Q & A: How to Take Care of My Engagement Ring

 

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Q: There’s a lot of advice and opinions online about taking care of your engagement ring. It’s confusing. How do I clean it? Should I keep it on when I exercise or shower? Are my diamonds going to fall out over time? 

Our advice is to not wear your engagement ring while exercising. Lifting weights or putting pressure on the ring can wear it down over time. I also wouldn’t recommend wearing your ring in the shower because hard water, soap and lotions can dull the sparkle of your gems.

It’s important to find a routine that works for you. For example, you could have a small ring box in your bathroom where you store the ring during your shower. Alternatively, you could wait until after your shower every morning to put your ring on.

Clean engagement ring

To clean your engagement ring, I’d recommend purchasing jewelry cleaner that is made specifically for the diamonds and gems in your ring. Certain porous gemstones, such as emeralds or pearls, need a specific type of jewelry cleaner. Your engagement ring is a valuable, lifelong investment, and you should treat it as one.

It’s important to get your ring checked on an annual basis. We offer yearly servicing to check and tighten all diamonds an gemstones in the setting, plus clean, polish and re-plate the ring as needed. We also recommend that you purchase insurance to insure the replacement of your ring in case of loss or damage.

Jennifer Gandia
Greenwich Jewelers

Photo Credit: GIA

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  1. Danique says:

    One say that you can use sunlight liquid to clean your ring is that true and what do you use if you cannot afford jewelery cleaner

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