How to Clean Tungsten Carbide Jewelry

While tungsten jewelry will never tarnish, it can become covered with dirt and grime like any other ring. Causing physical damage to a piece of tungsten jewelry is difficult; It won’t scratch or bend. About all you can do to really break one is to throw it on a tile floor or crush it in a vice. However, tungsten carbide is can be damaged chemically in ways that other metals can not. For this reason it can be tricky when you try to clean a tungsten ring.

Conventional cleaners may very well tamper with the structure of the alloy. Once the integrity of your ring has been compromised it is much weaker. This means your once near-indestructible piece of tungsten carbide jewelry may now be no stronger (or even weaker) than other conventional pieces of jewelry. Needless to say, this is a bad thing. How do you clean a tungsten ring then? Is there a safe cleanser? Is an ultrasonic cleaner safe to use? What’s a good rule of thumb?

Steps

Make the cleaning solution. Because many soaps and detergents (and even jewelry cleaners) react with the elements in a tungsten carbide ring, you should not use them. To clean your tungsten ring simply mix a few drops of hand soap or mild dish soap with a bucket of warm water.
Soak your ring. Let your jewelry soak in the warm water for a few minutes to loosen up the dirt on the surface. This will make the washing easier.

3，Work up a lather and scrub. Using a cotton cloth, work up a lather. Take the ring out of the water and scrub vigorously.

Pay attention to detail. If there is dirt stuck in the grooves of your ring, around the inlaid gemstones, or other small crevices, take a Q-Tip or toothbrush and dip it in the soap. Scrub the ring thoroughly.
Rinse the ring. Once your ring is clean, rinse it off under a stream of warm water.
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2. Dry it off. Dry off your ring with a cotton cloth.

Tips

If you rinse your ring in the sink, make sure the stopper is in — just in case you drop the ring.

Warnings

Do not use ultrasonic jewelry cleaners. Tungsten carbide is a ceramic-like substance; it cannot be bent but if enough pressure is applied it can be cracked. Ultrasonic ring cleaners can cause microscopic fractures in your ring.
If your ring comes in contact with any cleaning solutions like ammonia, bleach, or other strong chemicals quickly rinse it off and scrub with mild soap.

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