’n Paar mense het my al gevra wat om te doen om hul ringe skoon te hou tydens hierdie Covid-19 / koronaviruspandemie omdat ons almal ons hande was vir 20-30 sekondes baie keer elke dag. Baie haal natuurlik hul ringe af wanneer hulle hul hande was en sit dit dan weer aan, so they are conscious that this may be a way of carrying the virus on the jewellery.
And if you do leave your rings on whilst washing your hands, will this cause them any harm?
And with all of this hand washing and hand cream, our rings can quickly look dull with soap or cream residue. So people would like to know how to safely and quickly wash their rings at home to keep them clean and sparkly.
The advice here in this article only applies to jewellery made from precious metal (Sterling silwer, goud, platinum, palladium) and with precious or semi-precious stones. This advice also only applies to rings with hard stones like diamond, robyn, saffier, akwamaryn, toermalyn, garnet, ametis, peridot, topas, sitrien. If your ring contains a sensitive stone like an emerald, opal or tanzanite or an organic gem like a pearl, amber or coral do not follow this advice as water and detergents will damage them. Rings with these materials are ideally to be left unworn during this pandemic and are best only cleaned by a jeweller.
Ook, do not follow this advice for costume jewellery, which usually does not like being washed at all and can be damaged or rust with water and detergents.