Sizing silver

As probably most of you have realized, if you love silver jewelry, you need to buy your size when you buy a ring, because no one wants to size your ring to a different size.

Do you know why?

Its not the silver. Like gold, or platinum, silver can be sized. But finely made silver jewelry is plated, in either rhodium or in gold, and even sometimes in platinum.

The rhodium (or gold) needs to be stripped off of the silver before sizing, which requires heat. Silver is a soft metal, so when the rhodium is stripped off, it leaves tons of little bubbles in the metal. It then can be sized but almost impossible to get a nice smooth finish in replating. And....this process costs a fortune, more that the original piece in some cases.

There is someone on Amazon that is selling size 7 for one price, and size 8 for twice the price. He must be resizing his inventory, and that's the reason the larger size is so expensive. Its much better to special order an original ring in the right size, and to wait for it to be manufactured.

I have been asked this question often in the last few weeks, and wanted to share it with all of you.