Instructions
1
Look at your jewelry and confirm that it isn't set with glue. Some jewelry, especially antiques and pearls, are actually set in place with glue. If you try to clean your glue off, you risk dislodging your stone.
2
Soak your jewelry in jewelry cleaner or wipe at the glue with a cotton swab soaked in the cleaner. Jewelry cleaner is specifically manufactured to clean all sorts of things off all sorts of delicate surfaces without damaging them. You can purchase jewelry cleaner at a jeweler's.