Cleaning approach on vintage costume jewelry

Vintage costume jewelry needs special attention when you clean it. Some vintage costume jewelry will appear green coloration called verdigris. It is a patina that occurs on copper, brass or bronze over time and can appear on your vintage costume jewelry because it was made with these metals in it. Read on this approach on cleaning vintage costume jewelry.
General situation, you can sink your vintage costume jewelry in cleaning solution for few minutes. And wash them gently with soft brush. Then dry it with soft cloth or air dry. At last, you have to store the vintage costume jewelry in the jewelry boxes to avoid scratching with other jewelry. If your decide that your jewelry does meet the above criteria and you cannot soak it in a jewelry cleaning solution , then use a q-tip or soft toothbrush and the cleaning solution to clean your jewelry. Finish up by using a very soft jewelry cleaning cloth to make your jewelry glow. Make sure your jewelry is completely dry before you put it away as moisture is what causes verdigris.
With the information above, you will know how to clean vintage costume jewelry, and like other jewelry, if you take good care of them, they will keep new last a long time.