You can clean your white gold jewelry to remove any tarnish and bring back its luster with this rather inexpensive method. Most jewelry cleaners available today are few small containers that are priced typically between $5 and $10. A large gallon jug of commercial degreaser (typically a purple color) that can be found at any wal-mart or target or even almost any automotive parts supply store will work just as well if not better than the stuff in tiny super expensive jewelry cleaner jar. The large gallon jug of industrial degreaser normally costs almost $10 for about 20 times the amount of cleaner that's in the smaller jewelry cleaner containers. Obviously the industrial degreaser is the first item you should get.
After you buy it just follow these simple steps to clean your gold jewelry:
1. Put on a set of protective gloves, especially if you have sensitive skin. With a small amount of the degreaser into a dish sized plastic container. Fill it approximately one quarter full, or just enough to cover the jewelry items.
2. Place your jewelry items (even diamonds) in the dish with the degreaser in it.
3. Spin the jewelry items around in the dish. It should be long enough that you should see the degreaser becoming a little cloudy and dirt and dead skin cells begin to separate from your jewelry.
4. Continue to Agitate the jewelry in the cleaner for between 1 to 2 minutes and then take them out. It's very important to make sure that you don't swirl so much that the degreaser splashes out, and that you don't leave your jewelry sit in the solution for extended periods of time, 2 minutes is plenty for heavily covered items.
5. You should still be wearing your gloves at this point. Take the items out and place them in the cup of your hand. Using a toothbrush, scrub the items to remove any stubborn dirt that may be left.
6. Rinse your items off with plain old tap water until all of the degreaser is removed and you should be left with clean jewelry. If not, repeat the process.
Using this method will not restore a "Buffed Shine" to your jewelry as that is a whole process of its own that we will be discussing later. This is a great treatment for in between buffs or to just keep the jewelry you wear every day a little bit cleaner. It has definitely saved us a lot of money over the years and the only time I've had a bad effect is when I left the jewelry in the degreaser to soak for longer than 20 minutes. That's why we only recommend a soak time of 2 minutes, although you can be the judge for yourself. Some items with old skin lotion buildup may need a bit longer soak or more aggressive scrubbing, but I've yet to find anything that won't come clean from the items with this technique.
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