What does A Gilded Leaf do during a checkup?
At A Gilded Leaf, we inspect the overall shape and state of your jewelry before we start to clean them to give your jewelry its original sparkle.
These are the steps we take when we receive your jewelry for cleaning:
1. Inspect the condition of the prongs
Through everyday wear, prongs that hold stones in place can potentially move out of place or break. Using magnification, our jeweler will identify and repair prongs that are showing signs of damage.
2. Check the overall shape
Jewelry can change shape over time, such as rings when meeting with hard surfaces can slowly conform to your finger’s shape which leads them to losing their original round shape. If this is the case, we will reshape your ring accordingly. This will be done the same for necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, which can be stretched by being tugged on.
3. Check the condition
There are many parts to your jewelry, such as for necklaces and bracelets, we have to take into account the chain, links and clasps. For earrings, we check the backs, posts, and hinges. And for rings, we check the overall shank. These parts are important to the function of your jewelry, and once weakened it's at a greater risk of breaking, which in turn can lead your jewelry from falling off your person.
4. Polish
The final step is sending your jewelry piece through our polishing process. This process removes any scratch marks, dirt, oils, and lotions bringing back the original shine and sparkle of your jewelry.