Use a very, very soft brush. I favour a sable paint brush or a soft cosmetics brush, but you can use an old mascara brush or even a super-soft baby’s toothbrush. Don’t use an adult toothbrush as the bristles are much too hard and abrasive and can cause damage. There is an old wives’ tale that you should use toothpaste to clean your diamond rings – please don’t, this is just as abrasive and will cause harm to your jewellery!
Wet the ring and the soft brush, squeezing a little washing up liquid detergent onto the brush and bubble this gently all around the stone and metal area. Don’t press too hard, but bubble this into the backs of the stone settings (which should be open in a good quality ring). When you are satisfied you have given it a really good go, you can then rinse the detergent off thoroughly and repeat if needed.
It might need another soak after the first wash if there is some really caked on dirt and then you can repeat this process.
Once you are finished, blot the ring dry on a very soft tissue (just blot, not scrub) to remove most of the water.
Окончательно, use a clean, lint free cloth and rub this all over the ring. Ideally this should be a jewellery polishing cloth such as the ones we give to our customers when they collect their jewellery, as these are impregnated with polish. If you don’t have one of these, then something like a glasses cleaning cloth will do. Either way, make sure it is completely clean and has been stored in the packet, as if it has been left out, little tiny pieces of grit or dirt may have formed on it and these can scratch the ring.
You can repeat this cleaning process as often as you want to.