Date: 12/14/2006 10:16:41 PM
Author: scarleta
is this just for diamonds or can it be used for everything ( opals too?) Where can we buy it and the cost? thanks
Date: 12/14/2006 10:16:41 PM
Author: scarleta
is this just for diamonds or can it be used for everything ( opals too?) Where can we buy it and the cost? thanks
Do NOT use an ultrasonic on opals, emeralds and other fragile stones. You might get away with it most times, but on those occassions when you don''t, well you are going to be VERY unahppy.Date: 12/14/2006 10:16:41 PM
Author: scarleta
is this just for diamonds or can it be used for everything ( opals too?) Where can we buy it and the cost? thanks
My ring has a ton of pave on it. I don't use a US cleaner on it. You can see above what I do to clean it. I have seen people here write that you don't know how dirty your ring is until you have it cleaned with a US but I disagree. Of course, I clean my rings every day, so nothing builds up. I took my e-ring to a jewelry store recently to have the prongs checked and the guy couldn't believe how clean it was. He said he was going to ask me if I wanted it cleaned but there was no reason to do so.Date: 12/15/2006 11:37:03 AM
Author: luvthatstone
Anyone have any advice on cleaning a pave/melee setting?
My GF is about to become the proud owner of a WF Champaigne setting and I want that puppy to sparkle but don't want to cause any unnecessary wear on the stones set in the shank.
Some have recommended the Salton Spa - they seem to report that they do not have trouble with their pave or melee in it.Date: 12/15/2006 11:37:03 AM
Author: luvthatstone
Anyone have any advice on cleaning a pave/melee setting?
My GF is about to become the proud owner of a WF Champaigne setting and I want that puppy to sparkle but don''t want to cause any unnecessary wear on the stones set in the shank.
This is interesting. My jeweler was looking at my ring under a microscope when he commented on how clean it was. Maybe I just do less dirty things with my ring than others.Date: 12/16/2006 8:42:49 PM
Author: Julian
From someone who thought that good old fashioned scrubbing with a baby toothbrush and ammonia was good enough... When I recently got my first loupe, I was HORRIFIED to see the stuff that I was leaving behind! The US was the only thing to really get my diamonds 20X clean.
It was like that Married with Children episode when Al Bundy gets eyeglasses. He suddenly sees how his wife REALLY looks and sees how dingy his house is. So he decides to throw away the glasses! (We were kids when that show was on and it was the cool thing to watch secretly when our parents weren''t paying attention!) Hilarious.
So I''d much rather not look through the loupe unless the ring has gone through the US! Otherwise, it''s just too scary! And I clean my rings every single day... eek! I don''t want to THINK about what really dirty rings that are never cleaned look like under 20X magnification!!!!
Haha! Me, too! I''ve never had a problem keeping my rings clean with this! And as a matter of fact, both jewelers where I bought my latest rings gave me jars of this kind of cleanser. So I won''t need to buy any for a long time!Date: 12/16/2006 11:01:59 AM
Author: Stone Hunter
Well I just use the little red round jars of jewelry cleaner you can get at a Dept store or the jewelers. Works OK hasn''t hurt my WG or pave. But for super clean I would try what WINK suggested.