For money:
Clean only with a soft brush and a little soapy water or lemon juice. Rinse with warm water. It'll just make it shine with a chamois. If it is dirty, soak your jewelry for 15 minutes in water containing sodium thiosulfate to 5%. But you can also concoct the potion itself, with water, detergent degreaser and a little bleach, more corrosive against dirt.
Caution: Never use solvents or abrasive products for cleaning silver cutlery ... It wears jewelry prematurely. Never use either scouring pads dishes. Use only soft cloths!

Maintain a gem stone according to
At first, look for a small arrow on your jewelry to see if you can clean your stone normally or if it requires special care. In general, it is cleaned with soapy water and a soft brush. The then wipe with a soft cloth. For maximum brightness, soak a few seconds in alcohol.

Diamond, ruby ​​and sapphire
Diamond is the hardest stone and can not be scratched by another diamond. Its brightness may decrease by cons if it is in contact with abrasive substances. Be very careful not to store it with other stones, diamonds can be easily damaged. Do the same for ruby ​​and sapphire.

Emerald
This is the most sensitive gemstones. Avoid exposure to sunlight emergency and contact with detergents. Very sensitive to thermal shock, the store if you go skiing or if you defrost your car! A ban: water and soap to clean it. Instead, ask the advice of your jeweler.

Pearls
They are alive and can last over a hundred years! Their brightness is entetient with air and skin. They resistent enough to shock but their surface may deteriorate because it is porous. Cultured pearls require special attention. They can be damaged with the salts of the skin but above the oil. It is not recommended to put them in touch with creams, foundations, perfume and other products too acidic. Wipe with a cloth of silk or very soft.

Seaweed
It is a stone sensitive to shock, intense heat and violent temperature fluctuations.
Clean with warm soapy water, without rubbing. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Amethyst
The amethyst is not fragile, it is, however, sensitive to extreme heat and severe temperature changes.

Garnet and tourmaline
These two stones do not require special care.

The moonstone
It is a stone vulnerable likely to cleave under the effect of an impact. Cleaning with warm water without rubbing. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Topaz
Topaz is a stone resistant but may cleave in case of violent impact. It is sensitive to thermal shock. Clean with warm soapy water, without rubbing. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Store your jewelry without the risk of damage
The main rule to remember is to store all your jewelry in small pockets to slip them into your case without being in contact. You can also wrap them in silk fabrics or leather to protect them. Chains and necklaces must be closed, laid flat and wrapped. Never put more jewelry together without protection. Trip, just a piece of tissue paper to wrap enough.