Monday, February 1, 2010

How to keep your sapphire ring new throughout?

Sapphire is one of the stones which looks elegant which adds to your appearance when wore as a jewellery. Sapphire jewellery looks really appealing to everyone in every form, but sapphire rings do the magic. Sapphire is the birthstone of many and they wear it so as to attract positivity to their life and people are so dazzled by the magnetic power of the stone that they wear they this ring to their loved one as an engagement ring. This ring is really special to everyone, for the one who wants to attract the positivity with the magnetic power of the stone and for the one for whom it is a token of love.

Everyone wants to keep the sapphire ring new throughout. These rings are quite expensive and everyone feels that the shine should be maintained forever, which is not an easy task, but which is not even impossible. One needs to work a bit on the maintenance part like:

* It is very important to clean the sapphire ring periodically.
* Cleaning the sapphire ring with a jewellery cloth by rubbing it firmly against the stone.
* Take a mixture of warm water and soap, dip your sapphire ring in the solution for 40-60 minutes depending on the dirt on the sapphire, take a jewellery cloth or a small brush and clean the insides of the ring. The brush helps in cleaning a sapphire ring which has a lot of designing and very small spaces in between. The bristles of the brush goes in and clean every small part of the ring, which will help you to make it look new throughout. Then, keep it on a towel and rub to clean the ring.
* A mixture of an equal proportion of ammonia and water helps cleaning the jewellery and bringing back the shine of the stone which is lost due to the dust on it. After soaking the ring into the mixture, clean it with a cloth or towel.
* It is one of the hardest stones and strong treatments like ultrasonic cleaning machines can be used for cleaning sapphire. This machine cannot be used on soft stones.
* The easiest and the expensive way could be to give it to the jeweler to polish the sapphire ring.

If you want to go for homely methods for cleaning your ring, you can try the methods discussed above so as to keep your ring clean, shiny and new throughout.

No comments: