The weight of a person will change throughout his or her life and the hands, legs, fingers and toes also change their size. Hence many people would like to find out whether it is possible to resize a tungsten ring, so that it will fit them properly. Some people have earlier purchased rings made from gold, platinum or silver, and had them resized, according to their requirement. Earlier tungsten was mainly used for industrial applications. Tungsten rings are a comparatively new fashion trend because of their durability, many people would like to find out their resizing options, so that they can order the ring of the right size accordingly.
Buyers should be aware of the fact that tungsten carbide is one of the hardest materials in the world, and it is rated at between 9 to 9.5 on the Moh’s scale which is used extensively worldwide to measure the hardness of the material. Other than diamond, there are almost no materials which are harder than tungsten. In comparison, other materials used for jewelry like stainless steel, platinum and gold are far softer, they are rated 4.5, 3.5 and 2.5 on the Moh’s scale. Hence these materials can be easily resized by heating them and applying pressure, to change the shape as desired.
On the other hand, since tungsten carbide is a very hard material, if pressure is applied to it, it will break into pieces. Hence it is not possible to resize a tungsten rings after it has been manufactured using a casting process at a high temperature. Yet buyers often notice that the sellers of the tungsten rings, especially the more expensive rings, are offering a resizing warranty for the tungsten rings which they are selling. Hence buyers would like to find out how this is possible, since tungsten is a very durable and hard material.
The tungsten jewelry sellers are aware of the fact that most jewelry buyers will resize their jewelry if it does not fit properly. Since tungsten is being used for jewelry for the last few decades only, they wish to ensure that the buyers have the same options as buyers of jewelry made from other materials like gold or platinum. Hence many of the sellers of quality tungsten jewelry are advertising free resizing if the buyer will return the ring they had purchased. The sellers will then make a new ring of the size required and ship it to the ring buyer so that it fits well.
