Our advice for removing scratches from jewelry

How to prevent scratches on jewelry?

It is important to avoid rough surfaces and harsh cleaning products. In particular, it is best to avoid contact of your precious metal jewelry with sand and remove it when you are doing DIY or doing a sporting activity.

To clean gold, it is recommended to soak it in warm water with a mild detergent without ammonia or phosphates, then gently scrub the jewelry with a soft toothbrush before rinsing it with warm water and drying it with a soft towel. If your gold jewelry is adorned with diamonds or precious stones, be sure to be especially careful when brushing to avoid damaging the stones.

However, micro-scratches inevitably appear during daily use of your jewelry (which we hope for you!) and this is completely normal, on polished gold for example, while textured surfaces (gold brushed, sanded etc...) will on the contrary be "polished".

How to remove scratches from your jewelry?

If you want to make your jewelry look like new again, we advise you to have the gold polished and platinum by a professional. Polishing removes scratches and will restore its shine to the metal. Keep in mind, however, that this action will also remove part of the precious metal, in a very limited way, but on large surfaces such as a cuff for example, it may be interesting to ask beforehand the estimated change in weight that polishing may cause. . This polishing does not need to be carried out very regularly during the life of a piece, simply once or twice, or when you wish to pass on or resell your jewelry.

As for stones, which over time can become "greyed", you can also call on a lapidary who can re-polish or re-cut your stone. This is not always possible depending on the condition of the stone, its fragility, whether it is complex or not to remove it to carry out its renovation.

58 Facettes is able to respond to your polishing, repair and maintenance requests. 

Do not hesitate to ask us any questions by contacting us by telephone at 01 84 60 50 35, by email to the address info@58facettes.com, Or using our contact form.