How to Make Your Jewelry Sparkle

We all have jewelry. Whether its one or two special pieces or a large collection, we want it to shine and sparkle when we wear it. Here's a quick and easy way to bring back the original beauty to your gold and gemstone jewelry. I find this method is just as effective as taking my jewelry to a profession for cleaning.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ammonia
• Glass bowl
• Water

1. Gather all gemstone and gold jewelry. They can all be cleaned at the same time. Check each piece for any loose stones or broken prongs.

2. Combine 1 part ammonia and 1 part water in a glass bowl. Put jewelry in bowl and allow to stand for 10 minutes. If your jewelry hasn't been cleaned in a long time you may want to increase the soaking time to about 20 minutes.

3. Rinse jewelry off under running water (make sure the sink drain is closed). Allow to dry on soft cloth or towel.

4. When dry, gently polish with soft cloth. Your jewelry with sparkle like new. I find that with this method you do not need any type of brush to clean with. A brush can cause scratching and can loosen stones.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure all prongs are intact and there are no loose stones before cleaning
• Do not clean pearls or silver with this method

[Handmadedreams]

on 7/9/2009 Nice Article!

[Alrady]

on 7/9/2009 Great step by step on cleaning gold pieces. THANKS

[jull14]

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