Tip of the Day - 06/11/2010 (house, great)

[GloryB]

Household Items to Clean Jewelry

Clean diamonds with 2 denture tablets in a small amount of water.

Use a toothbrush and a dish detergent that cuts grease to clean your diamonds.

Keep your silver jewelry from getting black by placing a piece of camphor in the jewelry box.

To polish jewelry drop 2 alka-seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for 2 minutes.

Brush jewelry with toothpaste to clean, or use ammonia and wipe with a cotton cloth.



(Special thanks to Normie who passed the Hint Baton.)

[Cunucu Beach]

Excellent tip, GloryB. I used to soak mine in ammonia and then take a toothbrush to it. Spraying it with a degreaser like ThunderBlast (from the Dollar Store) and letting it sit for a few minutes before taking a toothbrush to it also works well if the diamond is really, really dirty.

[AksarbeN]

I gotta get a toothbrush LOL


Great tips Glory,,,,,

[tulips4you2]

I don't own any diamonds and my silver is black from not wearing it in so long. Thats for the tip I was wondering how I would clean it.

[HawaiiLover]

I have heard about denture tablets cleaning diamonds; I have never done it though. I use ammonia when they are dirty.

Thanks Glory!

[normie]

Plus, your diamonds will be minty fresh!

A sparkling kick-off to the revived Tip of the Day. Great suggestion, and thanks for taking the baton, Glory. You're going to do an excellent job.

[tasmtairy]

Good job Glory!! It's been so long since I have worn/cleaned jewelry, I use to use toothpaste then someone told me not too!

[GloryB]

I always used toothpaste also....but dropping them in the alka seltzer sounds much easier.

[ylisa7]

Good tips.

Just make sure you don't do that with pearls.

[Gue]

Originally Posted by AksarbeN

I gotta get a toothbrush LOL

I gotta get some diamonds! LOL!