It helped a lot, but I would so love to get it ultrasonic or steam cleaned! And the thing is, she sort of protests like it doesn't need it. When I got engaged and had jewelry cleaner, I had her take it off and I cleaned it. 45 years of cooking, cleaning, hand lotion, raising 6 children. She has a small emerald cut solitaire, which she never takes off. I think the first time my mom took off her ring to have it cleaned in >45 years was when I got engaged. I don't like to feel the rings tight on my fingers and I know I'll just get fatter or arthritic one day. If I shake my hand the right way, I can fling my rings off. This is why my rings are loose! I'm probably really a 5 and 3/4, but I wear a 6. The engraving that no one, including her, will ever see because the rings will be stuck on her finger for eternity? And what, it's better for the engraving to cut the bands off one day rather than to have them resized? It looked like if she really, really tried and maybe used some kind of grease, she could get them off (they came up to her knuckles). Wouldn't you hate it if you could never take your rings off to clean them? I suggested she try to wriggle them off and get them sized up, but she expressed concern that the engraving would be messed up. She then realized how icky her rings were, but was surprised since when she washes her hands she's sure to soap up her rings to clean them.Ī few years ago I gave her the little travel jewelry cleaner brush with the goop (you know, the red container that they sell at Bed Bath and Beyond? I forgot who makes it), so she did run off and use that as best she could.
Now my ring is an heirloom and isn't a great cut as far as I know, but you should have seen how sparkly mine was and how dull hers was. She was admiring my new band and tried my engagement ring on next to her rings. The bands are really, really thick, both in width and in depth (if that makes sense).Īnyway, she can't get her rings off anymore after having children. Her band is maybe five 0.12 carat stones bar set in platinum.
"Oh, it isn't even 2 carats" she said once, so I'm guessing 1.75 and probably high color and clarity (my guess would be D-F, VS1 based on their ignorance of diamonds and desire to have "the best"). I am pretty sure my brother got the worst bargain of the century because he couldn't tell me anything about the color, clarity, or cut of her stone. She has some honking diamond studs that her parents gave her, but she hasn't worn them much since having children. My sister-in-law is the only person in the family who shares my jewelry addiction. Ask our PriceScope members and industry experts for a second opinion or get lost in the thousands of user-shared diamond and jewelry images for inspiration.