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With proper care, precious jewellery should last for decades and bring you years of pleasure. These tips are designed to show you how you will get lasting pleasure from your purchases and bequeaths. By taking a few extra minutes of care or adapting practical advice you can safe guard them for longer. 1 ~ Beauty products can affect jewellery. That little spray of perfume or hairspray can discolour gold or make pearls turn yellow. Put jewellery on after you have used your cosmetics and sprays. 2 ~ Take off your jewellery especially rings when doing household chores or gardening. They could become damaged by knocking out stones or coming into contact with abrasive materials, which discolour metal. 3 ~ Settings can get clogged up with soap and hand cream. Take them off before washing hands and using cream. 4 ~ Heat and hot water can loosen settings where an adhesive has been used. Pearl rings, earrings and pendants have this type of setting be careful with them. 5 ~ Don’t wear too many chains at any one time, they will tangle and rub off one another causing damage. 6 ~ Strong smelling foods e.g. fish & onions can tarnish gold and silver. 7 ~ Clean your jewellery periodically. An old soft toothbrush is ideal to get into any difficult nooks and crannies with warm soapy water or purchase jewellery cleaning fluid from your jeweller. 8 ~ To minimise jewellery rubbing together use a jewellery box with different compartments, which are well padded or better still, keep them in their individual boxes. |
Credits: Baxters Jeweller
