Do

• Remove all jewellery before showering or bathing. Soap causes formation of film making your jewellery dull and lack-lustre.
• Avoid physical contact or exposure to chemicals or cleaning fluids which includes kitchen chores, housework or gardening.
• Apply makeup first, wear jewellery after as cosmetics, hairspray, perfumes and creams can contain chemicals that can damage jewellery.
• Store your jewellery pieces in a container ideally lined with fabric.
• For gold or silver jewellery, in order to maintain the lustre and prevent tarnishing, place silver anti-tarnish strips in the storage box to absorb the oxidants. The tarnish strips protect gold, silver, copper and brass jewellery.
• Occasionally, polish gold or silver with a jewellery polishing cloth for best result.
• Clean your precious jewellery pieces with tissue – only soft jewellery cleaning cloth.
• Never use toothpaste to clean jewellery.
• Never wear jewellery in swimming pools and spas as chlorinated water can react with the metals in jewellery causing colour changes.

Don’t

• Clean your precious jewellery pieces with tissue – only soft jewellery cleaning cloth.
• Never use toothpaste to clean jewellery.
• Never wear jewellery in swimming pools and spas as chlorinated water can react with the metals in jewellery causing colour changes.

Jewellery Cleaning Guide

• Most gold and platinum jewellery can be maintained with a non-abrasive cleaner. Sterling silver tarnishes rapidly, especially when exposed to salty air, sunlight, (cold) water, humidity and products containing sulphur such as rubber bands and some papers.
• Use warm water, cold water can cause reaction with the cleaning fluids resulting in discolouration, especially for Sterling Silver.
• Sterling Silver tarnishes after prolonged use or constant handling. Always good to have jewellery cleaner or tarnish remover – for use of buffing off the discolouration in Sterling Silver jewellery.
• From time to time, sterling silver may require cleaning with products such as Silvo, Brasso or a small amount of bi-carbonate soda. Exercise care when cleaning plated jewellery as harsh cleaning can wear away the plated coating.
• Use jewellery polishing cloth for best results as some cloths, tissue or paper towels can cause scratches.