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CARING FOR YOUR COLLECTION



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You have spent your time and money on your collection of vintage jewelry so you don't want to ruin your treasures by being careless.  Vintage jewelry is delicate and should be handled with great care. After all, these items will never be created again. Here are a few tips about caring for your costume jewelry from Amazing Adornments:

Never immerse costume jewelry in water. Moisture ruins the foil backing of rhinestones and it can destroy the metal settings.

Cosmetics can ruin your finds. For instance hair spray can stick to a rhinestone and in time destroy it. Try to put your jewelry on last.
Be careful whom you choose to restore your items. I have heard horror stories from friends who chose the wrong person and wound up with a piece of junk after supposed restoration.

Be careful where you store your items -Curio cabinets are well worth the investment. Jewelry pouches are another storage solution. Plastic bags can let moisture inside over time. Make sure where ever you choose to store them is dust free environment. Try not to store your items so that they are tightly packed. This can cause stones to become dislodged.

Changes in temperature can loosen the glue of handset stones. The stones once loose can fall out of the setting.  
 

As I mentioned I will perform a light cleaning as necessary to the vintage costume jewelry that we sell at Amazing Adornments. I use Jewelry Joose. This wonderful jewelry cleaner even cleans verdigris [that yucky green stuff that attacks jewels]. It can be purchased at www.jewelryjoose.com.

 

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