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Usually there is old and new tricks to clean jewelry at home – but there’s always a risk in these tricks. For example, fragile and sensitive stones and metal could suffer from these tricks. If you want to keep jewelry looking like new, then the professional jeweler can help you.

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Jewelry should be the last thing you put on and the first thing you take off.

Add jewelry after you’ve used cosmetics, hair products, lotions etc. Take off jewelry when you're working out, swim, or taking a shower.

Wipe jewelry with clean, soft cloth after use - especially if you're been sweating. Never use alcohol-based cleaners, bleaches or disinfectants!

Store each jewelry in their own boxes when not in use. Plastic bag works well too, if it is not delicate.

Let jeweler take care of this kind of jewelry!

  • Gold-plated and tarnished jewelry

  • Jewelry with unknown stones to you

  • Delicate jewelry

  • Precious jewelry

  • Scratched and worn-out jewelry

  • Jewelry with loose or broken parts

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Cleaning jewelry

In Precious metal-, you can find specific cleaning instructions for different alloys (gold, silver, bronze, plated jewelry...)

When cleaning jewelry over the sink, remember to plug the drain!

If the jewelry has stone or stones, ensure that the stones are secure; if they aren’t, take the jewelry to a professional care. Check from the gemstone guide, how to take care of specific gemstones. Avoid rubbing the stones too much!

You can clean precious metals like bronze, copper, and brass with a new, soft toothbrush and a little bit of soapy water. Check that the soap doesn't have any bleach or other chemicals that may be harmful for the metal and stones.

If the jewelry has small, moving pieces or jewelry is delicate, you can still clean it carefully. Just be sure that the pieces don't fall off or get damaged!

  • Put the jewelry in a clean bowl and add a little bit of water and liquid soap.

  • Then you can scrub carefully with a new, clean brush, like a toothbrush or eyeshadow brush.

  • To rinse the jewelry, just put clean water in another bowl and move the jewelry to that bowl. Do not rinse delicate jewelry under running water!

  • After washing, dry jewelry with a clean, dry, and fuzz-free cloth.

You can also use anti-tarnish silver polish cloth, which can be found in goldsmith shops. Sometimes you can find jewelry cleansing liquid for silver and gold.

How to store and take care of jewelry

Jewelry should be the last thing you put on and the first thing you take off.

Add jewelry after you’ve used cosmetics, hair products, lotions etc. Take off jewelry when you're working out, swim, or taking a shower.

Wipe jewelry with clean, soft cloth after use - especially if you're been sweating. Never use alcohol-based cleaners, bleaches or disinfectants!

Store each jewelry in their own boxes when not in use. Plastic bag works well too, if it is not delicate.


Let jeweler take care of this kind of jewelry!

  • Gold-plated and tarnished jewelry

  • Jewelry with unknown stones to you

  • Delicate jewelry

  • Precious jewelry

  • Scratched and worn-out jewelry

  • Jewelry with loose or broken parts

Cleaning jewelry

In Precious metal-, you can find specific cleaning instructions for different alloys (gold, silver, bronze, plated jewelry...)

When cleaning jewelry over the sink, remember to plug the drain!

If the jewelry has stone or stones, ensure that the stones are secure; if they aren’t, take the jewelry to a professional care. Check from the gemstone guide, how to take care of specific gemstones. Avoid rubbing the stones too much!

You can clean precious metals like bronze, copper, and brass with a new, soft toothbrush and a little bit of soapy water. Check that the soap doesn't have any bleach or other chemicals that may be harmful for the metal and stones.

If the jewelry has small, moving pieces or jewelry is delicate, you can still clean it carefully. Just be sure that the pieces don't fall off or get damaged!


  • Put the jewelry in a clean bowl and add a little bit of water and liquid soap.

  • Then you can scrub carefully with a new, clean brush, like a toothbrush or eyeshadow brush.

  • To rinse the jewelry, just put clean water in another bowl and move the jewelry to that bowl. Do not rinse delicate jewelry under running water!

  • After washing, dry jewelry with a clean, dry, and fuzz-free cloth.


You can also use anti-tarnish silver polish cloth, which can be found in goldsmith shops. Sometimes you can find jewelry cleansing liquid for silver and gold.