| How
to Care for and Protect Your Diamond Ring
Cleaning
Your Diamond Ring
Would
you like your diamond ring to look better than many rings
that are far more valuable There's a simple formula--keep
it clean. A clean imperfect diamond, for example, can 100k
more attractive than a dirty flawless diamond. Yet, there
may be thousands of dollars of dif¬ference between the
two.
It's
hard, however, to keep a diamond ring clean. Diamonds are
natural grease attractors. In fact, diamonds are separated
from other stones and dirt by passing mined material over
a grease belt. Diamonds stick to the grease while the other
stones and dirt are washed away. Consequently, diamonds can
become coated with grease when they are immersed in dishwater
or when they come in contact with any greasy substance including
lotion natural skin oils. natural skin oils.
A
safe and easy way to clean a diamond ring is to soak and wash
it in warm sudsy water using a mild liquid detergent. Then
it can be dried with a soft, lint-free cloth. Ethyl alcohol.
ammonia solutions, and jewelry cleaning solutions may also
be used for cleaning and soaking diamond jewelry.
The
alcohol has the advantage of evaporating quickly and not leaving
water spots. Ammonia is not only good for cleaning diamonds;
it's also good for brightening metal, particularly yellow
gold. Alcohol and ammonia may damage other types of stones,
consult your jeweler before using them on anything but diamond
jewelry. Do not use chlorine solution to clean rings. The
chlorine can pit and dissolve gold alloys. This pitting can
also occur when rings are worn while swimming.
Diamonds
are natural
the
following guidelines
Exact
grades cannot
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