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Originally Posted by moishai Thank you Zeide. Your answer helped me to do away with my mistaken belief that one should never rinse pearls with water! |
chuckle. newsflash - pearls came from water!
Let me preface by saying I am an amateur pearl lover, not a professional.
yes, in houston it is HOT SWEATY HOT 9 months out of the year. I wear my pearls practically everyday. I wash my pearls after every wearing to get the sweat off with a bar of castile soap, lather my hands, lather the pearls, rinse well in a bowl of water, and let them dry flat on a clean towel.
i rehabilitated a strand of saltwater cultured pearls, found at TJ Maxx, that had been in a hot dry jewelers case for a long time. soaked them for a couple of days in distilled water. pearls need to moisture/get wet or the nacre dries out and does weird things.