Wrong maintenance methods of jewelry will not only damage the life of the jewelry, but also damage the appearance of the jewelry. Some people may wonder why other people's jewelry is still bright and beautiful, but their own jewelry has begun to be slightly damaged. In fact, it is caused by some humble behaviors in daily life or poor maintenance methods.

What are the common maintenance misunderstandings in daily life?

Mistake 1: Use toothpaste to clean the jewelry. Toothpaste contains fine high-hardness abrasive particles. Therefore, cleaning jewelry with toothpaste will damage the surface of gems with lower hardness, especially the surface of pearls, gold and karat gold; pearls are absolutely avoided. The most correct washing solution should be diluted Neutral surfactants (e.g. salad, baby shampoo).

Mistake 2: Frequently touching the oil and sweat on the skin often contaminate the surface of the hands. When touching the gems with your hands, the oil on your hands will easily stay on the gems, which will affect the luster and brightness of the gems.

Mistake 3: When washing hands, bathing, making up, doing housework, swimming, etc., it is best to remove the jewelry worn, because soap, lotion, cosmetics, oil, swimming pool water, etc. not only easily enter the crevices of jewelry, affect cleanliness and Luster, and these substances often contain a certain degree of acid and alkali substances, which can easily cause damage to jewelry.

Mistake 4: Use an ultrasonic cleaning machine to clean all jewelry. Ultrasonic cleaning machine is not suitable for all gems, such as emeralds, pearls... and other special structure gems, which will destroy its structure during ultrasonic cleaning, so it should be absolutely avoided . In addition, although the ultrasonic cleaning machine has a good cleaning effect, you should not use it frequently because it is easy to use. If you use it too frequently, it will easily cause the small drill to fail to withstand multiple shocks and become loose or even fall.

Mistake 5: Do not pay attention to the order of wearing jewelry. Generally speaking, the order of wearing jewelry is to wear the jewelry after the clothes are worn. When wearing prong-set jewelry or rings, avoid getting caught in clothes and purses.

Mistake 6: Inspect carefully from time to time. In the process of wearing jewelry, always check whether the gemstones inlaid are stable or loose, whether the beaded necklace is firmly tied, whether the elasticity of the middle card of the clip-on earrings is reduced, or whether the screws are in poor contact, etc. Wait.