{"id":15661,"date":"2016-06-14T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T13:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=15661"},"modified":"2016-06-14T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T13:05:42","slug":"stretch-your-plain-gold-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/stretch-your-plain-gold-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"STRETCH YOUR PLAIN GOLD BANDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Stretch-Your-Gold-Bands-Rings.gif\" alt=\"Stretch Your Gold Bands Rings\" title=\"Stretch Your Gold Bands Rings\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15663\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Need a Bigger Size?<\/h2>\n<p>\nMost people do as they age, <strong>their rings get tighter<\/strong>, they need a bigger ring size&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nWell, now<strong> you CAN stretch<\/strong> that gold band and make it bigger <strong>YOURSELF<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><h2>Really you can!<\/h2>\n<p>\nFor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1UaIrfr\">they sell ring stretchers<\/a> that will effectively take your ring or wedding band <strong>up a size or two<\/strong> (which really depends on the <strong>thickness <\/strong>of your band to begin with).<\/p>\n<p><h2>It&#8217;s fairly simple to do!<\/h2>\n<p>\nYou stick your plain band (<strong>plain works best<\/strong>, if your ring has any kind of engraving, details, designs, or stones <strong>it could ruin it!<\/strong>), onto the ring sizer, insert the steel pole and <strong>twist it<\/strong> (tighten it)&#8230; The ring stick will open up, <strong>stretching your ring in the process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>It really is that easy!<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis is very similar to <strong>what the jewelers use<\/strong>. Gold bands work the best, for<strong> the metal is malleable<\/strong> enough to stretch. And you can normally take a ring up anywhere from <strong>1\/2 size to a couple of sizes<\/strong> without doing any damage to the ring. Granted, you will probably have to remove the ring, flip it around so <strong>both sides of the ring get enlarged evenly<\/strong>, but it will stretch it! <strong>No doubt!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>A couple other items<\/strong> that will also help this process are: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1UxhHQw\">Jeweler&#8217;s Mallets<\/a> (to <strong>beat your rings down<\/strong> onto the sizer to stretch them), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/24OdNbD\">A Steel Mandrell<\/a> (<strong>Ring Stick<\/strong> so you know what size your ring is), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/24OdL3u\">Finger Sizers<\/a> (So you know <strong>what size you&#8217;ll need<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><h2>Take a peek&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1UaIrfr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/How-To-Stretch-Your-Plain-Gold-Wedding-Band.jpg\" alt=\"How To Stretch Your Plain Gold Wedding Band\" title=\"How To Stretch Your Plain Gold Wedding Band\" width=\"640\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/How-To-Stretch-Your-Plain-Gold-Wedding-Band.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/How-To-Stretch-Your-Plain-Gold-Wedding-Band-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>So if you need to take your ring up a little&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1UaIrfr\">Pick up a Ring Stretcher TODAY!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nIt works <strong>fast <\/strong>and <strong>easy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n(<strong>P.S.<\/strong> They also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1UaJsEo\">sell entire kits that you can buy<\/a> that contain <strong>everything together<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Need a Bigger Size? Most people do as they age, their rings get tighter, they need a bigger ring size&#8230; Well, now you CAN stretch that gold band and make it bigger YOURSELF! 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