A Lot To Know When Cleaning Jewelry

 

You won't believe all the different ways people have come up with to clean their jewelry.  Some of these I knew about.  But some of these ideas are new to me.

•  paste of baking soda and water
• Colgate toothpaste
• Dow bathroom cleaner
• denture cleansing tablets
• whitening formula Mentadent toothpaste
• Parsons' ammonia
• hand sanitize  (don't use on pearls)
• Simple Green
• Smirnoff vodka
  

If it's a paste, just rub on rub off then polish.  If it's a liquid, mix with water, let item(s) soak, rinse and polish dry.

Obviously I did not think up this stuff on my own.  It came from a new book of mine, Clean It Fix It Eat It by Joey Green.  People wrote in giving up their ways of doing just about anything using name brand products.  Name brand products not used for their intended use that is.  Sometimes discovered by accident.  And, I bet sometimes the listed ingredients gave them a hint it might work.  And that's okay.

I would love to hear about any other ways someone might clean their own jewelry that has not been listed above. Leave in a comment before you go.

Resource 

I stumbled upon this informative guide by Olive Yew.

Comprehensive Jewelry Cleaning Guide 

Bonus Tip 

Remove a ring stuck on your finger...

•           Johnson's baby oil
•           Miracle Whip
•           Preparation H
•           Windex