Jewelry Cleaner

Jewelry cleaner can be used to make all your jewelry sparkle as though it were new, but there are different sorts of jewelry cleaner. Depending on what you want cleaned, you need to find the right jewelry cleaner to do the job.

For antique costume jewelry, the right kind of jewelry cleaner may not be what you think. Sometimes if jewelry cleaner is meant for precious stones and metals, it is not effective on costume jewelry. In fact, some cleaner could damage costume jewelry. 

Paint is usually used to create the metal look and certain types of cleaner can eat at the paint so it starts chipping away from the piece of jewelry. Not only can it possibly damage the metal like paint, but it can also pull free a couple of the costume stones from their bed of glue. 

Costume jewelry is often best cleaned softly with water and a very soft, almost a baby's, toothbrush. This way, the paint will not be chipped easily and the glue will not become unstuck. Once again, it is better not to use actual cleaner on antique costume jewelry.

Many jewelry stores, and even discount jewelry warehouses, carry jewelry cleaner. If you visit flea markets very often, it may be possible to find jewelry cleaner at a booth somewhere in the building. 

There are different consistencies to the cleaners, but some do not work as well as others. Many stores offer demonstrations of the different types. Not always is a thicker consistency better, but it does help scrub the piece of jewelry a little better than something that has nearly the consistency of water. 

If you are worried about doing something wrong to your jewelry and would rather not clean it yourself, many jewelry stores will clean it for you. Often, the associates in a jewelry store will use their jewelry cleaner and actually clean it for free. If there is a special piece of jewelry that you need cleaned, it is appropriate to go to a jewelry store to get that piece cleaned. 

If you do not want to take all your pieces of jewelry to actual stores when they need to be cleaned, but you can not find any sort of jewelry cleaner in the stores you look in, then you may want to ask a jewelry store associate for help in locating a supplier. 

Owning and wearing jewelry can be a wonderful thing until that jewelry loses its luster. By just shopping around for the right type of jewelry cleaner, you can restore it back to its original, sparkling state.