#1 Don't get it dirty in the first place. Remove your jewellery, before gardening,concreting the driveway, mixing the play dough or whatever.

#2 If you have to remove the grease and gunk, make up 50/50 mix of dish wash detergent and cloudy ammonia, which is available at your supermarket. Be careful with the cloudy ammonia because is has a strong pungent smell.

#3 Drop your jewellery items in this mix (Make sure the item is not on the list below) and leave it for an hour or so

#4 With a moistened sponge, to rest the item on, work away with a soft tooth brush at the dirt. If there is a lot, you may need to leave it in the mix longer.

#5 Having removed the dirt/grease build up, the item will look a lot cleaner and stones brighter. Use a jewellery polishing cloth to polish the metal parts,which restores the shine and also helps to prevent the metal tarnishing.

DOES NOT APPLY TO
jewellery containing pearl, shell(includes cameos), opals, turquoise, emerald, or stones that have been glued in place.