It is a Misconception.

I recently exhibited my product, Jeweler in the Dishwasher, at the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago.  I always learn a lot when I do these trade shows, whether it's about packaging, manufacturing, or about new products that are coming to the market.  This year, I moved my booth to an area across from the inventor's corner, which was a really good place to be, because I was able to hear about several new products that were being pitched to a panel of judges for a completely unbiased, sometimes, heart wrenching review.

One of the products that caught my attention was a "new, improved" jewelry steam cleaner.  One of the judges asked the inventor how she came up with the idea for the product.  She said that she had received an engagement ring and wanted to keep it clean.  WHAT?????  That's it???  There's no experience in the jewelry industry that goes along with this product? 

After all, I am a seond generation bench jeweler and I have 40 years of experience designing, repairing and manufacturing fine jewelry, and I have owned and operated my own retail jewelry store for over 15 years. It is the experience I have  in the jewelry profession that led to the inception and design of Jeweler in the Dishwasher.  Although customers see jewelers using a steam cleaner in their shops, it is almost always used in conjunction with an industrial ultrasonic.  I believe it is a huge misconception that all you need to clean fine jewelry is a steam cleaner.

The steamer in my shop operates on 60-70 lbs. of pressure, and weighs about 50 pounds.  I have seen how small the steam cleaners for home use are, and I can't imagine that they generate enough pressure to even begin to remove caked on dirt. They may remove surface residues, but that's about it.

Jeweler in the Dishwasher works just as well as an ultrasonic followed by a steamer.  The degreaser in the detergent mixes with the hot water and GENTLY soaks the enclosed pieces.  After removing the jewelry from the Jeweler in the Dishwasher, brush away remaining residue with a toothbrush and dry with a soft towel.  Why spend $160.00 plus shipping for a steamer that won't work as well????

The above before and after picture is a ring that I cleaned using the Jeweler in the Dishwasher. I used the detergent that I always use, and I ran the cycles that I normally do, along with a full load of dishes. Once I removed the ring, I brushed under the stones with a toothbrush. Nothing else was used during this cleaning process. You can easily see the difference in the before and after picture.

The stones in the picture above, are from mountings that I have bought from customers, and then removed the stones.  I placed the stones upside down when I took the pictures so that you can easily see the gunk that had been trapped behind the stones while they were in the mountings.  The small yellowish stones in the lower right corner of the before picture are actually diamonds.  Pretty disgusting, right?  The same diamonds are in the after picture in the lower right corner.

 I thought I would see what would happen if I placed loose stones in the soaker tank.  Would they get clean? Would they go down the drain?  The results are; YES, as you can see, they did get clean!  And NO, they did not go down the drain.  The Jeweler in the Dishwasher does not use a vibration process like an ultrasonic.  It does not use force like a steamer.  It GENTLY soaks the enclosed jewelry.  The openings in the eggs and the soaker tank are so small that the water trickles in, it does NOT blast in, and then it slowly drains out.  This is a very gentle process!

This is What Happens....

Just to refresh your memory, I am a bench jeweler with almost 40 years of experience repairing, designing, and manufacturing fine jewelry.  I have owned and operated my own small, retail jewelry store, for almost 15 years.  I am the inventor of Jeweler in the Dishwasher; the safe, easy way, to clean fine jewelry with professional results.

Now, we will get into the reason for this post. Several times a year, I get customers in that have placed their jewelry in the little plastic jars that contain a jewelry cleaning solution. And, my customer's jewelry ends up having an adverse reaction to the chemicals in the jewelry cleaner. I am posting a picture of the latest mishap.  These are a pair of 14k yellow gold diamond stud earrings.  The chemical turned the metal a brownish color.  If, she had used Jeweler in the Dishwasher, this would not have happened.  Two positive things did result from this experience though.  1.) She got to buy new settings for her diamonds, 2.) I was able to sell a Jeweler in the Dishwasher!

