Glamrocks Jewelry

1. Glamrocks Jewelry knuckle rings Repair Your Golden Ring This article is very helpful for you. You could repair your own broken ring by using this method. If you are interested to do this, you need to be careful since any damaged parts on the ring will reduce the price. This do it yourself method to fix the ring is mostly used by a collector. Most of the rings are found from metal detecting. The rings that they found are usually dirty and broken. Thus, they need to fix it before selling the items. There are several things that you need to prepare. You need to have cheap torch (acetylene). If you want to get better torch, you may buy propane torch. For beginners acetylene torch is enough to do this repairing activity. Channel locks or Vise grips are used as the ring's holder. You can check this stuff on your garage. Scissors are used to cut a solder sheet and sand paper. It would be better if you provide magnifying glass to look at the ring's damage. A toothpick is used to hold a small piece of the solder sheets. The most important thing is the solder. Make sure your rings will not be melted on the solder. That is why you need to have lower level solder than your ring. For instance, if your ring is 18k you need to have a solder in 12k. You need to brush the ring with sand paper and insert the pieces of the solder sheet between the two broken ends. Use vise grips to close the gap on the ring, then look at the gaps using magnifying glass. The last step is soldering the ring. You can solder it from the inside out to cover the joint. Do not get the ring too close with the solder. It will make it melted. You need to solder it carefully, it will be better if you could do the soldering in dark area. In dark area, you can see the color of the metal. When it turns red, it is time to get the solder away. This method is easy and helpful. The joint can be used for years.