The Man Made Diamonds

Diamond is amongst the hardest known materials and wouldn’t get scratched or broken so easily, but it certainly gets grubby and soiled even though you may not be wearing it all that often. All your lotions, soaps and natural body oil oozing out of your skin makes it dirty and affects its brilliance.

After all, we buy diamonds for their shine and brilliance. One needs to take some minimal care for diamonds to retain their shine and brilliance. And, it’s not very difficult or time consuming to maintain them.

All that you need for cleaning of diamonds is a small soft brush and some soap and water. You may use an eyebrow brush or the one that you use for applying lipstick. In a bowl of warm water add some mild detergent to get suds and leave your diamonds or jewelry in that.

While the suds are still there, brush your pieces with soft brush. Next step is to rinse your possessions under water. Make sure that the pieces are rid of suds. You may employ a tea strainer for the purpose of rinsing to facilitate the process. Finally, you pat them dry, using non-fluffy cloth or jewelry polishing cloth

If you realize that the diamonds need a better cleaning, you should soak them in a mixture of water and ammonia of equal proportion for thirty minutes. Next, you softly brush the mountings, using a small brush. Again, put the pieces back to the solution, just to swish those around for a while before finally rinsing them in water and patting dry.

Should you find any of the above beyond you for whatever reasons, you may buy readymade jewelry cleaning solution from one of the stores. These come in the form of kits that contain all the needed materials and accessories, but it’s important to read the instructions of the manufacturer before use.

Of course high tech measures are also there for cleaning of diamonds. The machines employed for the purpose are called ultrasonic cleansers, which make use of high frequencies for the purpose of cleaning. Again, make sure to follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer of machine as all machines are not similar.

You can opt for any of the above methods for keeping your jewelry bright and sparkling. While cleaning, be careful not to touch the diamonds with your fingers or hold the jewelry by its edges. Such precautions help to maintain brilliance for long.