Designer Engagement Rings

Caring for Your Diamond Rings

Diamonds are extremely hard and durable. Take care of your diamond by avoiding breaks and scratches and keep it clean.

With good care, your diamond will have the same sparkle and beauty in ten, a hundred or a thousand years.

Diamonds are the hardest natural material

Only a diamond can scratch a diamond. Use great caution when wearing multiple diamond rings on the same finger. If the diamonds of one ring touch diamonds in another ring, both diamonds will likely end up scratched in a relatively short time.

If you have a diamond wedding band next to your diamond engagement ring, be sure their design allows them to fit together so the diamonds do not touch. The next most dangerous place for diamonds scratching each other is in the jewelry box. Do not throw your diamond rings, diamond earrings, and diamond bracelet together.

Keep your diamonds separated

Keep your diamond jewelry in separate compartments or isolated by a soft cloth to keep them from rubbing each other. While diamonds are very durable, they can break or chip. You would not let someone hit your diamond with a steel hammer but your diamond ring faces the same type of danger every day. File cabinets, metal seat belt buckles, and car doors are just a few of the metal surfaces that can hit a diamond in the course of a normal day.

Diamonds are natural grease attractors

The oil from your fingertips will coat the diamond and reduce the sparkle. The same is true when your diamond ring touches the oil in your hair. Hand creams, lotions, hair spray, soap, and grease from food will create a film on your diamond that hides its beauty. When you put your hands in dishwater, the dirt and grease in the water will adhere to the diamond. Dust and powders also cling to diamonds.

Fortunately, diamonds are easy to clean

Put your diamond jewelry in a warm solution of mild liquid detergent and water. You can also use the containers of "Jewelry Cleaner" available at jewelry and department stores. These typically have a small basket the ring can sit in and a small, soft brush to clean the hard to reach places around the diamond. Swish the ring around in the solution, rinse it with warm water, and dry the ring with a lint-free cloth.

Elegant Diamond Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings and Anniversary Rings

	14kt white gold engagement ring, 4mm, 1-2 cts. center diamond, 10 small diamonds surround, G/H, Si1
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	Engagement ring in 14kt gold 2-tone, Graduates from 4mm to 4.8mm, 1ct to 5ct - any shape center diamond, 8 surrounding baguettes, G/H, Si1
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	18kt yellow gold engagement ring, Graduates from 3mm to 5mm, 3/4-3cts. any shape center diamond, 12 side baguettes, G/H, Si1
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	14kt 2-tone gold engagement ring, 6.3mm, any shape center diamond 1ct - 5cts., 10 baguettes, G/H, Si1
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Avoid sharp impacts with hard surfaces and you will avoid chips and cracks in your diamond.

With a little common sense and regular cleaning, your diamonds will keep their sparkle and beauty for years of enjoyment.