This is Exciting!!

Shark Tank Award, National Hardware Show 20120

Tomorrow is the big day!  Jeweler in the Dishwasher will make it's debut on national television!!  Set your DVR to the Lifetime channel's Designing Spaces at 7:30 a.m.eastern time!!  The segment about Jeweler in the Dishwasher was filmed at the National Hardware Show where my product won the Retailers' Choice award, along with the Gold Award for the Pitch Tank!!  In addition to the segment tomorrow morning, Jeweler in the Dishwasher will be featured in the July issue of Retailing Hardware magazine!  So many things have been going on with Jeweler in the Dishwasher!  First the feature article in Good Housekeeping magazing in January 2012, now Designing Spaces and Retailing Hardware!  I'm excited to see how the segment goes tomorrow! 

If you have any questions regarding Jeweler in the Dishwasher, please contact me at: jacque@jewelerinthedishwasher.com

Thanks for Reviewing my Product!

I would like to thank The Succulent Wife for the review that they gave Jeweler in the Dishwasher.  Check out their website to see the review and other products worth checking into!

I LOVE Testing this Product!

(Before cleaning.)                               (After cleaning.)

Keep in mind while looking at these

pictures that it is really hard to photo-graph jewelry.  I have tried to blow up the size of the before and after pictures of the chain and ring.  In the "before cleaning" picture of the chain you can easily see the dirt trapped in between the links.  In the "after cleaning" picture, you can see there is no remaining dirt.  It took very little brushing to get the chain this clean.

Ring and chain in soaker tank before cleaning.

I placed the ring on one side of the soaker tank, and the chain on the other.  I used the soaker tank for the ring because it had several small stones, otherwise, I would have placed it in the egg shaped Jeweler in the Dishwasher.

On the right you can see a partial close up picture of a channel set engagement ring.  Although I didn't think this ring was too dirty before I placed it in the Jeweler in the Dishwasher basket, once I removed it after cleaning, I noticed that it had more dirt in it than I initially thought.  The top picture of the princess cut diamonds is the picture I took before cleaning, the bottom picture of princess cut diamonds is the after picture.  If you compare the two photos, you can see the dirt in between each diamond in the top picture, if you look at the bottom picture, the dirt is all gone.  I only had to brush this ring a couple of seconds to remove remaining residue.

It's soooo easy!

It's very easy to use the Jeweler in the Dishwasher Basket.

Just place  your ring, pendant, or earrings inside of the eggs.

Place chains, bracelets or any jewelry with small stones

inside of the soaker tank.  Attach the lid of the outer basket.

Place the Jeweler in the Dishwasher basket on the top rack of the dishwasher and run the cycles like you normally would.

Notice the dirt around the diamonds and in the crevices of the ring in the above picture.  Now look at the picture on the right, notice how ALL of the dirt is gone from this ring.  I placed this ring inside the soaker tank because it has several very small stones.  I ran the dishwasher cycles as I normally do, and then I removed the ring.  Since there was still a lot of residue left behind (because this ring had not been cleaned for 3 years) I used a toothbrush and I poked under the center stone and behind and around the small diamonds.  It took a couple minutes of brushing while running under hot water, but the ring was spotless when I was finished.  It's so easy to use this product!

Before and After Pictures



We recently introduced the Jeweler in the Dishwasher Basket to the market.  We thought we would post some of the before and after pictures of the jewelry that was cleaned, to show how well the product works.  The only thing used to clean the rings below was the Jeweler in the Dishwasher, a toothbrush, and some water.  The product is an excellent method for cleaning fine jewelry.






Nobice the dirt caked
around the stone.

The dirt is completely gone.

Once the rings were taken out of  the Jeweler in the Dishwasher, they were brushed with a toothbrush to remove any remaining residue.


You can easily see the dirt between each diamond.

The dirt is gone and you can see how large the
openings are between the stones, this area was
caked with dirt prior to cleaning.