A friend sent a message privately asking me how to clean and maintain the jadeite? All I need is a clean cloth, water and a toothbrush. And maintenance is really not needed, but it is more practical to find a small box or soft cloth bag to store independently when you don't usually wear it.
Some people wonder if it's really that simple. But our family has sold jadeite for so many years, and it is really to soak it in water, then gently brush the dust with a toothbrush, and then use a cloth to absorb the water, and then you can restore the luster; The reason why jadeite does not look bright is nothing more than dust, sweat, sweat, soap stains, and surface abrasion.
Generally speaking, you can basically restore the original luster by dipping it in water and then brushing it lightly, which can be treated by cleaning, if it is worn and tarnished, it is to be sent for re-polishing, which has nothing to do with cleaning.
The jadeite wear is often related to personal wearing habits and the type of jadeite, we said before that the hardness and toughness of jadeite are very high, theoretically not easy to wear and lose luster, but like jadeite bracelets worn on the hand, it is inevitable that they will collide in daily life, so it is possible to lose luster after wearing for a long time, but this kind of wear for a long time to lose luster usually takes several years to continue to wear before it will appear, or the wearer often touches something with high hardness like diamonds in his life.
There is also a situation that you are not wearing jadeite in jadeite, but sodium chromium pyroxene jadeite or omphacite jadeite, because these two hardness is slightly lower, if jadeite jadeite jadeite is worn together with the other two jadeite, then the other two jadeite will definitely wear out, this situation can not be improved by cleaning, can only delay the occurrence of wear by changing wearing habits!
Jadeite cleaning and maintenance is so simple, and the next thing to say is a little bit of Internet rumors:
Rumor 1.Does jadeite need to be soaked in oil for maintenance? Jadeite itself is a kind of jade that shows a glass luster, after soaking in oil, the surface will be oily, but lose the luster that the jadeite itself should have, if you like oil, you should consider Khotanese jade instead of jadeite, and then the surface of the oil bubble if it is not cleaned up and there is a residue, with 365 ultraviolet light will have a fluorescent reaction, people who don't know still think that you wear b goods....
Rumor 2.Bubble vinegar? In ancient times, when there was no strong acid, there was soaked plum juice to remove impurities to optimize jadeite, but I really haven't heard of soaking acetic acid to do cleaning and maintenance, and it will not become B goods after soaking.
Rumor 3Clean with toothpaste, I have asked other people about this rumor, some people say that some people can say no, there seems to be no clear answer, but the enamel hardness on the surface of the tooth is 8 higher than the hardness of jadeite, and I go to the dentist he will tell me not to brush my teeth too hard because my enamel has obvious wear, which is caused by excessive brushing force, on this matter, the toothbrush is a plastic product, the hardness should not be high enough to wear the enamel with a hardness of 8, That is to say that the inclusions in the toothpaste may wear out the enamel, I went to check the ingredients of the toothpaste, it turned out that there are abrasives in it, although now the abrasives have been improved to avoid harming the enamel, but remember that the enamel is 8 and the jade is between 6-7, not harming the enamel does not mean not harming the surface of the jadeite, so it is recommended that you do not use toothpaste.
In addition, there are rumors about soaking alcohol, putting it in the refrigerator, bleaching water, etc., I can only say that it can be cleaned up with water, why does it have to be so complicated? How precious is alcohol now, is it not good to use it for epidemic prevention? Is bleach bad for disinfection and sterilization? Is it bad to store food in the refrigerator for epidemic prevention? Is it true that after you put it in the refrigerator and finished icing, your glutinous seeds will be all ice seeds? Is it possible that the glass seed is still downgraded to the ice seed when it is put in? So let's go back to the basics, water, a toothbrush and a clean cloth are actually enough.