Thursday, September 18, 2008

Clean and clear: Shecy Pearl jewelry maintain rules

After a long and extremely hot summer time, smart ladies start to pay extra attention on skin maintains. The temperature is getting cooler, and daytime is getting shorter, the autumn has come already. Here, we have a friendly suggestion that our pearl jewelry is the same as our sensitive skin; it needs to be cleaned after the hot summer season and be a sleep beauty to go through the winter.
You can choose clean at home by yourself or go to the local jewelry store and receive profession jewelry cleaning and checking.

If you clean your pearl necklace at home, there are three different ways you can choose:

1. Use just a soft cloth, like we use for glasses, to wipe the pearls one by one gently. It is recommended to clean pearls by this way after wearing every time; but this recommend that traces of acids, fat or dirt will be distributed evenly over the surface of the pearl and can’t clean the pearl completely;

2. Clean the pearls with warm water and soft. When a necklace is very dirty, the heavy dirt should be removed by using a tissue or a dental stick. After that, the pearls can be rinsed in clean and lukewarm water for a few times. After the last rinse, spread the pearls out on a soft cloth for one day to dry them by nature air and temperature; keep in mind that do not use hair dryer to dry your pearls, because the hot and dry air can destroy their shining luster;

3. You can also regular cleaning of pearls with a soft cloth, impregnated with alcohol instead of warm water, after wearing, the remains of sweat and dirt can be cleaned away easily with alcohol. After that, put the pearls on soft cloth and dry them by nature air and temperature, too.
When you clean your Shecy pearl necklace, always keep in mind that they are so sensitive that chemical, hard surface, hot and dry environment can destroy their smooth skin and let them lose their beauty. Clean warm water and soft cloth will be fine for them, but your shower water or body wash will give them a hard time.

The autumn is a good time to clean your pearl necklace thoroughly during the whole year. You can ask your local jeweler to do the cleaning for you, and the jeweler will be able to check and restring the necklace at the same time. And this professional cleaning and checking of pearl necklace can be done without charging fee.

When you ask for a professional cleaning, you should check the pearl necklace after the cleaning process:

. Ask the jeweler try not to use special clean liquid or pearl baths for your pearl necklace. Because the remains of the liquid can be bond with the drill hole and may be lead to a change in the appearance of the pearls after some years;

. Are there any cracks in the outer layer of the pearls after ultrasonic cleaning? Cultured pearls with good quality will not be affected and the jeweler should guard against such unpleasant result happened.

. If the pearl necklace needs to be restringing, leave the old string during the cleaning process and start restringing only when it is completely dry again. Before the restringing, ask the stringer to clean the drill holes several times by running a clean string through them; and it should use pure silk threads to restring the pearls;

. The pearls should be carefully treated with olive oil every two to three years, in order to help them keep them luster and appearance.

Keep in mind that the pearls should not be worn before the string is completely dry. If you take care of the coating of the cultured pearls like your own skin, your pearl necklace will be the same as you that shining and fabulous in this autumn.