How to make jewelry last
Knowing when to put your jewelry on and when to take it off is the key to success. This article is here to provide you with all the information you ever wanted to know about how to get your jewelry to last through the years.
Simple precautions
Analyze your day slightly and see if you can decide earlier on whether or not you’ll be doing any of the following tasks. If you are, then you’ll wan to take your jewelry off. This list doesn’t have to be memorized, but it’s just good to know it off by heart.
- Manual labor (lifting, vacuuming, regular housework)
- Cleaning counters (solvents are bad for jewelry, especially pearls)
- Combing your hear or getting your hair styled or colored
- Wear jewelry on opposite of the main hand your use
Safely storing your jewelry
People tend to think that since diamonds are the hardest substance on the earth, they generally don’t require any other storage care than normal jewelry. While this might be true sometimes, it’s not worth the risk to find out later that you did something wrong.
Never store diamond jewelry together in a box. Diamonds can actually scratch each other and so that is why you want to get special holders for each diamond piece that you have. Jewelry sometimes comes with free holders, use them and take care of them.
See jewelry specialists when required
Try not to be shy to see jewelry specialists when you have problems or questions regarding your jewelry. Jewelries love to hear back from customers and enjoy helping you with jewelry related questions and concerns.
It’s strongly advised that you do not attempt to repair damaged jewelry as you may make a simple task to repair much more expensive and possibly more costly. For some of us, money isn’t a big an issue but in any case, it’s interesting to watch how your jewelry gets repaired as well.
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