How do you clean your ring(s)?

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How do you clean your ring(s)?
What do you use?
What type of metal/stone?
How often do you do it?

[rachers]

I soak them in warm water and a few drops of Dawn, then scrub lightly with a soft toothbrush.

Every couple of weeks or so - I wear my e-ring and a right hand ring every day so they get dirty quickly.

White gold I think?

Eagles approved method

[dexteroni]

I have an ultrasonic cleaner at home that I use maybe a couple times a year at most. The jeweler where DH bought the rings will clean them for free anytime, but I don't find myself at the jeweler on a regular basis. I used to make special trips to take them there (it only takes a few minutes), but I haven't done that in a few years.

ETA: Materials - platinum and diamond.

[Elsa]

I just use one of those ring cleaner solutions from BBB. I think it is connoisseurs. My ring is white gold/diamonds. I do it maybe every other week. In the meantime, I often scrub it with Dawn when I do dishes. That makes it sparkle.

Then I get it re-dipped every year or so which keeps it looking good too.

[pantsparty]

White gold and diamond. I have an ultrasonic cleaner thingy.

[shamrockshake]

ultrasonic cleaner with windex in it

diamond and platinum

not often, every few months

[darkling_glory]

Mar 11, 2015 11:44:13 GMT -5 rachers said:

I soak them in warm water and a few drops of Dawn, then scrub lightly with a soft toothbrush.

Every couple of weeks or so - I wear my e-ring and a right hand ring every day so they get dirty quickly.

White gold I think?

Eagles approved method

This.

[miniroller]

Mar 11, 2015 11:46:42 GMT -5 @rumpshaker said:

With my tears.





Kidding

Thanks for the LOL, or giggle-snort to be more specific. On app, so read subject & your response (latest). Produced a genuine smile

[rodeored]

I use a jewelry cleaner solution that the place we bought the rings from gave to us.

White gold, diamond, and sapphires.

Probably not often enough but every couple of months.

[lostlenore]

I was just researching this yesterday as it has been an embarrassingly long time since I cleaned my rings. Mine are platinum. The most common recommendation I found was toothpaste and soft toothbrush. Toothpaste needs to be paste, not gel and not have baking soda. I don't think any of my toothpaste qualifies so I think I'm going to try the dish soap idea above.

[Deleted]

I use the cleaner from the jeweler and I clean them once a week. They get super dirty, and my jeweler thinks I play with mashed potatoes all the time. LOL

[rachers]

They do look brand new when you get them steam cleaned at the jewelers.

[Eagles]

Just be careful with the toothbrush since it can loosen prongs. My go to at home method is to put a couple drops of dish liquid in a mug, run hot water and get it really sudsy, and drop my rings in for half an hour to forty five minutes. Rinse under the tap (WITH the drain stopper in) and blot dry with a paper towel.

It's the same as soaking a greasy/dirty pan; it takes the crud off. Some of the commercial cleaners have ammonia, which can pit your gold.

[yourmother]

My rings stopped fitting this week.

I typically clean them using a sonic cleaner thingy with the solution in the red bottle (I think a PP posted a picture of it upthread) about once a week or so.  Also, I take them in for a deeper cleaning/buffing twice a year during their inspections.  I really like my sonic cleaner.  I bought it off Amazon for about $45 or so.  I get lots of compliments on how shiny my rings are.

Also, I sometimes do the hot water + Dawn and a light scrub.

My right hand ring is platinum/diamond.  My wedding set is platinum, but soldered together with a shiny metal coating (rhodium???).

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Mar 11, 2015 11:54:37 GMT -5 Eagles said:

Just be careful with the toothbrush since it can loosen prongs. My go to at home method is to put a couple drops of dish liquid in a mug, run hot water and get it really sudsy, and drop my rings in for half an hour to forty five minutes. Rinse under the tap (WITH the drain stopper in) and blot dry with a paper towel.

It's the same as soaking a greasy/dirty pan; it takes the crud off. Some of the commercial cleaners have ammonia, which can pit your gold.

Does the brand of dish liquid matter?

Good to know re ammonia.  I've used Windex in the past. 

And thanks for coming in -- I was hoping you would.  LOL.

I'm actually about to retire a Sonicare brush that I was considering making my ring brush.  Do you advise against brushing entirely?  Or is there a good way to brush without loosening prongs?

[Eagles]

Mar 11, 2015 11:58:23 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Mar 11, 2015 11:54:37 GMT -5 Eagles said:

Just be careful with the toothbrush since it can loosen prongs. My go to at home method is to put a couple drops of dish liquid in a mug, run hot water and get it really sudsy, and drop my rings in for half an hour to forty five minutes. Rinse under the tap (WITH the drain stopper in) and blot dry with a paper towel.

It's the same as soaking a greasy/dirty pan; it takes the crud off. Some of the commercial cleaners have ammonia, which can pit your gold.

Does the brand of dish liquid matter?

Good to know re ammonia.  I've used Windex in the past. 

And thanks for coming in -- I was hoping you would.  LOL.

