Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Professional Jewelry Cleaning System

Professional Jewelry Cleaning System

Designed by gemologists, the Professional Jewelry Cleaning System saves your precious gems and a trip to the jewelers. In 3 simple steps, the cleaner performs a highly effective cleaning process that will renew the look of your favorite jewelry pieces, including opals and pearls.



* 60-second heated electro-chemical bath removes dirt, grime, and rash-causing microorganisms
* Separate steam clean rinse blasts dirt from hard-to-reach places
* Polishing cloth buffs metal to a high luster
* Safe for precious metals, pearls, opals, onyx, and other soft, organic gems
* Cleaning solution sold separately
* 120V

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Wedding and Anniversary bands

Mark your specials occasions with the perfect classic or diamond wedding bands.Celebrate your choice of an anniversary or diamond eternity.
Finds sample bands :

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

How to cleaning your jewelry?

Methods and risks

Maintaining a clean diamond can sometimes be difficult, as jewelry settings can obstruct cleaning efforts, and oils, grease, and other hydrophobic materials adhere well to a diamond's surface. Some jewelers provide their customers with sudsy ammonia cleaning kits. Many jewelers use steam cleaners. Some other jewelers sell small ultrasonic cleaners. Home-based cleaning methods include immersing the diamond in ammonia-based or ethyl alcohol-based solutions, or even a solution of mild grease dissolving detergent and warm water. Silver jewelry can be cleaned using aluminum foil, baking soda, and hot water. However, this practice is not recommended by most jewelers.
Certain types of cleaning can damage some jewelry. For example, some class rings are coated with a dark pigment to reduce their shininess. Some gemstones, such as white topaz, have an overlay to produce certain colors. Ultrasonic cleaning can remove this coating, if it is not a quality piece. Ultrasonic cleaning is also contraindicated for opals, pearls and amber, and any other gemstone that is porous. Gemstones that are glued in (a common practice with semiprecious stones in non-precious methods, and in class rings) should not be placed into an ultrasonic cleaner. An ultrasonic cleaner can cause stones that are loose in their settings to come out. Jewelry should always be examined for overlays and loose stones prior to cleaning with an ultrasonic cleaner or a steam cleaner.

Jewelry Care

There are a number of things you can do to prevent build up of dirt and prevent jeweler becoming tarnished. Namely: Store jeweler carefully in its original packaging or a jeweler’s box. Clean jeweler using warm water, mild soap and a soft bristle toothbrush. Use a non abrasive silver cloth or soft lint free cloth to polish jeweler and remove tarnishing. Don't expose jeweler to harsh chemicals or perfumes as this could cause damage and discoloration. Don't wear jewelers when doing anything heavy duty and avoid unnecessary knocks and scratches.

Beauty of gems

Although it is not one of the 4 C's, cleanliness affects a diamond's beauty as much as any of the 4 C's (cut, carat, color, clarity).
A clean diamond is more brilliant and fiery than the same diamond when it is "dirty". Dirt or grease on the top of a diamond reduces its luster. Water, dirt, or grease on the bottom of a diamond interferes with the diamond's brilliance and fire. Even a thin film absorbs some light that could have been reflected to the person looking at the diamond.
Colored dye or smudges can affect the perceived color of a gem. Historically, some jewelers' diamonds were migrated due to smudges on the girdle, or dye on the culet. Current practice is to thoroughly clean a gem before grading its color as well as clarity.
Cleanliness does not affect the jeweler’s market value, as jeweler’s routinely clean jeweler before offering it for sale. However, cleanliness might reflect the jeweler’s sentimental value.

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

How to choose jewelry box


A useful jewelry box must fit the available space while also offering spaces suited to an array of jewelry. Imitation-velvet linings provide texture to stabilize fingertips, making jewelry retrieval easy. Other useful features include divided drawers or trays for holding small items such as earrings, some fully flat drawers for holding inflexible bracelets or anklets, a drawer with a soft ridged filling suitable for rings, spaces to hang necklaces without tangling, and racks to serve as an earring tree for dangling earrings.

Some jewelry owners like to have a built-in mirror also The importance of divided drawers cannot be over stated; although fully flat drawers, or ones divided into halves of quarters, can be useful, small items will undoubtedly become jumbled and difficult to locate. Divisions providing one-, two-, or three-inch compartments allow earrings, pins, and brooches to be sorted and stored by size. While lift-off or sliding lids can be fun, they tend to obscure vision and frustrate one conducting a last-minute hunt for a specific piece; clear plastic lids provide a useful compromise.

Regardless of how much jewelry a person has to store at the time the box is acquired, the quantity will likely increase, recommending the selection of a sizable box over cute little boxes. Finally, a useful jewelry box is one that the user finds aesthetically appealing-consider that it may be in service for decades.


Model of jewelry Box :

-Womens jewelry Box, Mans Jewelry box, Leathers Jewelry box, Musical jewelry box, Pen chest boxes, Locking jewelry box, Personalized jewelry box.

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