Making A Gold Ring Bigger

A jeweler will add extra metal to enlarge its band.

Making a gold ring bigger.

Make sure to use a color that will contrast with the ring. Making a ring smaller will almost always cost less than making it larger because there are no costs for added materials. Adding extra metal to the band. To make a ring size larger jewelers can either.

Black works best for gold and silver. Making a ring smaller is a fairly easy process compared to making it larger. I d get a quote from both an independent jeweller as well as a chain. When i had some rings made slightly bigger all they needed to do was stretch them no extra gold needed.

In this video i take some of my scrap gold and melt it down into a ring. The bridging method involves a piece of gold metal being cut or added to the ring. 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. More metal will have to be inserted into a thicker wider and heavier shank than a thinner one.

Use a ring that fits your finger perfectly as a model. They will need to cut the ring s shank and add a bridge of gold to make up. Of course if you resize it bigger the jeweler must add some metal that might weigh a gram or so. The second factor to consider when sizing a ring larger is how many sizes up the ring is being sized.

Since gold is selling for well over 1200 00 an ounce the difference can be significant. When a ring is made smaller the jeweler usually cuts out a small portion of the band and joins the pieces back together again. Solder the two pieces back together. For this reason it s an easier element to mold and shape as jewelry.

There are two ways to resizing a ring to be larger. This could be a metal wine stopper a pen or a lipstick holder. To make a ring smaller jewelers typically. Can t remember the cost as it was years ago.

Rings come in all different shapes sizes and materials. Gold like silver can become relatively malleable under high heat. Cut the ring along. Remove the necessary amount of metal.

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. Find a hard round surface that is the diameter of this ring but is narrower on one end and tapers toward the correct size. The ring a size w and weighs 9g.

Resizing your ring to a smaller size. The crescent pieces are then re soldered to the required size to create the full circle once again. Cut the band in the back.