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Sunday January 13th, 2008 @ 3:12 PM

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What can I use to treat and clean lower-grade metal jewelry, such as that found in fashion jewelry? I don’t want to corrode the metal with salt water or harsh chemicals. Also. I like wearing antique earrings usually found in antique shops, but unsuprisingly my ears aren’t to happy with that. I was wondering if there is anything I can do to treat them so they will be clean enough to wear? Or should I just give it up and stick with high-grade jewelry?

Reaction to inexpensive and antique jewelry has nothing to do with the jewelry not being clean enough. Your body doesn’t react well to it because it doesn’t like something (or several things) the jewelry is made of. No amount of cleaning is going to change that.

If you don’t want your jewelry to irritate your ears, you need to wear good-quality jewelry.

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Another option is to get good ol’ teflon tape and wrap a thin layer around the stud/wire, preventing your skin from ever coming in contact with the metal. While this may not be the best idea for long-term wear of fashion jewelry, it would at very least allow one to wear antiques for a night out.

Jess on January 13th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

You could try wrapping a layer of PTFE tape around the wearing area of them. I’ve heard that has been kinda useful for some people.

Kate on January 14th, 2008 at 8:44 am

or if you don’t mind taking the earrings to bits try taking the wire off and threading a good quality cbr through the loop where the wire went so only the cbr is in contact with your ear?
before I stretched up my lobes to the point where dangly earrings looked ridiculous I used to do this

namesofthedead on January 14th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

A slightly more expensive route would be to get the ‘internal’ section coated in a less reactive metal, it would probobally not be great (i.e implant grade titainium) but I’m sure you could get it coated in some 14k gold or similar, by a jewlers perhaps.
Should be worth a google at any rate!

JimmyB on January 14th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

For the same reason I’ve been considering this option; I’d like to find some extremely small tunnels of good quality, say 12 or mayby 10 gauge. I’m hoping it will be big enough to fit my cheaper earings through, and that the larger gauge will reduce the chance of my heavier earrings actually tearing out

erin elizabeth on January 14th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

you’ll want to make sure that the pierced pathway is bigger then the jewelry being worn then…As when you wrap teflon aka PTFE tape around the wire it can increase the size of the wire, thus making it potentially larger then the pathway if you’re not careful.

Also it tends to look a bit tacky when you wrap tape around antique jewelry such as whats being stated.

Personally I’d second every single word Derek wrote.

Warren Hiller on January 14th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

I have trouble wearing low-quality jewelry for extended periods of time, but I can go a day or two without problems - then my lobes start to get crusty/itchy and I swap in something better (for whatever reason, the holes get pissy and lymph all over the place if I don’t keep something in them, especially the left one).

I buy a lot of my cheap-ass fashion earrings from Claire’s (I know, I know), and I have no trouble at all with the ones they market as hypoallergenic. Then again, if you’re not 14 (or a college student with dubious taste, like me), you might not like the styles they’ve got. For more expensive earrings, I also do well with decent quality gold and silver.

Sofia on May 30th, 2008 at 1:45 am

I think you may have same problem as i do. I have an allergy to nickel and a lot of goodies out there contain small traces of it no matter how you look at it, exceptions being high grade jewelry made of highly purified material. You can use little trick to eliminate the contact of it with your skin, one i have used on occasion was to coat the section of it with clear nail polish (remove it and reapply it once a week). I am not too sure if this could cause any perma damage but it worked for a while with no ill effects until i simply decided to go high grade and not have to worry about it at all.

Shane on May 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pm

Can anyone tell me what a good quality jewlery is made from.?
I am wanting to purchase a gold colour labret, but pure gold is to expensive.

Some say anodized titanium, others say zircon gold?
I want smoething that wont tarnish, i require a labret and CBR for my nipples? Any advise would be appreciated!
PIPA X

pipa on June 1st, 2008 at 2:26 am

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Another option is to get good ol’ teflon tape and wrap a thin layer around the stud/wire, preventing your skin from ever coming in contact with the metal. While this may not be the best idea for long-term wear of fashion jewelry, it would at very least allow one to wear antiques for a night out.
Jess on January 13th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
You could try wrapping a layer of PTFE tape around the wearing area of them. I’ve heard that has been kinda useful for some people.
Kate on January 14th, 2008 at 8:44 am
or if you don’t mind taking the earrings to bits try taking the wire off and threading a good quality cbr through the loop where the wire went so only the cbr is in contact with your ear?
before I stretched up my lobes to the point where dangly earrings looked ridiculous I used to do this
namesofthedead on January 14th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
A slightly more expensive route would be to get the ‘internal’ section coated in a less reactive metal, it would probobally not be great (i.e implant grade titainium) but I’m sure you could get it coated in some 14k gold or similar, by a jewlers perhaps.
Should be worth a google at any rate!
JimmyB on January 14th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
For the same reason I’ve been considering this option; I’d like to find some extremely small tunnels of good quality, say 12 or mayby 10 gauge. I’m hoping it will be big enough to fit my cheaper earings through, and that the larger gauge will reduce the chance of my heavier earrings actually tearing out
erin elizabeth on January 14th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
you’ll want to make sure that the pierced pathway is bigger then the jewelry being worn then…As when you wrap teflon aka PTFE tape around the wire it can increase the size of the wire, thus making it potentially larger then the pathway if you’re not careful.

Also it tends to look a bit tacky when you wrap tape around antique jewelry such as whats being stated.

Personally I’d second every single word Derek wrote.
Warren Hiller on January 14th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
I have trouble wearing low-quality jewelry for extended periods of time, but I can go a day or two without problems - then my lobes start to get crusty/itchy and I swap in something better (for whatever reason, the holes get pissy and lymph all over the place if I don’t keep something in them, especially the left one).

I buy a lot of my cheap-ass fashion earrings from Claire’s (I know, I know), and I have no trouble at all with the ones they market as hypoallergenic. Then again, if you’re not 14 (or a college student with dubious taste, like me), you might not like the styles they’ve got. For more expensive earrings, I also do well with decent quality gold and silver.
Sofia on May 30th, 2008 at 1:45 am
I think you may have same problem as i do. I have an allergy to nickel and a lot of goodies out there contain small traces of it no matter how you look at it, exceptions being high grade jewelry made of highly purified material. You can use little trick to eliminate the contact of it with your skin, one i have used on occasion was to coat the section of it with clear nail polish (remove it and reapply it once a week). I am not too sure if this could cause any perma damage but it worked for a while with no ill effects until i simply decided to go high grade and not have to worry about it at all.
Shane on May 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Can anyone tell me what a good quality jewlery is made from.?
I am wanting to purchase a gold colour labret, but pure gold is to expensive.

Some say anodized titanium, others say zircon gold?
I want smoething that wont tarnish, i require a labret and CBR for my nipples? Any advise would be appreciated!
PIPA X
pipa on June 1st, 2008 at 2:26 am

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