Before & After Series Wedding Ring Set Crushed On this edition of the Weekly Before and After, we have an engagement ring set that was crushed and in need of a major ring repair. The head of the wedding ring was bent forward, and the ring enhancer was crushed together. The engagement ring has invisible […]
Before & After #13
Before & After Series Rings Soldered Together On this edition of the Weekly Before and After series, we don’t have severe damage, but rather a frequently requested ring service: soldering rings together. The most common types of rings, like these diamond ones, soldered together are an engagement ring and a wedding band. There are pros […]
Before & After #11
Before & After Series A Crushed Floral-Designed Ring On this edition of the Weekly Before and After, we have another dramatic ring repair. We don’t know how it was damaged, but as you can see, this floral-designed ring is completely crushed. There were two key processes that needed to be done for this repair: Reshaping […]
Before & After #8
Before & After Series A Ring with a Missing Head Stone On this edition of the before and after, we work on this sapphire and diamond ring that had a broken head (mounting that holds center stone), and a missing stone. For this particular Stone Replacement, we had to: Supply and solder a new head […]
Before & After #7
Before & After Series A Missing Stone in a Ring With an Invisible Setting On this edition of the before and after series, we focus on a missing stone replacement on an invisible setting ring repair. Rings with invisibly set diamonds are far more difficult and time consuming than the standard prong or channel settings. […]
Before & After #5
Before & After Series A Platinum Ring Sizing and Clean & Polish This week’s Before and After Series project addition focuses on this platinum ring sizing, as well as its clean and polish. This ring was quite worn including a gouge in the platinum on the edge. Not all jewelers can work on platinum, but […]