My mother-in-law is a heavy user of creams and lotions. Once when they were visiting, my wife noticed that her rings were very caked and gunky. Out came the jewelry cleaner. Between the ultrasonic and steam functions (not to mention a soft toothbrush and elbow grease) we probably cleaned 5 pounds of body cheese off her rings and bracelets. She was amazed at how shiny her jewelry was after cleaning and swore to take her rings off before using lotions. That didn't last. After all, why bother when a family member owns the tools to clean the gunk?smegwina wrote:So the ladies have cream cheese!Kip wrote:They do...and frequently much worse than males due to the heavier use of creams and lotions.welshlad wrote:Surely ladies don't produce body cheese to infest watches, do they?
Body cheese redux
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Re: Body cheese redux
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Re: Body cheese redux
Yikes. Did you get yourself the special tool 107 for the removal or did you improvise with some other instrument?Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:I apologise for inadvertently starting this off - my watches are generally very clean but owing to the unusual strap assembly on the Dynamic it's easy to get a build up under the screw-down ring that holds the strap on, so a little défromagement was needed. It wasn't too bad!
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Nah, I'm careful about the lotions and creams!smegwina wrote:Kip wrote:They do...and frequently much worse than males due to the heavier use of creams and lotions.welshlad wrote:Surely ladies don't produce body cheese to infest watches, do they?
My mother-in-law is a heavy user of creams and lotions. Once when they were visiting, my wife noticed that her rings were very caked and gunky. Out came the jewelry cleaner. Between the ultrasonic and steam functions (not to mention a soft toothbrush and elbow grease) we probably cleaned 5 pounds of body cheese off her rings and bracelets. She was amazed at how shiny her jewelry was after cleaning and swore to take her rings off before using lotions. That didn't last. After all, why bother when a family member owns the tools to clean the gunk?
As for cleaning jewellery, a bit of toothpaste and an old toothbrush works wonders!
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Vintage~Bulova23~Polerouter~Wittnauer~Longines~Omega~Soumar~Eterna~Gruen
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Re: Body cheese redux
So gross on so many levels. I know what I'll be doing tonight ... every piece of jewelry is getting cleaned.
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Re: Body cheese redux
an ultrasonic has been on my list for a while. haven't worn a bracelet watch for more than a year, yet, but it's probably time to be prepared. plus there's other jewelry. something to add to my amazon wish list, with the holidays coming up.
although my favorite jeweler washes our rings for free any time we stop by (they should, we've given them enough money). i wonder if they'd toss a watch bracelet or two in there for me...
although my favorite jeweler washes our rings for free any time we stop by (they should, we've given them enough money). i wonder if they'd toss a watch bracelet or two in there for me...
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Top tip....
If you're going to try using toothpaste, then use children's toothpaste as it's less abrasive.
If you're going to try using toothpaste, then use children's toothpaste as it's less abrasive.
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And if you're going to use a toothbrush, use the wife's...Richard B wrote:Top tip....
If you're going to try using toothpaste, then use children's toothpaste as it's less abrasive.
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