White Gold Ring Guard, How Can I Keep My Ring From Slipping?
Q: I have a rather large white gold ring with a cat's eye "stone" my daughter gave to me for Father's Day. I had is sized, but my knuckles are large, and for the ring to fit over my knuckle, it is loose around my finger and tends to turn so that the stone is not where I would like it to be. Does anybody know of a material I could apply inside the band or some technique to keep the ring in place?
A: Rings will almost always turn around on a finger. But there are a few methods that can be employed to make it a tighter fit without comprimising the ability to go over your knuckle. Two balls of white gold can be soldered to the inside of the band. Look at the ring side-on. Start on the inside of the band at the stone, and go round the band about one third. A ball should be soldered there. Move around a third again. Another ball. If you were to go another third you'd be back at the stone. Items that don't require soldering can be bought, although they can be quite ugly. They're called resizing clips, and ther are simply a thin plate with ends that wrap around the band. Once installed they have a springiness to them so thay can fit past your knuckle, but then they regain their shape to hold the ring in place. Rings will almost always turn around on a finger. But there are a few methods that can be employed to make it a tighter fit without comprimising the ability to go over your knuckle. Two balls of white gold can be soldered to the inside of the band. Look at the ring side-on. Start on the inside of the band at the stone, and go round the band about one third. A ball should be soldered there. Move around a third again. Another ball. If you were to go another third you'd be back at the stone. Items that don't require soldering can be bought, although they can be quite ugly. They're called resizing clips, and ther are simply a thin plate with ends that wrap around the band. Once installed they have a springiness to them so thay can fit past your knuckle, but then they regain their shape to hold the ring in place. There are several ways to handle this problem, wich is quite common. The least expensive is to have a ring guard wrapped around the shank, and after you have the ring on you push the metal bar towards your finger to take up the extra room. This does show, as it has tabs that wrap around to the outside, and it does not last forever. If the ring is only a little too big, you can have sizing balls or bars installed inside the shank. These are permanently soldered and do not show at all from the outside. But they only take up a bit of room, so if your knuckle problem is great, it may not be enough. You can have a spring guard installed, this is a white gold very thin band, three quarters round, that gets soldered to the inside