Sterling silver rings can also be resized to fit your finger and this process is commonly done by a jeweler.
Resize silver ring at home.
Whether your ring was the wrong size from the start or the size of your fingers has changed it may be necessary to resize your ring.
Find a hard round surface that is the diameter of this ring but is narrower on one end and tapers toward the correct size.
Discover how to resize a ring at home with this easy tutorial.
Your best bet is to take the ring to a jeweller.
While properly resizing a ring at a jewelry store is ideal we love this trick to temporarily size a ring that s too big.
How to make your ring smaller.
This super easy hack shows you how to make a ring smaller at home.
If you have a simple sterling silver band that needs to be sized up or down one or two sizes a jeweler can likely do the resizing if a ring needs to be resized more than two sizes doing so might weaken the metal causing it to lose shape or break.
Do you have a ring that doesn t exactly fit and you need it resized down.
However it is possible to resize a ring yourself but it will likely lose some of its value.
Rings made of most metals can be re sized although gold is probably the most popular because it is soft enough to be altered.
Place the ring onto the item and mark it with a marker where the ring fits.
Resizing dos and don ts.
Since every resizing negatively affects the strength of the metal it s wise to consider adding to the ring instead which maintains the integrity of the ring.
They can resize your ring without lowering its value.
Although this post has been updated numerous times it was first published in 2014 i like to think of it as the original tutorial on how to make a loose ring fit because there were no other posts or videos on the topic at that time.
Sometimes due to the material or design of the ring.
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