Caring for silk thread bangles

Keep them dry, perfume first, out of the sun: simple habits that keep a set looking new, and what to do when a thread comes loose.

Silk thread over a rigid base asks for very little. Keep it dry and out of direct heat, and a set lasts for years of occasional wear.

Four habits

Keep them dry. Silk thread holds water and dries slowly. Take your bangles off before washing your hands, cooking or bathing. A wet bangle put away in a drawer will smell before it stains.
Perfume and lotion first. Alcohol dulls silk and loosens the glue behind kundan stones. Spray, let it dry, then put your bangles on.
Store them out of the sun. Sunlight fades dyed thread faster than anything else. A cloth pouch or a closed box in a drawer is enough.
Give each set its own pouch. Thrown together, stones catch on thread and pull it.

A thread has come loose. Do not pull it. Snip it flush with small scissors and add a dot of clear glue to the cut end. Pulling unwinds the turn underneath and turns a loose thread into a bare patch.
A stone has fallen out. A dot of jewellery glue will hold it if you still have it. If it happened within three days of delivery, message us and we will sort it out.
They got wet. Pat them dry with a soft cloth and leave them somewhere airy overnight. Never use a hair dryer: heat shrinks the thread unevenly and the surface puckers.

Worn every day, the thread softens and the colour mellows over time. Some people like that look; it is wear, not a fault.