Making A Gold Ring Bigger

The ring a size w and weighs 9g.

Making a gold ring bigger.

Solder the two pieces back together. 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.

Cut the ring along. When i had some rings made slightly bigger all they needed to do was stretch them no extra gold needed. Rings come in all different shapes sizes and materials. They will need to cut the ring s shank and add a bridge of gold to make up.

Use a ring that fits your finger perfectly as a model. Place the ring onto the item and mark it with a marker where the ring fits. Make sure to use a color that will contrast with the ring. Of course if you resize it bigger the jeweler must add some metal that might weigh a gram or so.

Adding extra metal to the band. Can t remember the cost as it was years ago. Making a ring smaller is a fairly easy process compared to making it larger. 22 november 2010 at 12 50pm.

I d get a quote from both an independent jeweller as well as a chain. The bridging method involves a piece of gold metal being cut or added to the ring. Cut the band in the back. In this video i take some of my scrap gold and melt it down into a ring.

The second factor to consider when sizing a ring larger is how many sizes up the ring is being sized. Resizing your ring to a smaller size. To make a ring size larger jewelers can either. For this reason it s an easier element to mold and shape as jewelry.

To make a ring smaller jewelers typically. Find a hard round surface that is the diameter of this ring but is narrower on one end and tapers toward the correct size. 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. 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 crescent pieces are then re soldered to the required size to create the full circle once again. To resize a ring to make it smaller use a coffee stir stick to apply silicone sealant along the inside of the ring. If you need to resize a gold ring to make it larger a jeweler will need to add on more material. A jeweler will add extra metal to enlarge its band.

Making a ring smaller will almost always cost less than making it larger because there are no costs for added materials. Remove the necessary amount of metal. Since gold is selling for well over 1200 00 an ounce the difference can be significant.