Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Jewelry maintenance (Part Three: Stone jewelry, Crystal and other aspects)

Cans stone jewelry resist high temperature? Some gems not heat-resistant, easily dehydrated and cracks under high temperature, or discoloration. While cat's eye stone, high temperature resistant, jade above 55 degrees Celsius will dissolve the wax to the surface layer, reducing the sheen of wax.


Can stone ornaments avoid violent shocks? Although many mosaic jewelry base design is very substantial, but severe turbulence is unsafe, taking jewelry off before the work which require moving.


Maintenance of the pure gold jewelry: even if it is pure gold, the surface will change under the specific circumstances. When you use cosmetics or skin care products containing mercury, gold surface layer could become brown or gray and white, this has nothing to do with the purity of the jewelry. If changes in the surface of the pure gold jewelry, never use hard objects or tools hard lines eliminate, avoid on their own with a lighter, due to incomplete combustion, jewelry but easy to turn black.


Maintenance of Crystal: Crystal don't need maintenance, as long as you don't fall touch, almost without much problem. If contaminated by oil, can be cleaned with a cotton cloth stained with diluted alcohol sponge, you can also use the neutral cleanser sponge, then wipe clean with a dry cloth. 

Maintenance of sterling silver jewelry: sterling silver jewelry easily oxidized black, if you want to maintain their luster of light, preferably silver to try cloth sponge, or periodically to test silver-water sponge, surface that can be restored like the new one.


Maintenance of low hardness jewelry: pearls, amber, coral, with lower hardness should be wrapped in a soft cloth in a single custody. Afraid of sunlight ultraviolet Amethyst, yellow crystals, diamonds and other precious stones, should not be placed in direct sunlight, UV exposure can make them fade.


Maintenance of high hardness jewelry: Diamond, Topaz, and Opal, hardness is high, but is easily broken, should avoid heavy impact. In addition, pearls, eggs at Pak Shek Kok, amber, coral, sea turtle, hot stones, placed near the radiator for a long time should be avoided.


Jewelry collection: the usual collection of jewelry, be extra cautious, especially quality materials more fragile gemstone and Pearl, single pieces of jewelry can be placed within the different jewelry boxes, respectively; Gold or silver jewelry can be cleaned with a flannel bag properly and then into a large jewelry box, to avoid jewelry collide and scratch the surface.


Water damage to ornaments: necklaces, earrings and other ornaments are treated careless in everyday life, these accessories easily damaged, attention and care, not wearing their bathing, washing, or near the detergents, because the water vapor is also very easy to make them wet contaminated dirt, especially the design of complex decoration, dirt more easily deposited in crack dead ends.


Perfume cause jewelry injury: adhere to the principle of aerosol dispenser water before wearing jewelry to avoid residual volatile chemicals in perfumes on the jewelry, forming qualitative changes over time. Styling products such as hair spray can cause similar damage to the jewelry. From time to time to clean jewelry, you can soak in lukewarm soapy water neutral, try gently brush the hair with a soft toothbrush, strip attached to the top of the grease, then washed with clear water, and the hair dryer drying can be.

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