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Summary: To clean vintage rhinestone jewelry, spray it with compressed air to loosen up the dirt, wipe it down with a soft, lint-free rag and dip a q-tip in vodka to clean tiny crevices. Keep vintage rhinestones clean with helpful information from a jeweler representative in this free video on jewelry.
Judy Carrier is a representative for Jewel by Park Lane, a family-owned and operated business out of Chicago, Ill. that has been in business for over 50 years. Carrier has been in the...read more
"Hi I'm Judy Carrier with Jewels by Park Lane and I'm going to talk to you about how to clean your vintage rhinestone jewelry. First of all so you don't damage your piece, do a little research. Find out what kind of rhinestone it is. Is it glass, is it crystal? Also it helps to know the base metal of the piece you are working with because chemicals have different reactions with the solvents that you might use. And you don't want to do any damage. Try using a can of compressed air, what that does is loosen any dirt that might be in between the rhinestone and the metal, the piece. Then you'll take a soft cloth, lint free, and gently wipe away any dirt that you see. Now one of the things that you might need to do, if this is not getting all of it, is take a q-tip or cotton swab of some sort and dip it in alcohol, vodka maybe you know, a sip for you and a dip for me. Here we go. And just gently, gently wipe the stone, you don't want to soak them because that could loosen it and also can discolor rhinestone. So you very gently wipe it with your cotton swab. After that, you polish again with your lint free cloth. And it should be sparkling good as new. My name is Judy Carrier I'm with with Jewels by Park Lane and that's how you clean vintage rhinestone jewelry."
eHow Article: How to Clean Vintage Rhinestone Jewelry
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