My fiancee and I took my BEAUTIFUL 2.03 H SI1 to a local guy here who does all of my fiancee's dad's jewelry stuff. We picked up the ring about a month ago and it was just lovely. I became a ring-cleaning freak after reading this board and bounced between a cup of hot water and a little dish detergent then a quick blow dry (as recommended by several here) and a jewelry cleaner I got at Walgreens that is essentially ammonia (says on the label "safe for gold and platinum").
Well about three weeks ago, I noticed what appeared to be a little dirt inside the prong of my setting, right where it meets the ring. This is the place it is soldered. I continue to clean it daily and it continues to get worse. One one side of the setting, it turned almost a copper color in the groove. Now granted, only I can see it and unless I would point it out to people with the ring off my hand in bright light, no one else could see it. BUT, I knew it was there. And if it got that bad after only a month, what would it look like in the future?
So we took it back to the man who did the setting. He told me it was from the cleaner I was using. He said I should not use detergent ever because it discolors the solder, which is lighter than the platinum (or some scientific crap like that). He said if I had to clean it with something, I should use a product called "Top Job" and that even jewelry cleaner was not always good because if it gets old, it can cause the same problem. He cleaned it in his crazy machine and it came out looking like new after five minutes.
Now, I would like to know if anyone else out there with a platinum ring and setting has had a discoloration problem? And if so, have they told you what caused it? The jeweler told me this will probably keep happening if it comes in contact with detergent.
Any help would be appreciated as my very sweet fiancee just wants me to be happy with the ring and this little issue is nagging at me!
Well about three weeks ago, I noticed what appeared to be a little dirt inside the prong of my setting, right where it meets the ring. This is the place it is soldered. I continue to clean it daily and it continues to get worse. One one side of the setting, it turned almost a copper color in the groove. Now granted, only I can see it and unless I would point it out to people with the ring off my hand in bright light, no one else could see it. BUT, I knew it was there. And if it got that bad after only a month, what would it look like in the future?
So we took it back to the man who did the setting. He told me it was from the cleaner I was using. He said I should not use detergent ever because it discolors the solder, which is lighter than the platinum (or some scientific crap like that). He said if I had to clean it with something, I should use a product called "Top Job" and that even jewelry cleaner was not always good because if it gets old, it can cause the same problem. He cleaned it in his crazy machine and it came out looking like new after five minutes.
Now, I would like to know if anyone else out there with a platinum ring and setting has had a discoloration problem? And if so, have they told you what caused it? The jeweler told me this will probably keep happening if it comes in contact with detergent.
Any help would be appreciated as my very sweet fiancee just wants me to be happy with the ring and this little issue is nagging at me!
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