Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Shh! It's A Secret

I found out the secret jewelers use to clean our jewelry or specifically, rings.

Ammonia. That's right Ammonia.



Just find a small glass, container, old jar of baby food whatever you can find and fill it up with 50% Ammonia and 50% water. Drop your jewelry into the glass for at least 30 minutes. You can leave it in over night or for 10 years and it will not damage the jewelry.

When you're ready to wear it. Remove your jewelry and rinse it off with fresh water. Dab it dry with a towel and use a Q-tip to rub over the diamonds or stones.

I did this last night with my wedding ring and let it soak for an hour. It looks SO sparkly and just like it would if I took it to the jeweler.


(Excuse the bad iphone photo but you get the gist)

My huge bottle of generic ammonia at Wal-Mart was $1.12.

I will be doing this nightly.

4 comments:

Kate said...

So good to know!! I will be definitely be doing this tonight!

Cheryl said...

What a little "Helpful Helloise" you are! :)

Shawna said...

nice discovery!

Lainey-Paney said...

Oh wow. Who knew!?