Cleaning Diamond Ring

[T Louise A]

Hi everyone,
I'm sure this topic has been covered somewhere but I'm wanting to know how you clean your diamond rings? Do any of you use white vinegar?
I have just used the dish soap and soft brush and rinsed with equal parts vinegar/ water.
Is there something better I could be doing for an at home clean??

 

[AprilBaby]

I use dawn dish washing soap and very hot water with a soft toothbrush.

 

[Stephan]

Vinegar can harm gold. Just soak in ammonia + dish washing at night and rinse in the morning.

 

[distracts]

Ammonia can also harm gold - don't ever soak in ammonia longer than a minute or two unless it is platinum. For my gold pieces I use dishwashing soap + hot water and let them sit until the water is warm, scrub, and rinse. For things with diamonds, I clean them in the ultrasonic cleaner with the gemoro concentrate solution and water.

 

[Stephan]

Ammonia can harm gold? What's your source? Never had an issue for over 20 years.

 

[distracts]

It's commonly known? All jewelers I've met advise not soaking gold in ammonia longer than several minutes. But here's something I dug up with some sciencey stuff if you want to read it: http://vintagepensblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/ammonia-stress-corrosion-cracking-and.html

 

[Stephan]

Oh, that's interesting!
I've never noticed a problem, perhaps because I've only worn 18ct gold.

 

[distracts]

That could be it - it's also, I gather, the same sort of reason why you're not supposed to wear your rings in heavily-chlorinated water like pools and hot tubs, so not everyone will ever experience a problem but it might happen, after many years.

 

[whitewave]

I boil water in a mug in the microwave and then run the diamond under water that is going from warm to hot and then I drop the ring into the mug of super hot water with dawn/ammonia.

Comes out brilliant.

 

[tkyasx78]

blue dawn soft brush and hot water.
If the ring needs a deep clean almost any reputable jeweler will do it for you.