January 2010

How does one clean sterling silver & genuine gemstone jewelry?

When shopping for jewelry cleaner the silver cleaner states not to be used on gemstones. Help!
STAY AWAY from sterling ‘dip’ cleaners…they contain forms of ‘battery acid’…all it is really doing is dissolving the top layer of the sterling-removing the tarnish and dirt. But it does NOT ’shine’ the jewelry…there is no dip made that will [...]