Ammonia, regular old cleanimg Ammonia on a q tip. Household stuff. It is the common base ingredient in simichrome, 409 etc. The chemical reactions yield the nicotine yellow we are used to seeing with the polish. It is what's reactive in the polish when applied to phenolic compound. Bakelite is a brand name of phenolic resin. Bakelite as a company the og company focused on more industrial uses. Radios Gaskets Parts MachiningStuff etc Catalin, marbelette and others formulated the jewelry tones and special finishes of phenolic resin. There's a seller on Etsy that sells bakelite testing pads. These are genius. They are cosmetic pads soaked in super secret ..Ammonia allowed to dry and become portable for on the run testing. Follow me for more cool tricks.

For those of you who have private collections or a large inventory of Jewelry, do you have it insured through a separate private insurance company? Who do you use and how much does it cost? Needing to get my jewels insured.

Hi - I got a Christian Dior for what I thought was a good deal for resell. I listed it on eBay (dumb idea) and it was flagged. Now I am afraid I was duped. Any idea if this is legit ? Thanks friends !!!

This question is for Brad or anyone else who uses tray by tray method for selling. How do you set up your trays? Do you set them up by color by price by visual beauty?

What an utterly bonkers month. Vacation. Ailments. Wow... I am entering the 'kids on summer break and out of school' era with a full time working spouse and a, yeah, work from home they said, it will be fun they said ... 😅😅 Ok so there's no denying it. I love my job. Jewelry is life!! If you read this far, thank you for being a Premium/VIP Skool member. This month's private whatnot show for your folks is tomorrow night 8PM est. (Tues 6/30) And it is truly my favorite show of the month. Vibes and deals baby! NON CONSIGNMENT jewelry. If you want in, join here: http://skool.com/jewelryiq/plans And then I will send you the show link. If not, maybe see you next month. No long term commitments! I desperately want to get back to some classroom calls and do some catching up. Let's talk Juliana next week. I have been learning LOTS and really want to share. ❤️🎆 XO, Brad/threefortytwo