[Jewelry making - Article 01749] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering with diamonds in place

[Helen Hill]

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    This is an interesting topic. I fear I may have burned the diamond in
    my engagement ring recently. I have an illness where I have to take
    oral steroids and as such have gained a lot of weight over the last
    year or so. I could no longer wear my wedding or engagement ring
    which I was very upset about, so I used my ring stretcher and
    successfully stretched my wedding ring. However, when it came to my
    engagement ring, I may have burned the diamond when heating it prior
    to stretching as it now looks very different to how it did before.
    I'd read that you could solder with diamonds in place so thought it
    wouldn't do any harm. Incidentally I also snapped the shank as I'd
    forgotten that we'd had it made smaller the day after my husband
    proposed to me, so it had a weak spot! You can tell I'm new to all
    this can't you?! But I'm learning the hard way. 

Helen
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