How To Clean Gold Jewelry At Home

By: Detorreon Pla

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Learn how to clean gold jewelry at home, so you can avoid spending a lot of money to have someone clean your gold jewelry for you. It is pretty simple to do all you need is the right materials and you are ready to go. There are steps below you can use to clean your gold from the convenience of your own home.

Things you will need:

  •  Small container
  •  Tiny cleaning brush
  •  Very warm water
  •  Paper Towel 
  •  Soft dish washing liquid
  •  Air cleaner
  •  Rubbing alcohol
  1. Place gold jewelry in a container that has heated water. After you do this, let gold jewelry sit in water for about 25 to 30 minutes. This should dissolve and break down the hard substances that have built up on the gold jewelry. if you still see grime on your ring, repeat the process again to remove or loosen most of it.
  2. Remove remaining debris that is on jewelry with tiny brush. Use the tiny cleaning brush to scrub away the remaining grime debris from the piece of jewelry. But make sure that in conjunction with scrubbing the ring, you use a soft cleaning soap like dish washing liquid to do the job.
  3. Dry the ring thoroughly with paper towel and sterilize jewelry.  Once you have completed cleaning the jewelry, make sure to fully dry it. You can sterilize it by spraying it with a light mist of air cleaner that kills 99.9% of germs. You can also sterilize the jewelry by rubbing it down thoroughly with rubbing alcohol.
Posted on: Apr. 21, 2010