During this time of Covid 19 I have been regularly sanitising my hands. Even the regular washing with soap has dried the skin of my hands out. So there has been a lot of moisturising as well. I’ve wondered how all of this has impacted my rings. I thought about it for a while and, I’ve decided to lock my rings away for now. To be effective, most of our hand sanitisers are alcohol-based, or chlorine based. Could this be doing some harm to my jewellery? Some organic minerals like amber, coral or pearls can be harmed as well as certain delicate semi-precious stones. Some metals can tarnish and if there is any, for eg. rodium plating, it could wear away. So some of my favourite rings will come out after "lockdown", shining good as new after a quick clean with my, fit for purpose, jewellery cleaning cloth. (I might wear them all at once...lol!)
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