How to care for your Jewellery basic instructions

How to care for your precious Jewellery

HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR PRECIOUS JEWELLRY

At Magennis jewellery we strongly advise our customers to take care of their jewellery.

As a mother, you are very busy looking after the kids doing a lot in the house and hardly have a minute to yourself, let alone having time to care for your jewellery.

You are getting up early and spending long hours at work, forgetting that you should spare only 5 mins to care for your Jewellery.

Rest assured that you are not alone, but you can still care for your jewellery.

You do not have to spend endless hours cleaning and polishing your jewellery. A few simple steps can help you to keep your jewellery clean and well maintained.

These are the few simple steps to help you care for your jewellery:

Never let perfumes or cosmetic spray get on your jewellery.
Do not wear your jewellery while in bed, in the bath, gardening, doing housework or exercises.
Avoid chlorinated or salt water and household cleaning products.
Sudden temperature change can damage certain gemstones.
Protect your jewellery from scratching and tangling by storing each piece separately.
Silver tarnishes in air in hot and humid weather.
If necessary, remove light tarnish with a silver polishing cloth, a heavier discoloration can be removed with a silver dip.
Unfortunately, there are times where it is difficult to do all that, especially when you have a lot to clean. In this case you can rely on us to clean your jewellery for you.

WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO REMOVE YOUR JEWELLERY BEFORE ANY TASK.

What can happen? You could damage or scratch your items.
You could exposure them to chemicals or cleaning products.

AVOID WEARING YOUR JEWELLERY WHEN SWIMMING OR BATHING

Chlorinated water it said to sometimes damage jewellery and can cause discoloration and possible damage such as corrosion.

A COMMON THING THAT WE WOMEN DO ON A REGULAR BASIS

When spraying perfume, hair spray or other cosmetics products, please spray away from your jewellery. We recommend that you only wear your Jewellery after spaying yourself. We also advise to do so at least 30 minutes after you apply you spray.

It will limit the damage to your jewellery

LASTLY WHEN YOU ARE AT YOUR GYM, TAKE CARE TO REMOVE ALL YOUR JEWELLERY

The reasons are that you can damage them and most of all if they are of an unusual designed, especially with pointed edges, you can hurt yourself. We recommend that for your health and safety, you should consider removing them before you start your work out.

Even better leave them at home before you do your work out.

AT HOME DIY CLEANING

USE JEWELLERY POLISHING CLOTHS FOR BEST RESULT

Polish silver or gold with a jewellery polishing cloth for best results. Use professional cloths, they are the best.

Do not use any type of tissue or any type of paper or towel as they may cause scratches because of the fibres in these products

HOW TO CLEAN AND CARE FOR YOUR JEWELELRY

We recommend that wherever possible, you clean your jewellery regularly. By doing so, you will keep it for a long time.
Do not use alcohol or bleach; they will destroy your jewellery. We cannot emphasis this enough but be very careful. If you care for your jewellery, do not clean it if you do not know what liquid you are using or intend to use to clean your jewellery.

If you are not sure, please contact us at info@magennisjewellery.com