Easy Way To Clean Your Rhinestone Jewelry

By Juana Gamble


Rhinestones are not one of the precious stones, but it has this flexibility which makes it in demand. This stone is commonly made up of rock crystals from Rhine, where it is derived from. Today, this is already used in garment decorations, ornaments or a rhinestone jewelry.

To make the sparkle possible, the stone has a foil beneath its outer cover. This cover is mostly glass. The reason why the foil is there is that it helps to block the light that will penetrate into the glass to create an illusion that it is sparkling.

Some jewels can be submerged in chemicals to get it cleaned, but in cases like rhinestone jewels, it should not be. This is not advised because doing so can possibly harm the foil inside it. There are certain procedures you can try to properly clean it without damaging. This article provides you the information on how you can actually do it.

To clean your valuable ornament, you need a good place to polish it. To acquire this kind of setting, you can get a paper towel, or any other towel that can serve as a clean surface where you can lay down your jewel into. Make it as dust free as possible so that you would not be repeating the cleaning process again.

We cannot deny the fact, that some dirt particles in the air has landed in your jewelry, so you have to properly clean that first. A canned air compressor is a good tool to do just that. If some dirt are trapped in the frame of the jewel, you can remove it by using a toothpick. Make sure you do not use metals to eliminate it because it can ruin the glass.

To further polish up the jewelry, you have to grab some alcohol and a cotton swab. The swab helps you to maintain the volume of alcohol you will be putting into the cover, too much of alcohol and it can build up moisture beneath the cover. We have to make sure that this would not happen because the moisture can darken the material.

To ensure every stone is properly cleaned, you have to do it one by one. There are some designs who have metal coverings on them, make sure that it is cleaned as well. You can also wipe out some extra moisture that is present by using the other end of the cotton to dry it up.

Be sure not to put a lot of pressure to the material because some jewelry designs contain delicate parts which are exposed. To clean these parts, you can take a little bit of extra cotton from the cotton swab and put it into the toothpick . Just take it slow, clean it well and you are done.

Jewels vary in price, some are too pricey and some are not. They are made in different types of materials and these materials react in different ways. Because of this behavior, there are different ways to clean it up too. What you need, is to know how can it be cleaned and at the same time preserving its beauty.




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