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Tagged NSFW because its gross looking and I don't want to startle anyone. Anyway this is my custom BVLA piece for my daith, 14k RG with Amethyst and Light Amethyst, that now looks heinous and brown because of ear wax and other healing discharge. the piercing is now totally healed and I can clean the jewelry pretty agressively but this is the best it looks. This is after a hot shower with soap and then rubbing it down with a q tip and alcohol. That little piece of fuzz stuck on it is from the qtip. I am pretty sure at this point since these are prong set that the wax/oils/discharge/whatever are getting UNDER the stones.

Its a seam ring so I can't just pop it out for a cleaning. Does anyone else have this issue or do I just have gross ears? Is there something else I can be cleaning it with? I feel like my only options are things I don't want near a piercing even if it is healed.

I'm thinking I might have BVLA swap the stones for darker ones. My theme was originally to be purples only but I want to add in other cool tones, so dark green/blue/emerald/sapphire type situation could be good. That, or have the stones repurposed and metal melted down and get an entirely new daith piece that is either bezel set stones or no stones altogether.

Kind of a bummer this is such a nice piece when not looking like this.

Hi all,

Machine in the house we live in is a top loader, it's kind of bad but big and it works well enough. Doesn't fit my king sized blankets though, so I take them to a laundromat.

I've only recently learned that I was overusing pods and laundry sanitizer, and have since switched to fragrance free tide powder and dirty labs enzyme booster in certain loads (FEBU is on its way). I did a spa day on a few items with success.

I was previously also using pods on the blankets (with regular bleach, they're white) at the laundromat in 80 lb front loaders, but based off of the amount of suds was clearly overdoing it. I always select an extra rinse cycle so that helped but still.

I'm going back with my powders for the first time once the FEBU gets here Monday. IDK How to dose a machine that big. Hard water area. The machines have a powder dispenser. I also ordered citric acid, I would be mixing some with water and putting it in the softener dispenser.

Suggestions?

Cleaning Healed Daith Prong Set Stones. Options?

Former detergent over-user needing advice on front loaders