How to care for your Medical ID Jewelry

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With proper care, your fine quality silver medical ID jewelry will last a lifetime. To minimize scratches and other damage, store your silver medical ID jewelry either in a cloth pouch or in a separate compartment in your jewelry box. Avoid exposing your silver medical ID jewelry to household chemicals when cleaning with bleach or ammonia, or when swimming in chlorinated water, as these chemicals can damage silver.
Care should also be taken to prevent silver medical ID jewelry tarnish build-up, a dulling that naturally occurs when silver reacts with sulfur or hydrogen sulfide in the ambient air. To clean your silver medical ID jewelry, use polishes formulated specifically to remove tarnish. You can find fine silver polishes, solutions, or cloths appropriate to remove tarnish at most hardware stores or specialty craft stores. Tarnish is most easily removed when it first becomes visible.

Although wearing your silver medical ID jewelry often is the best way to prevent tarnish from building up, regular cleanings of all your silver items will prevent tarnish and keep your silver bright and sparkling.
Look for the fineness mark and the maker's mark on the underside of the silver item you are considering to ensure the quality.

Safe Ways to Clean Pearl Jewelry

The pearls most of us wear today as apart of medical ID bracelets are cultured pearls, their existence initiated by humans who insert a bead or other object into an oyster or clam. The clam coats the foreigner with nacre, the patina that gives pearls their unique appearance.

The depth of the nacre coating depends on the type of creature involved, the water it lives in, and how long the intruder is left in place before it is removed. As nacre thickness increases, so does the quality and durability of the pearl.

Medical ID jewelry worn regularly collects residue caused by soaps, makeup, perfume exposure to skin and other chemicals.  Therefore, it needs to be cleaned periodically. After you wear medical ID bracelet, just wipe pearl off with a soft cloth or chamois, which may be dry or damp to prevent dirt from accumulating and keep perspiration, which is slightly acidic, from eating away nacre.  You can even use a drop of olive oil on the cloth to help maintain their luster.

Caring for Your Pearls

Even cultured pearls with thicker coatings used in medical ID jewelry are more fragile than most other gemstones, so you must handle them carefully to keep them in the best condition.

• Your medical ID bracelets pearls will stay cleaner if you put them on after you've applied your makeup and perfume.
• Be sure to take off your pearl medical ID jewelry before you apply hand and body creams.
• Wipe your medical ID jewelry pearls with a soft, lint-free cloth as soon as you take them off.
• The cloth can be dampened with water or it can be dry. If damp, allow the pearls to air dry before putting them away.
• Dirty pearls can be cleaned with a mild soap and water solution (try Ivory flakes).
• Never clean your medical ID jewelry pearls with solutions that contain ammonia, harsh detergents, bleaches, powdered cleansers or ammonia based cleaners (like Windex).
• Don't put medical ID jewelry pearl in an ultrasonic or steam cleaner.
• Don't use toothbrushes, scouring pads, abrasive cleaners or rub pearls with abrasive cloth. Both can wear away the nacre coating, leaving you with a plain looking bead.
• Never store Pearl medical ID jewelry in a plastic bag.  Some types of plastic emit a chemical that will cause the surface of your Pearls to deteriorate.
• Never use a hairdryer!  Heat can turn Pearls brown or dry them out and crack them.

Storing Pearls

Don't store your medical ID jewelry pearls with other jewelry, because they can be scratched easily when metal or gemstones rub against them. Try to keep sterling silver or stainless steel medical ID tag away from pearl bracelet to prevent damage. Find a special slot in your jewelry box for the pearls medical bracelets, or keep them in a soft bag made from chamois or another non-abrasive material.

Care and Cleaning Swarovski Crystal Beads and Jewelry

Crystals used in your medical ID jewelry like some attention, when choosing place to store. They may chip against hard surfaces or when accidentally fallen on ceramic or stone floor. Store crystal medical bracelets or jewelry in soft or card board boxes, plastic containers or bags, or jewelry wraps.

Regular clear and colored crystal beads may be safely cleaned in any of the following:

• hot soapy water

• ammonia and water

• most jewelry cleaners

followed by a hot rinse, air dry, and minimize finger prints when handling for best brilliance.

Some useful tips when shopping for jewelry cleaner:

• Never buy a jewelry cleaner that has a warning label. The product could damage or ruin your jewelry.
• Ammonia is a toxic chemical and is not only life threatening but could damage some of your jewelry beyond repair. It also leaves a film on your jewelry.
• Can the jewelry cleaner remove paint, tar, grease and concrete with no brushing or scrubbing safely?  Never buy or use a jewelry cleaner that has harsh chemicals, alcohol, acid or soap. 

Did You Know: Natural pearls are sold by carat weight, but cultured pearls are sold by their size in millimeters.