Stuck Ring

[racoony]

My partner has made me a beautiful silver ring.Sadly it is too tight and I can't get it off.I have tried using oil, soap and the Youtube hack involving dental floss.Does anyone have any ideas? Any help is much appreciated.

[bobbinwales]

put hands in icy water for a few minutes? Then use soap

[racoony]

Thanks I will try that.

[davebro]

Cut off the ring or the finger - depending on which you value more!

[bednobs]

go to a jewellery shop and get it cut off, then get her/him to remake it

[Tilly2]

Call the Fire Brigade! :-)

Try WD40.

[mallyh]

run hand under cold water then put a generous squirt of washing up liquid on

[geevo41]

1 Soap the knuckle and then pass a piece of fine string under the ring and pull the ends together.
2 Pull the string towards your fingertip whilst rotating the string under the ring and it will slide off.
3 Go on a reducing diet.

[rowanwitch]

Most good jewellers are brilliant at removing rings without damaging them. My grandfather taught me and it was very useful in my nursing career, saved a fair few fingers, and the rings. However if a jeweller cuts off a ring they will cut it to save the hallmarks if they can. They have a special tool and normally cut from the side

[pixie374]

Wouldn't hot water be better to expand the ring? Or doesn't it work on silver?

[bookbinder]

The advice about going to a jewellers is the best. I have been for a similar problem, and the jeweller did a good job.

[davebro]

heat will expand any metal

[pixie374]

That's all I've tried for other people dave and vaseline. It's always worked so far.

[rowanwitch]

You could also try keeping the hand elevated for about half an hour that will reduce any local swelling then try the string trick.

[bednobs]

i have also had to have a ring cut off at the jewellers. it didnt cost much to get it re-sixed after although they did unfortunately cut through the hallmark. The value of it meant much less to me than the sentiment anyway, so i didnt care

[nescio]

davebro,
not quite true.
ALLVAR alloys have a negative coefficient of thermal expansion - i.e. they contract when heated and expand when cooled

[davebro]

hm - pedant!