Pearl Dreams
Pearl Enthusiast
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No vigorous rubbing, but do get in between the pearls a bit more.
One thing you will NOT want to use with hard water is Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap (often recommended on here for cleaning pearls) which is actually a liquid soap and forms truly terrible and hard to remove scum when combined with hard water. I bought a bottle of it and found out the hard way. I quickly learned to only use it with distilled water for washing and rinsing jewelry.
The silk is old and needs to be replaced. If you decide to keep them and wear them, have them restrung or risk losing them from breakage. If you sell them, the buyer can worry about the restringing.
One thing you will NOT want to use with hard water is Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap (often recommended on here for cleaning pearls) which is actually a liquid soap and forms truly terrible and hard to remove scum when combined with hard water. I bought a bottle of it and found out the hard way. I quickly learned to only use it with distilled water for washing and rinsing jewelry.
The silk is old and needs to be replaced. If you decide to keep them and wear them, have them restrung or risk losing them from breakage. If you sell them, the buyer can worry about the restringing.