With proper care your gold and silver jewelry will last a life time and become a heirloom for generations. Fine jewelry needs the same care and attention valuable objects need, not to be damaged, they should not be worn while using strong or undiluted detergents, working in the garden or doing any type of manual activity that will expose them to damage.
Silver and gold jewelry is easily cleaned with specialized jewelry cleaners available at most jewelry retailers. However, it can also be safely cleaned with liquid mild detergent solutions using a soft toothbrush. For silver inlay jewelry, do not use a cleaner with a bleaching agent or ammonia .Do not soak inlay jewelry in any solutions.
You may also gently brush your inlay jewelry with a soft toothbrush using specialized jewelry cleaning solutions available at your local jewelry retailer. Do not use any cleaners with abrasives. However, you can use commercially available cleaning cloths that have mild abrasive compounds. These polishing cloths will both clean and polish your jewelry.
Jewelry retailers use ultrasonic and steam cleaners to clean jewelry, however great care must be taken in the use of steam and ultrasonic cleaners for inlay jewelry. Steam should be applied in short burst, in order to not heat up the inlay. The jewelry should not be left in the ultrasonic more than a few moments. |
