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If you want to keep the sparkle in your fine
metal jewelry and gems but don’t want the
expense of professional cleaning, you may
want to buy a home jewelry cleaner. These
machines are small versions of the models
that the professionals use. They will clean
your jewelry in a few minutes by using either
ultrasonic waves or steam to remove dirt,
tarnish, soap scum, and the filmy residues
left from cosmetics and oils.
If you are thinking of buying
a home jewelry
cleaner, consider the following:
- Steam cleaners work by heating tap water
to a temperature high enough to produce an
intense, dry steam spray that blasts the
jewelry. They are particularly effective
for removing filmy residues. Look for models
that can generate a dry steam rather than
a less effective wet steam. Dirtier pieces
of jewelry made need presoaking in a cleaning
solution.
- Ultrasonic models work by putting the jewelry
into a small tank of water
and cleaning solution
where tiny bubbles produced
by sound waves
do the cleaning. This type
tends to be a
more effective all-purpose
cleaner than the
steam types, good for both
deep cleaning
and touch up jobs.
- A few jewelry cleaners combine both steam
and ultrasonic methods, but
this can result
in neither system being as
effective as machines
that perform only one cleaning
function.
- Some jewelry cleaners are small enough to
sit on a bed size table. These
will not be
large enough to clean silverware.
A tray
for cleaning watches is a handy
feature.
- Look for models that have more than one programmable
cycle and that automatically
shut off when
they are done.
Some jewelry cleaners will also clean eyeglasses,
keys, coins, and pen tips. Softer materials
such as pearls and emeralds should not be
cleaned with these machines. |
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