How to Resize a Wedding Band

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A wedding ring is definitely the most treasured piece of jewelry that most people have and its significance can never be undermined. So with the passage of time if this most special piece of jewelry requires resizing then you must take the matter quite seriously. One may have to resize a wedding band for numerous reasons, either the size has been incorrect right from the start or one may have put on weight over time or the ring may have undergone wear and tear and the requirement of resizing it may have surfaced.

Whatever the reasons you may have for resizing your wedding ring, this is how you can get it done. First and foremost locate a jeweler you can trust and discuss your ring as well as its resizing in detail. It is always good to have your ring resized from the jeweler you bought it from who understands the design and make of your wedding ring. Resizing a ring mainly consists of either increasing the size or decreasing it and in most cases the former is a more simplified option.

If it is a plain band the size can be increased by simply stretching the metal. However the metal with which the ring is made is important here, because while some metals like gold and platinum can be easily stretched, tungsten and tungsten-carbide alloys are extremely difficult to resize. It is also more complicated to resize rings that have an intricate band with more than one metal in use.

Another way of increasing the size of the ring is to add metal balls or beads towards the side of the palm which makes it easy for the ring to slip on one's finger without the alteration in the design being externally visible. It is always more difficult to reduce the size of a wedding band as compared to the task of increasing it. The most common method is to cut off a part of the metal band and fuse it later but in cases where the ring happens to be engraved or intricately designed, this gets very difficult.

In case of complicated designs that also include a play of multiple gemstones or diamonds, resetting is the only option available, but it must be discussed carefully with your jeweler. Resizing your wedding ring does indeed call for a lot of involvement to ensure it is done the right way.