Jewelry is considered a valuable beauty accessory that is treated with care and attention. However, with frequent use, it may lose its luster or become stained. That's why we've put together 7 simple ways to clean jewelry at home.
1. Hot water
Jewelry made from of gold, of silver or platinum can be cleaned completely simple way. First, place it in a small container, which you then fill with hot water. Then wait a few minutes or until the water cools and jewelry remove, and wipe off the dirt with kitchen towel. Allow the jewelry to dry before putting it away air dry.
Your jewelry can regain its luster Photo: Stephen Gitau / Pexels2. Dish cleaner
Dish cleaner is best suited for smaller, mild stains. All you have to do is place the jewelry in a small container, pour it with warm water and add a few drops dishwashing detergents. Leave the jewelry in the mixture a few minutes, then delete it with kitchen towel and wait for it to dry completely.
3. Lemon juice
Do you think your jewelry is lost? gloss? Then we recommend a completely natural solution, for which you will only need water and lemon juice. 2 teaspoons of lemon juice mix in half a cup of water and apply the liquid to the jewelry using a kitchen towel. Even with this technique, at the end, wait until the jewelry air dry.
4. Toothpaste
It sounds a bit bizarre, but you can silver jewelry and costume jewelry clean with help toothpaste. Extrude this on a small cloth, which you then carefully pull over the jewelry. Then wipe the jewelry with clean cloth. For greater precision, you can also use a cloth instead toothbrush.
You can also clean jewelry with toothpaste Photo: Karolina Grabowska / Pexels5. Baking soda
Golden and silver jewelry can also be restored to its shiny condition with the help of baking soda: when you mix this with water, the chemical reaction will ensure that even the most stubborn stains disappear.
First place the jewelry in a bowl and pour into it lukewarm water. Add more 2 teaspoons baking sodae and wait a few minutes. Jewelry then wipe it off with a kitchen towel and wait until air dry.
6. Vinegar
bicarbonate of soda it can be even more effective if you add to it vinegar. A quarter cup of vinegar first mix with 2 teaspoons of baking soda and add more to the mixture a little water. Then apply the paste on toothbrush and gently clean the jewelry with it. Then wash off the paste with lukewarm water and wipe the jewelry with a kitchen towel.
7. Cleaner and aluminum foil
bicarbonate of soda it's also an ingredient in a DIY jewelry cleaner. For this you will need aluminum foil, teaspoon of dishwashing liquid, a spoonful of salt, spoon of baking soda and a bowl hot water. Line a bowl with foil and first put salt, baking soda and detergent in it. Then add hot water.
When the mixture sizzle, it's time to put the jewelry in the bowl, which after a few minutes you remove and dry with cloth. This method is especially suitable for silver jewelry.
