EARRING GOOP ON YOUR POSTS?

What is that thick, white, mountain of crud on your earring posts?

Cottage cheese?

Ladies and gents, what are you thinking?

Why don’t you clean your earrings?

You know, those gold and diamond things you put in your ears that you forget about for 8 months?

They get dirty.

Real dirty.

I can’t tell you how many times a customer will take off their earrings and hand them to me with big, chunks of earring goop, gunk, whatever you want to call it, stuck to the ends of the posts.

White foreign substance…

I don’t get it.

Some earrings get so bad that the little holes in the earring backs get filled up with junk as well.

I’m here to tell you…

I’m not touching them!

It’s DISGUSTING!

I know, I know, that’s the whole reason you’re here in the jewelry store, to get them cleaned. I get it. But, come on, why only clean them once a year?

Can you imagine what your clothes would look like if you never washed them?

*GAGS!

I’m going on earring goop strike.

What’s funny is the fact that people know this.

They feel bad about it.

They smile and get embarrassed and try to wipe the debris off the earrings before they hand them to me…

Too late.

I’ve already seen them (and retched).

I’ll have nightmares about them later…

Why put anyone through this?

Can’t you clean your earrings more often? Or bring them to a jeweler more often so we can clean them in the ultrasonic cleaner. You know, like once a week, or at least once a month? That way it keeps the grime from building up and getting nasty and groossssssss!

Earrings get hair sprays and perfumes on them, soaps and shampoo, it’s a natural part of life, for sure. But they need to be scrubbed and cleaned just like everything else does.

Do this:

Take some jewelry cleaner solution (or a little Ammonia and warm water) and an old toothbrush and gently dab at them. Scrub underneath the diamonds or gems. Get into the baskets and between the prongs and mounting.

Get the gunk out.

Keeping your earrings clean not only makes your diamonds look brand new again and sparkle like the day you bought them, but it also keeps your posts from tarnishing, staining, turning dark or black and getting brittle or weak.

Weak?

That’s right. Jewelry that gets dirty can wear down faster because the metal will corrode.

So take your earrings off and clean them good.

Get all that foreign whatever-it-is off your posts and backs. And then maybe you won’t feel so embarrassed and have to make excuses when you pull your earrings off and there’s 6 month old potatoes growing there.

Yes, this sounds gross, but believe me, it is!

It’s gross and it smells.

I’M NOT TOUCHING IT!

lol

I don’t know where your ears have been…

Mud bath?

GAGS!

Horrors, I tell you, horrors!

Better get your toothbrush…

There’s some heavy cleaning to do…

Check out all the ultrasonic cleaners here.

Cheers! :)