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You may think that handling your jewellery with care and cleaning it now and again is key to keeping your diamond jewellery in tip-top shape, but that is simply not the case. Diamonds and jewellery are tough, but they're not indestructible. How to store diamond jewellery is extremely important as certain environments can make poor conditions for your jewellery and may even cause it to deteriorate or become tarnished.
The way you store your diamond jewellery is also important because it protects it from opportunistic thieves who may help themselves to your jewellery collection or prying children who don't quite understand the value of diamonds. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to keep your jewellery safe from damaging conditions or unwelcome guests with sticky fingers.
How To Store Diamond Jewellery Tips:
- Create The Right Environment
- Keep Diamonds Away From Each Other
- Invest In Item Specific Jewellery Boxes
- Get A Safe Or Jewellery Casket
- Make Sure Your Jewellery Is Clean Before Storing
- Travelling With Diamond Jewellery Tips
Create The Right Environment
When it comes to storing your diamonds, it is important to create the right environment for your jewellery. You should aim to find a cool and dry space in your house that is away from any direct sunlight and that it cannot come into contact with any harmful chemicals. Chemicals like bleach and chlorine can cause your diamond's setting to become brittle and break down, while sunlight can cause the metal in your setting to become tarnished.
If you don't own a jewellery box or a safe, the best environment for your diamonds to be in is in the original boxes they came in when you bought them, inside a piece of acid-free tissue paper, inside raw silk or even untreated cotton. Another helpful tip is to hold onto the small packets of silica you receive when you buy shoes or other items. These pouches can help balance out the humidity levels near your diamonds.
Keep Diamonds Away From Each Other
Ranking 10th on the Mohs Scale of Hardness, diamonds are the toughest minerals on earth. So tough in fact, that they can damage other diamonds. Diamonds can easily scratch metals like gold and silver as well as softer gems like emerald jewellery and ruby jewellery. This is why when you store your diamonds you avoid storing them too close together. Ring boxes are a great solution to combating this problem because they allow you to make space between each ring.
Jewellery boxes are also good for this as they often have sections in which you can store each piece of jewellery in. To stop your diamonds from damaging your jewellery when you store them, you should also consider removing diamond pendants from your diamond necklaces or diamond bracelets and then store them separately.
Invest In Item Specific Jewellery Boxes
If you have a lot of one particular item such as earrings or rings, you should consider investing in a jewellery box that is specifically fitted for a particular item. These jewellery boxes will often have special compartments which ensure your diamonds aren't sitting too close to other items in your collection while also ensuring that your necklaces, chains and bracelets do not get caught up in one another or become knotted.
This will also help protect your more delicate items such as fine diamond chains, diamond earrings and diamond rings that feature settings where stones are more likely to fall out. When storing your jewellery, you should also consider separating it by metal. By separating your silver jewellery, gold jewellery, rose gold jewellery, plated and costume jewellery, so that you lessen your chances of tarnishing your jewellery. Item specific jewellery boxes are not only easy to find but also relatively affordable, with some selling online and in-store for as little as $15.
Get A Safe Or Jewellery Casket
If you're particularly anal about keeping your diamonds safe and away from prying eyes, you could also invest in a safe or a lockable jewellery casket. Accessible via a key or a special combination, safes and jewellery caskets will not only keep your diamonds away from children who may decide to use your jewellery to play dress-up and damage them, or potential thieves looking to help themselves to your valuable collection.
While this storage option may come with a higher price tag, it's ideal for those who own antique jewellery and family heirlooms that are irreplaceable even with insurance money. A safe or a jewellery casket will also create a nice cool, dark and dry environment which will protect your diamond jewellery from corrosion in the event of a natural disaster or flood.
Make Sure Your Jewellery Is Clean Before Storing
After wearing your diamonds, you should always double-check that your jewellery is clean before putting it away. Substances like makeup, fake tan, perfume, hairspray and deodorant can cause the metals in your diamond's to tarnish. If you keep your jewellery in a space that is close together, those substances can even rub off onto nearby pieces and cause them to tarnish too.
The safest and easiest way to clean your diamond is by placing it into a small bowl with warm soapy water for 20 to 40 minutes and gently scrub it using a toothbrush with soft bristles. Once the diamond is clean, you can rinse off the soap residue in running warm water and dry it off with a soft cloth or hairdryer. Your diamond jewellery can then be placed away without it tarnishing or discolouring any of the other pieces in your collection.
Travelling With Diamond Jewellery Tips
From the airport to the hotel, your luggage goes through a lot of trauma in its journey to your holiday destination. This is why you must take care of how you store your diamond jewellery when travelling. When packing for your holiday, you should consider photographing your jewellery so that in the event of the unthinkable you have something to show the insurance company.
When storing your jewellery for your journey you should consider investing in a small jewellery case that you keep in your carry-on so that your jewellery is with you in the cabin, this will make it less likely to become lost or stolen. When it comes to storing diamond necklaces and chains which can often be unruly and stubborn, ensure that you place them separately so that they don't get tangled up in one another and consider placing them in a small plastic bag, a jewellery bag or even a straw. This will prevent your items from getting knots which are incredibly frustrating to detangle. When you arrive at your destination, you should take advantage of the safe in your hotel room.
If you have any further queries about how to store diamond jewellery, it's always a good idea to check with your jeweller before scouring the internet. If you head into one of Grahams' five store locations, one of our helpful sales associates will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about storing diamonds. It's also a great excuse to check out any new jewellery or diamond watches you may want to consider adding to your collection.
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