Caring for Your Jewellery

Caring for Your Pearls
Pearls are an organic gem, because of this they should be treated with extra care. Below are a few helpful tips to ensure your pearls remain looking at their best for longer.

• Store your pearls separately in the box or pouch provided.
• Do not drop pearls into handbags or drawers without first placing them into the box or pouch provided
• Try not to knock your pearls against sharp or hard surfaces
• After each wear wipe your pearls with a soft damp cloth to remove any build up of body oils or perspiration
• Occasionally rinse your pearls in warm water using a mild pure soap – NOT DETERGENT. Rinse and pat dry thoroughly before storing
• Restring every one to two years to ensure the thread does not deteriorate.
• “Last on, first off” – always avoid contact with perfumes and sprays where possible.

Caring for Your Silver, Gold and Platinum Jewellery
Over time a build up of oils and dirt can cause an item of jewellery to look tired or dull. Often all they need to bring them back to life is a clean.

There are many different ways to clean silver, gold and platinum. For a highly polished finish and to remove any surface scratches feel free to pop your items in to us to do a thorough clean and polish. We also offer rhodium plating for white gold jewellery.

Alternatively, you can clean them yourself using specially formulated products.

A gold or silver polishing cloth can lift dirt and brighten their appearance. The cloth is impregnated with a specialised cleaner and anti-tarnish agent to make it ideal for the gold or silver jewellery. Silver polishing cloths can also be used for light polishing on silver plated items.

If you want a cloth suitable for use on both gold and platinum jewellery, we offer a microfibre jewellery polishing cloth. This is a multipurpose soft cloth made from high quality microfibres ideal for cleaning delicate surfaces. 

Jewel Sparkle (for gold and platinum items) and Silver Sparkle (for silver items) are liquid cleaners suitable for more intricate items, such as chains and rings. Simply pop your items into the container, agitate for 1-2 minutes and rinse with clean water. For the more stubborn areas of dirt a small brush is included. Porous stones such as emeralds, turquoise or pearls should not come into contact with this liquid. 

Silver Sparkle is made only for silver items. Due to the anti-tarnish agent, this liquid should not come into contact with any other metals and should not be used on items with porous stones.

For larger items of silver, such as plates or candlesticks, we offer a product called Silver Foam. By working a small amount of the product into a damp sponge and rubbing the silver any dirt and tarnish will be lifted leaving a bright and clean surface underneath.