I'm a cheapskate so I would try cleaning it but I would test it on scraps. Then I would keep it in a locked cabinet! I have scissors that are mine only & others that anyone can use but they still manage to "borrow" mine and leave them lay wherever they used them at. I threw a fit when I couldn't find my favorite little pink ones about a month ago so hubby took me to Joann's straight away to get another pair. When we got back my daughter wanted to see what I bought and I showed her my new purple scissors & she immediately went & found my pink pair!