How to‌ ‌care‌ ‌for‌‌diamonds‌ | Silvers Blog

Dia­mond is one of the most expen­sive gem­stones in the world. Its dec­o­ra­tive qual­i­ties have always been admired. Glit­ter express­es more feel­ings than the largest bou­quet of red ros­es and pas­sion­ate whis­pers. In ancient Egypt, it was believed that wear­ing dia­mond rings would lead the vein of love from the fin­gers to the heart. Indi­an tribes called cut dia­monds (dia­monds) a tal­is­man against all mis­for­tunes.
Such jew­el­ry can be pre­sent­ed as a gift for all occa­sions, because it is time­less. As the Amer­i­can film actress Mar­i­lyn Mon­roe said: “Dia­monds are a wom­an’s best friend, but they require appro­pri­ate atti­tude and care.” Despite being con­sid­ered one of the hard­est min­er­als in nature, dia­monds are vul­ner­a­ble to dam­age and stains.
In this arti­cle, we will tell you how to care for such jew­el­ry so that dia­monds sparkle for as long as pos­si­ble, and the prod­uct itself retains its flaw­less appear­ance for a long time.

The best care for diamonds is protection from damage and detergents

Much depends on the lifestyle and type of activ­i­ty. If you are active­ly work­ing with your hands, the jew­el­ry is in close con­tact with chem­i­cals, sharp objects or can get lost, it is bet­ter to just remove it.

Do not wear more than one dia­mond piece at a time. When two rings are next to each oth­er on adja­cent fin­gers, one can scratch the oth­er. The only pos­si­ble repair that exists then is re-pol­ish­ing. But if the scratch­es are very deep, then the min­er­al can­not be restored.

Be sure to remove jew­el­ry while doing house­work, clean­ing, wash­ing dish­es, bathing, before apply­ing cos­met­ics and per­fumes. The same should be done before play­ing sports in the gym, vis­it­ing the pool, sauna, spa treat­ments, before sun­bathing and swim­ming in a nat­ur­al reser­voir. This is because many stones are sen­si­tive to sun­light and heat. All these process­es con­tribute to the appear­ance of scratch­es on the sur­face of jew­el­ry, defor­ma­tion of their shape. Sweat, air and strong cor­ro­sive sub­stances con­tribute to their tar­nish­ing, dis­col­oration.

Tak­ing care of your jew­el­ry when it is not being worn is the main key to keep­ing it beau­ti­ful and long last­ing. Con­stant­ly check the integri­ty of the fas­ten­ers and the sur­face of the acces­sories. They must be stored not in the coin com­part­ment in the wal­let, but in spe­cial closed box­es, where they will be pro­tect­ed from dust. The dust con­tains sil­i­con par­ti­cles (sand) that can dam­age min­er­als, espe­cial­ly small­er ones. You also need to pro­tect gem­stones from sun­light, as they can lose col­or over time when exposed to ultra­vi­o­let radi­a­tion. Keep dia­mond jew­el­ry in a spe­cial box with a soft lin­ing, sep­a­rate com­part­ment from oth­er items, oth­er­wise they may lose their lus­ter. Also, do not place var­i­ous dec­o­ra­tions close to each oth­er, as they can scratch each oth­er when they come into con­tact. It is best to fold them indi­vid­u­al­ly in small bags, fas­tened with a zip­per or clip.

How to properly clean diamond jewelry

Even sim­ple sweat or chem­i­cals in the air can cause dis­col­oration, so reg­u­lar clean­ing of dia­monds is essen­tial when­ev­er you notice a dark­en­ing, as well as when hit­ting a hard sur­face. And the soon­er this is done, the bet­ter.

It is impos­si­ble to accu­mu­late par­ti­cles of dirt, cream, lotion and dust under the stone. This will become a breed­ing ground for the devel­op­ment and repro­duc­tion of microbes, which, if it comes into con­tact with the skin, can cause irri­ta­tion and aller­gic reac­tions.
Ordi­nary clean­ing prod­ucts such as laun­dry soaps and deter­gent emul­sions can leave a mark on the sur­face of a dia­mond that will reduce its bril­liance.

The most harm­ful chem­i­cal that should not be used to clean jew­el­ry such as dia­mond jew­el­ry is chlo­rine. Any bleach­ing liq­uids can dis­col­or a dia­mond, and soap solu­tions can per­ma­nent­ly deprive it of its bright lus­ter.
The ide­al way to clean your dia­monds is to take them to a jew­el­ry shop, where an expe­ri­enced crafts­man will inspect the prod­uct for dam­age and pro­fes­sion­al­ly clean it with a pol­ish­ing paste. In a few days it will look like new. It is rec­om­mend­ed to leave jew­el­ry in the work­shop for main­te­nance at least once a year.

Cleaning diamonds at home

Not every­one has the time and oppor­tu­ni­ty to go to a jew­el­er, so the first aid in such cas­es is a spe­cial clean­ing cloth. This is a soft, lint-free microfiber. It can be bought at any jew­el­ry store, includ­ing our online store when order­ing jew­el­ry. It gen­tly refresh­es the appear­ance of the jew­el­ry and gen­tly cleans the attach­ment points.

Do not use to clean dia­monds at home:

• paper tow­els — they scratch the sur­face of met­als (gold and sil­ver) and stones;
• met­al objects (knives, files, nee­dles, pins) to remove dirt from hard-to-reach places. In this case, del­i­cate brush­es with soft bris­tles are bet­ter suit­ed;
• hair dry­er — too high or low tem­per­a­ture can destroy the struc­ture of the stones.

There are also many jew­el­ry clean­ing liq­uids on the mar­ket. Before using them, you must care­ful­ly read the instruc­tions and care­ful­ly fol­low the require­ments of the man­u­fac­tur­ers. Dur­ing clean­ing, you need to hold the jew­el­ry by the edges, oth­er­wise it may get dirty again. If dia­mond jew­el­ry is being cleaned over a sink, the drain hole must be cov­ered to avoid leav­ing the gem emp­ty.

One of the eas­i­est ways to get your dia­mond jew­el­ry wet is to use a dilute solu­tion con­tain­ing a small amount of mild deter­gent (dish­wash­ing soap) dis­solved in warm water and beat­en to a lath­er. The ear­rings or ring should be placed in this lath­er and then gen­tly brushed with a soft tooth­brush. Then rinse with run­ning water, put on a tow­el and let dry, wipe with a soft cloth.

For the brave, a more com­plex care for dia­mond jew­el­ry is avail­able, which con­sists in soak­ing them in a glass of cold water with the addi­tion of ammo­nia in a ratio of 1:1 for 30 min­utes. Then you need to clean all remain­ing with a soft brush or sponge, rinse and dry on paper.

Although ammo­nia can imme­di­ate­ly help restore jew­el­ry to its orig­i­nal lus­ter, experts do not rec­om­mend fre­quent use or pro­longed soak­ing in ammo­nia. This can dis­col­or or dam­age the met­al in which the dia­monds are set, cause the gem­stones to become cloudy or dis­col­ored.

Anoth­er proven way to effec­tive­ly clean dia­monds at home is to soak jew­el­ry for an hour in a 1:6 solu­tion of alco­hol and water. But for this pur­pose, col­ored spir­its should not be used, as they dis­col­or or stain the stone and the dec­o­ra­tion itself.

These few sim­ple rules on how to care for dia­monds will help keep your jew­el­ry intact, enjoy their high val­ue for a long time and enjoy their beau­ti­ful appear­ance!