How to clean antique jewellery?
A lot of people love to flaunt antique pieces of jewellery as their daily wear jewellery. Although there is nothing wrong in wearing antique daily, but you need to look after those pieces. Keep cleaning and maintaining them and they shall last you like forever.
Let us tell you how you can clean your daily wear jewellery (antique).
If you have a piece of antique jewellery, you probably know it is a piece of jewellery more than 100 years old. That’s quite a time for dirt to collect under the gemstones, metal to patina along with the grime to take away the beauty of the heirloom. We know it is tempting to pick up polishing cloth and buff away years of unwanted residue.
There is no right or wrong way to clean your jewellery. As far as your cleaning methods is not harming the jewellery, you can do it. Some of basics of cleaning your daily wear jewellery has been given below.
1.Try making a gentle cleaning solution because the jewellery cleaning solution that you go to purchase will be a bit expensive and thus, it is wise to make on your own. Mix lukewarm water with a mild soap like dove, soak your piece of jewellery for some time and clean it with tap water.
2.You can make use of lint free cloth or a soft toothbrush to clean your antique jewellery. Before using the brush make sure that no gemstone is loose.
3.You need to ensure that your piece of jewellery is rinsed thoroughly.
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