I''m new. My first question: how to wipe the diamond

[valchiria]

Hi all, I''m new.
At first, sorry for my English, I''m from Italy. I wish you''ll understand what I''ll write.

My first question is:
after I clean my ring, how can I wipe (dry ?) the diamond?
If I use a towel or a cloth, the diamond becomes opaque, dirty again, if I leave it to dry alone I can see the signs of water drops.

Any suggestions?
Thank you

 

[stone-cold11]

Buy those compress can of gas that people with computer used to blow clean the keyboard. Use those to blow off any liquid on the diamond or you can buy those lint free microfibre cloth that is used to clean glasses/windows.

 

[valchiria]

Thank you,I have both.
When I use compress gas (for my computer)it gets very cold. Is there any risk? (I clean my diamond with hot water)

 

[stone-cold11]

should not be, diamond are very good conductor of heat, unlikely to have enough temp gradient from hot washing to blow drying to cause thermal stress that it did not experience while being polished into a diamond.

 

[ericad]

A blowdryer works well too!

 

[valchiria]

Thanks to all

 

[Bella_mezzo]

i use a blow dryer or a lint-free cloth

 

[lightningbug]

Yes, a hair dryer is perfect. You can also dip it in rubbing alcohol, which evaporates quickly and seems to not leave (as many) spots.

 

[marcy]

Paper towels work too.

 

[kenny]

The cloth you are using may not be clean enough - the part you touch will pick up oil from your skin and diamonds seem to have a magnetic attraction to skin oil.
Even if freshly laundered - I wonder if fabric softener leaves a residue that would rub onto a diamond.

Water spots may be from minerals in your water so you can try distilled water which has no minerals.
The spots may also be from gunk that was cleaned off the diamond but still suspended in the liquid during the drying process, so try rinsing more with fresh clean liquid before drying.

I like compressed air because it has a lot of force.
A hair dryer will accelerate the evaporation of the liquid but does not have enough force to blow off all the contaminated liquid especially in the nooks and crannies of many settings as well as compressed air will.

I use isopropyl alcohol and a brush.
I scrub vigorously so it splatters all over the sink until there is no more alcohol to splatter.
Then I dip the brush back in the clean alcohol again and scrub and splatter away again.

I repeat this 3 or 4 times, the more the better, depending on how dirty it was.
At the end the contamination in the alcohol being splattered away approaches zero.

Then I either use compressed air (preferred) or 3 or 4 new Q-Tips to dry it.
Q-Tips are adequate for drying a diamond in a tension setting but for settings with prongs or intricate work I'd definitely buy a case of compressed air if I didn't feel like firing up the air compressor in the garage.

After cleaning this way I cannot find any residue on the diamond with a loupe, even right next to the metal of the setting.

 

[Miss Sparkly]

Canned air - however - leave off the tiny tube. The air stream is then the perfect size to give your ring a powerful, spot free, dry

 

[yssie]

blowdry with a hairdryer

Kenny, the one I use sure does have enough force to literally blow water drops away - it's neat to watch.