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Caring Your Jewelry :
- Try to guard any jewelry from scratches, sharp blows, harsh chemicals, extreme temperatures and sunlight.
- Store jewelry separately so it doesn’t scrape other jewelry.
- When doing household chores such as gardening and cleaning, be certain to remove rings.
- Put your jewelry on after washing and applying any makeup or hair spray.
- Avoid wearing jewelry while swimming in a swimming pool. The chlorine can cause damage to various gemstones and gold. Gemstones may become loose in their settings (and possibly fall out).
- Avoid storing your jewelry next to a heating vent, window-sill or on a car dashboard. Store jewelry away from sunlight as the sun may fade the gemstones.
- Always store bead necklaces flat - such as lapis, pearls, etc, as silk stretches over time.
- Be certain that stones mounted in rings are not loose or rattle. The prongs of a ring can wear down. If the prongs wear down too much or break, you have lost the stone. Prongs are easily "retipped" by most jewelers to keep the stone locked in.
- Sterling silver will polish up by rubbing or buffing it with a soft cotton cloth or a Sunshine Cloth. If you store silver in plastic bags with an interlocking seal, it will be less prone to tarnish. (Do not store pearls in plastic bags!).
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