Jewelry Care: Caring for, Cleaning, and Filing Your Expensive Jewelry
Your jewelry is precious. Whether it has monetary value, emotional value, or both, your jewelry is unique. So, how to keep the jewelry in its best condition? Most people think that a certain degree of wear can be expected. This is not the case. You can take some simple steps to ensure that your precious jewels are as intact as they were on the day of purchase. When not to wear jewelry: One of the best ways to keep jewelry beautiful is to know when not to wear it. Many people never remove their jewelry for emotional reasons. But the truth is that many daily activities can damage or even destroy your precious jewelry. Examples of these activities include: Gardening In addition to soiling your jewelry, gardening is also one of the easiest ways to chip or lose gems and scratch gold or platinum jewelry. Remember, gold is an extremely soft metal, and platinum, although twice as much as gold, is easily scratched. Household cleaning Do not wear jewelry when doing household cleanin...