{"id":7071,"date":"2019-03-14T09:07:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2019-03-14T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:18:36","slug":"beautiful-inlay-jewelry-creates-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/beautiful-inlay-jewelry-creates-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"BEAUTIFUL INLAY JEWELRY CREATES PROBLEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Inlay<\/div>\n

I love inlay jewelry<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\nIf you don’t know what inlay (or inlaid<\/strong>) jewelry is, take a look at the pictures.<\/p>\n

\nInlay is basically taking gemstones and setting them flush into the mounting<\/strong> to create a smooth, beautiful, elegant look with no prongs, heads, baskets or beads holding them in place.<\/p>\n

\nIt’s clean and simple<\/strong>. What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n

Protection!<\/h2>\n

\nThere are a couple of huge problems<\/strong> that exist with these types of jewelry:<\/p>\n

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  1. Sizing<\/li>\n
  2. Glue<\/li>\n
  3. Breaking<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \nLet’s take a closer look<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

    1) Sizing<\/h2>\n

    \nThese types of mountings and rings are difficult to size<\/strong>. Jeweler’s can’t open the ring up or expand it like a normal ring because it puts too much stress on the stones<\/strong> (like channel setting). Trying to bend the rings so you can size them bigger or smaller can crack the stones or shatter them.<\/p>\n

    \nDon’t get me wrong, these types of mountings can be sized<\/strong>, just not easily<\/strong>. Most rings, depending on the mounting, can be taken up one size or down one size, but not much more than that. Sizing the ring larger could be a nightmare<\/strong> for your gems.<\/p>\n

    \nThere’s usually only 2 real ways to size inlay rings:<\/strong><\/p>\n