Making A Gold Ring Bigger

22 november 2010 at 12 50pm.

Making a gold ring bigger.

When i had some rings made slightly bigger all they needed to do was stretch them no extra gold needed. To make a ring smaller jewelers typically. Rings come in all different shapes sizes and materials. Since gold is selling for well over 1200 00 an ounce the difference can be significant.

There are two ways to resizing a ring to be larger. The second factor to consider when sizing a ring larger is how many sizes up the ring is being sized. The bridging method involves a piece of gold metal being cut or added to the ring. The crescent pieces are then re soldered to the required size to create the full circle once again.

If you need to resize a gold ring to make it larger a jeweler will need to add on more material. I d get a quote from both an independent jeweller as well as a chain. Making a ring smaller will almost always cost less than making it larger because there are no costs for added materials. Gold like silver can become relatively malleable under high heat.

More metal will have to be inserted into a thicker wider and heavier shank than a thinner one. The ring a size w and weighs 9g. In this video i take some of my scrap gold and melt it down into a ring. Black works best for gold and silver.

Make sure to use a color that will contrast with the ring. Place the ring onto the item and mark it with a marker where the ring fits. Resizing your ring to a smaller size. To make a ring size larger jewelers can either.

Of course if you resize it bigger the jeweler must add some metal that might weigh a gram or so. Cut the band in the back. Find a hard round surface that is the diameter of this ring but is narrower on one end and tapers toward the correct size. Cut the ring along.

This could be a metal wine stopper a pen or a lipstick holder. To resize a ring to make it smaller use a coffee stir stick to apply silicone sealant along the inside of the ring. Making a ring smaller is a fairly easy process compared to making it larger. For this reason it s an easier element to mold and shape as jewelry.

If your finger ring size is 6 but the dream ring you just purchased online is a size 5 then you need to have the ring resized up. Use a ring that fits your finger perfectly as a model. When a ring is made smaller the jeweler usually cuts out a small portion of the band and joins the pieces back together again. The ring a size w and weighs 9g.

Adding extra metal to the band. A jeweler will add extra metal to enlarge its band. Remove the necessary amount of metal.