Greetings for the Lunar New Year! It has been exactly one year since we shared with you essential jewellery care information for you to maintain those precious items of yours in tip top condition. Here is what you ought to know about caring for your plated jewellery products, which is getting increasingly popular. Do clean your jewellery frequently to prolong its lifespan!

Protection & Care:

Rhodium, Gold or any other Plating are very thin protective layer, much smaller than Human Hair thickness that we apply over the surface of our Sterling Silver or Stainless Steel products. Once Body Oil, Skin Sweat or residue of Body Lotions, and Cosmetics reside over the surface of our jewellery, it will attract and attach to dirt and environmental dust naturally; it then starts to bind and iteract chemically with jewellery plating resulting in irreversible dark greyish-brown spots that even penetrate through Silver base metal.

Oxidation (Tarnishing) on Plain Silver with no plating is dissimilar to above process. Silver Cleaning products or solutions are light solvents and as effectively they remove Oxidation (Tarnishing) on Plain Silver, they would certainly burn, darken or cause other damage to the plated surface.

• Never spray Perfume, Fragrance over your jewellery

• Prevent contact of abrasive soaps or Lotion with your jewellery

• Avoid contact with Bleach, Chlorine or Salt Pool, Sea Water, High Pressure Steam, and the following chemicals: Petroleum distillates, Solvents, Acetone Base, Paint Thinner, Detergents, Nail Polisher, Fragrance and etc.

Cleaning:

1. Place jewellery inside of a bowl with warm water, add few drops of Lotion Free Hand Dishwashing Liquid (Dawn, Palmolive…), shake it smoothly to remove oil residue from it surface while some foam are formed, gently rub with hand for 2-3 minutes.
2. Rinse it several times with water, and submerge it into clean water (Distilled water preferred) for 1 minute or into Alcohol for 5 seconds to remove all water residues.
3. Wrap it with Paper towels, stretch & shake it to remove most of the liquids and lay it down over a fresh cloth to dry. 

Adapted from Dolceoro Gioielli jewellery care