Personalized gold necklaces fetch for high prices not only because of rarity of gold but also because these accessories signifies elegance, wealth, and high status. And being beautiful creations, these accessories deserve proper care. This is because a gold accessory that looks soiled and neglected, even if it is pricey, will look cheap. Luckily, cleaning a necklace that have a hardened stained is not really that hard.
A gold jewelry that is left unused for a long period of time could resist degradation caused by environmental agents like rusting and discoloration. But when you wear it daily, it gets exposed to a dust, smoke, sweat, oil, and other dirt that could accumulate on its surface. If these stains are not cleaned off immediately from the jewelry, it could harden and could become harder to remove.
It is a fact that simple stains on surfaces like glass, porcelain, wood, etc. That have hardened are hard to remove. Though gold exhibits a certain degree of resistance to dirt, it could still only take so much and if dirt finally hardened on its surface, it could cause problems. This is because the material is a soft metal that could be abraded by hard materials with ease. And in cleaning dirt in a golden jewelry that is stuck pretty good, rubbing it hard could also scratch it.
But if you are unlucky enough to have missed a stain on your necklace and saw that the dirt has already hardened, do not worry. You could still remove that annoying stain without damaging our accessory in the process.
The easiest solution to a hardened jewelry stain is liquid dish washing soap in warm water. Both the dish washing soap and warm water works to make the stain on your jewelry softer so you could easily remove the dirt on your accessory without rubbing it heavily. Just clean your accessory with a soft material while immersed on the warm water. You could dip the necklace for one minute before cleaning it while still immersed in water to make the hardened dirt softer and easier to remove.
Ammonia is also a popular chemical used in cleaning jewelries. Ammonia works best when made in solution with cold water and the advisable proportion is one part cold water and one part ammonia. Submerge your necklace in the solution for about thirty minutes before gently cleaning it.
If you are not comfortable with the methods presented above, you could buy commercially available jewelry cleaning solutions that are formulated to safely remove dirt from your accessories. But generally, the best way to keep your jewelry looking elegant is to wear it properly. This means that you should consider your activities while wearing jewelries. For example, chloride could damage precious metals and the chemical is a component of some laundry detergents so when you are washing clothes, remove any jewelry you are wearing.
You should also properly store your personalized gold necklaces. It is best if they are stored in jewelry boxes that have partitions, cushions, and are lined with a smooth material.
A gold jewelry that is left unused for a long period of time could resist degradation caused by environmental agents like rusting and discoloration. But when you wear it daily, it gets exposed to a dust, smoke, sweat, oil, and other dirt that could accumulate on its surface. If these stains are not cleaned off immediately from the jewelry, it could harden and could become harder to remove.
It is a fact that simple stains on surfaces like glass, porcelain, wood, etc. That have hardened are hard to remove. Though gold exhibits a certain degree of resistance to dirt, it could still only take so much and if dirt finally hardened on its surface, it could cause problems. This is because the material is a soft metal that could be abraded by hard materials with ease. And in cleaning dirt in a golden jewelry that is stuck pretty good, rubbing it hard could also scratch it.
But if you are unlucky enough to have missed a stain on your necklace and saw that the dirt has already hardened, do not worry. You could still remove that annoying stain without damaging our accessory in the process.
The easiest solution to a hardened jewelry stain is liquid dish washing soap in warm water. Both the dish washing soap and warm water works to make the stain on your jewelry softer so you could easily remove the dirt on your accessory without rubbing it heavily. Just clean your accessory with a soft material while immersed on the warm water. You could dip the necklace for one minute before cleaning it while still immersed in water to make the hardened dirt softer and easier to remove.
Ammonia is also a popular chemical used in cleaning jewelries. Ammonia works best when made in solution with cold water and the advisable proportion is one part cold water and one part ammonia. Submerge your necklace in the solution for about thirty minutes before gently cleaning it.
If you are not comfortable with the methods presented above, you could buy commercially available jewelry cleaning solutions that are formulated to safely remove dirt from your accessories. But generally, the best way to keep your jewelry looking elegant is to wear it properly. This means that you should consider your activities while wearing jewelries. For example, chloride could damage precious metals and the chemical is a component of some laundry detergents so when you are washing clothes, remove any jewelry you are wearing.
You should also properly store your personalized gold necklaces. It is best if they are stored in jewelry boxes that have partitions, cushions, and are lined with a smooth material.
