Jewelry Gemstone Insiders Guide

If you’ve ever flipped through a magazine and wished you could buy the same jewellery as the stars then here’s news for you, you can, and without breaking the bank. Most of us don’t have more than 20 dollars to spend on jewellery, let alone 50 or 70. Forget about anything beyond that. the sparkly accessories of the stars are far out of reach for most of us.

Now with a variety of discount jewelry supply stores there is now a way for you to enjoy the beautiful pieces feature din the pages of glossy magazines for much less than the retail prices. Look around and there are a variety of a discount jewelry supply stores that stock fantastic designer pieces. You can find very high quality jewellery for affordable prices that will allow you to buy more for less.

Wholesale Prices

Wholesale suppliers have been a godsend to fashionistas everywhere for a while now. If you already buy designer handbags, shoes, and clothes from wholesalers then you can start doing the same with jewellery. Even better is the fact that some discount jewelry supply stores will sell you jewellery at prices that beat even wholesale prices.

When you are looking for cheap discount jewelry you should look for stores that sell products for less than wholesale prices. A good way to check if these stores are the real deal is to do a quick search of a few fashion forums. Google the company name and see if there is any bad press.

Most of the time you can rely on discount jewelry supply stores to provide you with good bargains. If you would like to be cautious then order only one piece to verify that the company is genuine and then if you’re right, go nuts.

You will soon be able to fill your jewellery box with pieces from a discount jewelry supply store while never paying retail prices. Saving on jewellery will let you furnish the rest of your wardrobe with other great things that you couldn’t before.

Buying from discount jewelry supply stores is also a great way to buy presents for people. If you would like to buy a special present for more than one friend to mark an occasion then this is an affordable way to do it. You can present a group of friends with the same piece of designer jewellery and it will always be a reminder of a special day you all shared together.

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A Client recently wrote to me about sanding a small silver cross pendant which was making deep scratches from sanding. They wanted to know how to get rid of the scratches faster and prevent getting parts of it thiner than other parts?

ANSWER..!

STOP...

Firstly you should NEVER sand gold or silver. Jewelers use a very fine (like wet and dry) paper for the initial smoothing or shaping process to get rid of rough edges.

Once that is done they polish scratches out using a black/grey 'Tripoli' polish on a polishing machine (looks like a bench grinder).

This takes the first level of scatches away.

Then they use a red polish called 'Jewelers Rouge' to give the final finish.

Between each step they would clean in a liquid solution to get rid of the residual polish before moving on to the next step.

Please do not use sandpaper, as this will eventually destroy your item by wearing it thinner.

These two polishes come in a large 'Cake' block, like an old fashioned bar of soap and can be purchased at jewelry supply stores or even some good hardware shops.

But by the time you paid for all these - together with machines and mops etc - it's easier and far less costly to give it to your local jeweler and have them professionally clean it up for you.

There is also an excellent article on cleaning your jewelry at home at the Antique Jewelry website at this address: Antique Jewelry of the 20th Century

This should help.

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