Can all rings be re-sized?

Most rings can be resized as long as they are made of a precious metal. The difficulty arises when you have a ring such as an eternity ring that often has diamonds around the whole circumference of the ring. If it is just a plain band, it is easy for the jeweler to cut a small piece out and then solder it back together. Remember to check the ring to make sure that the area that he re-soldered isn't visible.

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Most engagement rings and wedding bands can be resized. This might result in a reduction or increase in the weight of the ring, but it can typically be done. Making an engagement ring smaller is usually done by cutting out a tiny piece of the band. Then the ring is reshaped and soldered back together. The soldering can leave a bit of a mark, but if it is done by a skilled jeweler, the mark is almost invisible. After the ring is soldered, it is re-polished and re-finished. Of course, this is the easiest to do with a plain band. If the engagement ring or wedding has a design around it, the entire band will need to be rebuilt. At times, ring makers leave an area on ornate engagement rings and wedding bands so that the ring can be resized more easily. But typically, this area helps jewelers when making the ring size larger, rather than smaller. If you want to make an engagement  ring smaller that has gemstones embedded around the entire band or channel set with diamonds, and this might hinder any re-sizing. Sometimes jewelers are able to remove the diamonds and then resize the band, but it really depends on the settings and the pattern. When making an engagement ring just slightly larger, a ring is typically stretched. This might make the band look a bit thinner, but its usually not at all noticeable. If the ring has to be enlarged by half a size or more, the ring can also be cut and a piece of metal can be added to the end and soldered into it. When enlarging the size of an engagement ring that is ornately patterned or set with precious gemstones or diamonds, it can be difficult, and at times impossible to increase the size. It may even require a change in the setting of the engagement ring. As stated above, manyengagement  rings cannot be resized, or should not be resized. Most jewelers do not recommend one to attempt to resize aan engagement ring that is channel set with gemstones or diamonds around more than half of the band. Also, it can be problematic to resize rings that have lots of diamonds, elaborate designs, complicated inlays, etc. and frequently it is not suggested. With antique and old white goldengagement rings, resizing can not only "stain" the ring adding a discoloration, but can actually lessen the value of the engagement ring. Finally, as the above responder mentioned, any engagement ring or wedding band made of high grade titanium are either impossible to resize or just might not be worth resizing. And tungesten rings are always impossible to resize.

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This is a very good question! Many people think that all engagement rings and wedding bands can be resized, but actually this is not the case. While it holds true most of the time, there are some engagement rings and wedding bands that are nearly impossible to fix. If they can be resized, it might just be so expensive and time consuming that it just won't be worth it. Any engagement or wedding ring that is made out of titanium or tungsten steel are almost impossible to resize. This is because titanium is an extremely hard metal. Depending on the grade of titanium in your titanium ring, whether or not it has precious metal, shell, or stone inlay, whether it has precious gems or diamonds set or encrusted in the band, or whether it needs to be enlarged or taken down a size, you may or may not be able to resize. For example, Grade 2 titanium is relatively malleable meaning it can be stretched or compressed. However, it if has any kind of metal, stone, or shell inlay, then you run the risk of splitting the inlay. Also, if the engagement ring or wedding band is patterned with twists, or knots or anything, you can seriously damage the design. Any grade of titanium that is higher than grade 2 will not be stretched or compressed. This means that the only way to resize it is to make it larger by making the whole inside of it larger and thinning the ring. Any ring made of tungsten is 100% impossible to resize. They are the hardest material out there. Any stone-set rings with intricate or very specific mountings, or very very thin or exceptionally wide enagegement rings or wedding bands might also be impossible to resize. In short, if you are planning on getting your girlfriend a relatively traditional diamond engagement ring (gold or platinum band, no complicated inlay in the ring, etc) then you should be fine.  Most high-end jewelers that sell engagement rings offer free resizing for up to a month or two.  Just make sure you don't buy her a tungsten steel engagement ring- or if you do, make sure you know her EXACT ring size. You can find out her ring size by using free ring sizers, available here 
www.zoara.com/engagement/ring_size

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