I'm actually about to retire a Sonicare brush that I was considering making my ring brush.  Do you advise against brushing entirely?  Or is there a good way to brush without loosening prongs?

Brand doesn't matter.  I say Dawn because it's gentle enough to clean animals after oil spills, but at home we use Ajax.    I also like the dish liquid because it's cheap and something that almost everyone has anyway.

I usually advise against brushing just because it's easy for a bristle to slip under a prong and loosen it just enough to start trouble.  Particularly if you've got a pave setting with tiny prongs that aren't a lot of metal to start with.  Gold (all gold, white, yellow, rose, whatever) is malleable and can bend. 

[Kit]

Diamonds and white gold, I have an ultrasonic cleaner thing that I put warm water and Windex in.

(someone told me to do that ages ago, and it works like a charm)

[candreco]

I soak in warm water with a bit of dish soap, and then lightly brush with an old baby toothbrush, about once a month. Mine is a platinum and diamond solitaire.

[Eagles]

Oh, and @misoangry, I only really caution against Windex/ammonia if you're soaking the ring.  So if you give it a spritz now and then and wipe it off, you're fine. 

[Deleted]

Toothpaste and a tooth brush.
Its white gold and diamonds.
DH cleans it whenever we're going somewhere special/we'll be around a lot of people (to make it sparkle). He also polishes it with a polishing cloth.

[Deleted]

Mar 11, 2015 12:05:25 GMT -5 Eagles said:

Mar 11, 2015 11:58:23 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Does the brand of dish liquid matter?

Good to know re ammonia.  I've used Windex in the past. 

And thanks for coming in -- I was hoping you would.  LOL.

I'm actually about to retire a Sonicare brush that I was considering making my ring brush.  Do you advise against brushing entirely?  Or is there a good way to brush without loosening prongs?

Brand doesn't matter.  I say Dawn because it's gentle enough to clean animals after oil spills, but at home we use Ajax.    I also like the dish liquid because it's cheap and something that almost everyone has anyway.

I usually advise against brushing just because it's easy for a bristle to slip under a prong and loosen it just enough to start trouble.  Particularly if you've got a pave setting with tiny prongs that aren't a lot of metal to start with.  Gold (all gold, white, yellow, rose, whatever) is malleable and can bend. 

Cool.  Thank you so much for your expertise.  I have platinum rings that look like this.

I will just try soaking and rinsing first.

Thank you everyone for chiming in.  Very helpful.

[olives]

soap and a tooth brush. they come out nice and sparkly.

[laceylaplante]

Diamonds and white gold. I clean them ever month or 6 weeks. They get gross at work pretty fast.
Soak in warm water and Dawn.
Lightly scrub with soft toothbrush.
Rinse and soak in warm water with windex.
Rinse with cool water.

Edit: I just saw the warning against the windex soaking. I won't be doing that anymore.

[Eagles]

Mar 11, 2015 12:11:33 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Cool.  Thank you so much for your expertise.  I have platinum rings that look like this.

I will just try soaking and rinsing first.

Thank you everyone for chiming in.  Very helpful.

You're welcome!  We have very similar wedding sets. 

[knx9211]

Um, my jeweler TOLD ME to use Windex. IS THIS BAD?

I use it with a toothbrush. My rings look super shiny.

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Mar 11, 2015 12:10:56 GMT -5 @roseyposey said:

Toothpaste and a tooth brush.
Its white gold and diamonds.
DH cleans it whenever we're going somewhere special/we'll be around a lot of people (to make it sparkle). He also polishes it with a polishing cloth.

[bohemianmango]

Wedding band is platinum with diamonds and e-ring is platinum and aquamarine and diamonds in a white gold setting. I try to go to a local jeweler for cleaning and polish when I can.


Here's a gross ring cleaning story.
A couple of my coworkers use the ultrasonic at work. The ultrasonic is used to clean earmolds for hearing aids. It has a disinfectant but they don't change it before using the cleaner. I just don't think it's effective or hygienic when you have earwax floating around your rings. Right alzi?

[CloudBee]

I just donated the (complimentary) ultrasonic cleaner from our jeweler. Sometimes I scrub lightly with a toothbrush. Every few months I dunk. And maybe once a year we are visiting the jeweler for another purpose, and he puts them in his machine.

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Mar 11, 2015 12:15:48 GMT -5 bohemianmango said:

Wedding band is platinum with diamonds and e-ring is platinum and aquamarine and diamonds in a white gold setting. I try to go to a local jeweler for cleaning and polish when I can.


Here's a gross ring cleaning story.
A couple of my coworkers use the ultrasonic at work. The ultrasonic is used to clean earmolds for hearing aids. It has a disinfectant but they don't change it before using the cleaner. I just don't think it's effective or hygienic when you have earwax floating around your rings. Right alzi?

I don't know why this is so funny to me, but it is.  LOL.

[Deleted]

I have never visited a jeweler.

My husband got these from some dude downtown with cash.

You think I'm kidding.