Always make sure to clean all the jewelry you buy at thrift stores. Always, but always clean the earrings, specially the posts. I also recommend you to check any jewelry for makers mark, there are many vintage items that are very valuable. I also recommend you to check some of the posts/hooks in the earrings, cause some earrings are marked there, specially when they are of precious metals. Not long ago I ordered a lot of not so awesome jewelry from goodwill and to my surprise I found some 14k hoops (which my mom took possession of)
@@Maybe_i_fancyyou I always add warm to hot water in a container, then add 3 drops of clorox with 1 teaspoon of dawn dish soap. The clorox sanitizes the item, while the dish soap gets rid of the excess oils left by the previous owner or whoever handle the item before you becoming the owner. I highly recommend microfiber cloths for glass. This are smooth compared to the cleaning microfiber cloths. You wouldn't want any fibers left in the item. I place a microfiber in the solution wring out the excess water as much as possible, then wipe the items as best as possible, including any crevice. I rinse the wet cloth as ofter as needed. Then I use a dry /clean cloth to wipe/dry and if possible give it some shine. I usually place the acquired jewelry on top of a trash bag; the cleaned items I place them over a tray with a cloth over it, this way the items dry completely, before putting away, selling or wearing them.
@@makokoro9073Warm/hot water and dish soap is a good standard but Clorox, as in bleach? Bleach is way too harsh for jewelry and never mix cleaning supplies. Instead you could use 91% rubbing alcohol to wipe the metal parts after or before soaking in the warm warm & dawn soap.
I thift all of the time! I'll repurpose jewelry into something new. You can use a coat hanger for necklaces or an old window or mirror to hold jewelry. Take some jewelry wire and add the wire across it to hold things. They have these jewelry coat hangers with pockets that hold jewelry you hang up in the closet. For bracelets you can use a paper towel holder and put a lot of bracelets on it.
Good question! I separate real silver because of tarnish. I don't hang real pieces that are hard to polish, they go in bags. She might have too many to do that though😊
I like a little Dawn dishwashing liquid in water, qtips, a variety of soft brushes and one tiny stiffer plastic brush (it's a repurposed mascara wand) for real earring backs. I don't brush pearls, ivory, coral, wood, any surface that's porous. Please be very careful of costume jewelry, most cannot be brushed or in water at all. For those and a lot of really intricate silver I gently use polishing cloths and dental floss. Sadly some pieces can never be restored completely, so living with tarnish happens. Good luck!
Yeah I feel that way too but it’s probably done that way because A) the black rack is bigger and B) it’s easier to see the gold jewelry on the black rack. It would blend in on the gold one.
