Caring for Your Diamond Set: Tips to Maintain Its Sparkle

Diamonds are prestigious, and they are forever, as the adage goes. They are very hard stones, and if properly handled, these gemstones will serve their user for generations. Your piece of diamond set jewellery, which may include an engagement ring, wedding ring, earrings, or tennis bracelet, is probably one of the critical pieces of jewellery you own. Below is a guide that may

Get Professional Cleanings

As for cleaning your diamonds, it is advisable to leave the process to the specialists as they should be cleaned every six months to 1 year, but you can clean your diamonds at home before wearing them. These professionals work with regular solvents and have access to steamers and ultrasonic baths, which can clean tiny areas in the prong setting and around the main gems that you can’t clean effectively at home.

Taking stones to be cleaned professionally over some time will help reduce the gathering of lotions, soaps, natural skin oils, hair products and other materials that add dirt and grime. This also affords your diamonds its highest fire and brilliance.

Inspect Settings and Prongs (Diamond Set)

So, at the end of the day, when you do not have your diamond pieces on, you should use a magnifying glass to review the setting or the prongs and discover whether they are new, degraded, thinning, or even crushed. After a while, prongs melt or break, and that is why the diamond may become loose or completely fall off.

If you get any signs of it, you have to take your diamond jewellery to a jeweller immediately for a safety check and necessary adjustments and tightening and repair work so that there will not be any more losses on your parts of the valuable gems or the setting.

Store Properly Between Wears

Diamonds should be stored in a jewellery box that is intended for this purpose or put in soft jewellery pouches before storing. Portable jewellery boxes may have individual sections or small pockets that can keep these expensive diamond items protected and in their area.

Diamond jewellery should also be kept and stored properly in a dry place away from other metals or any abrasive surface when not in use to avoid scratches, chips or stones falling off. Please do not throw your diamond rings, bracelets or earrings haphazardly into a tray of jewellery on a dressing table because they have a penchant for scratching, chipping or even cracking other accessories, and the same goes for other trinkets.

Use lotions, perfume and hair products with care.

Solitaire tends to collect oils, creams, hair products and all sorts of deposits, which make it look cloudy and dirty over time. Always put on make-up, lotions, perfumes, deodorant, hair sprays and other beauty products before using your diamond jewellery.

Also, it’s recommended to avoid wearing diamond earrings, rings, or necklaces right after washing hair, as this can create an accumulation of stones and settings. Ladies should not wear any diamond jewellery item while swimming, bathing, showering or handling any cleaning chemicals at home.

Consider Diamond Jeweller Insurance

Since diamond jewellery pieces are often worth a considerable amount of money, the owners, without fail, should arrange for professionally assessed valuations of these pieces and then ensure that their pieces are insured against actual incidents such as theft, loss and or damage with private insurers. Appraisals should be up-to-date, and assessments should be carried out every three years at the latest for better results.

Unless, of course, you are a diamond jewellery seller or a buyer who has possibly just purchased a diamond trinket and has the receipt of the purchase at their disposal, an instant appraisal would not be really necessary. First of all, check your homeowners/renters insurance policy to determine the extent to which your diamonds are insured and whether having a jewellery rider policy would be a better decision or not.

Remove Diamond Stud Earrings for Gardening, Special Physical Activities & Labouring

For example, when doing some house cleaning, participating in sports, or performing any task that involves forcefully rubbing two objects together, diamonds are vulnerable to being scratched or damaged. Do not wear diamond rings, bracelets or earrings where there is a possibility of getting them scratched like when cleaning the house, doing gardening, playing any sporting activity, engaging in any form of exercise, using any tool or handling chemicals.

Although planting flowers with gloves on is not an impossible idea, there are still chances of accidentally striking diamond accessories with stones or concrete and damaging gems. It is advisable to take off all diamond jewellery prior to commencing any form of activity or work and keep them well secured until the job is done.

Never Use Ultrasonic & Steamer Jewellery Cleaner

Different types of jewellery cleaning, which include ultrasonic and steam jewellery cleaners, use aggressive cleaning solvents and other forceful ultrasonic frequencies or even heat to clean jewellery. However, the motion in ultrasonic cleaners is very vigorous, and thus, it will weaken the diamond setting. Subsequently, stones such as diamonds are likely to lose their coatings, which are added to enhance the fire of the gemstone upon exposure to steam cleaners.

The two extracted homemade cleaning methods also have the probability of ruining other gems or metals present in pieces of jewellery. Fine diamond jewellery should not be cleaned at home without professional help, as this will only cost you the value of the jewellery. It is with an experienced jeweller, and take it for a steam or ultrasonic cleaning occasionally if you want to play it safe.

Get Diamonds Professionally Polished

In the case of how often you wear the diamond jewellery set pieces, you may need to take them to a master jeweller who may polish the pieces every few years. In the case of diamonds, polishing is done by lightly rubbing the surface using diamond grit, following the same process as cutting to regain the maximum lustre, as these gems are rubbed for several decades and lose their shine.

It is necessary to re-polish diamond jewellery when one can see scratches on the table, facets of smaller stones, or a decrease in brilliance in specific lighting conditions.

Final Thoughts (Diamond Set)

It means maintaining your diamond jewellery in everyday use and in between giving, as well as having a professional diamond jeweller professionally clean your diamonds to shine as brightly as possible throughout the years. Suppose the diamond artificial necklace is stored appropriately. In that case, gems are manipulated gently on a daily basis, exposure risks are averted, and businesslike check-ups, polishings, and fixes are performed on time. The diamond set’s investment will not fade away in a lifespan. Always remember these simple, caring instructions and bring pride in having dazzling, brilliant diamonds for generations ahead.