The invisible problems in buying wedding rings

The invisible problems in buying wedding rings:

A major problem is the price of gold and people's ignorance. Because most people look at price rather than quality when choosing their wedding rings. This is also the reason why most rings respond to this. Rings are also made thinner and thinner (Sometimes so thin that buyers are back in the store a month later because the ring has become oval and diamonds have been lost as a result. )

Others are hardened to prevent this deformation a bit but by wearing the wedding rings daily, the wedding rings become a bit thinner each year. As a professional restorer, I receive weekly requests from jewelers to weight wedding rings. Unfortunately, this is not an option with most rings.

Another problem is due to the ignorance of choosing steel or titanium wedding rings. The color and sturdiness are better than silver wedding rings though.

Steel and titanium are not precious metals and thus can certainly react due to single acids!

Titanium is an exception, it has very high hardness, almost the highest naturally occurring on the earth. Titanium is used in various alloys, some harder than others. So some are reasonably workable and some are not.

Enlarging or shrinking is practically impossible or more expensive than the purchased wedding band in the case of steel rings, and tungsten Carbide.

An uncommon occurrence such as hospitalization (and a steel or titanium wedding ring that is difficult to get off in a too thick AND hard alloy) may well cause serious injury.

So are silver wedding rings a better option?

In terms of price, silver wedding rings are slightly more expensive than steel or titanium wedding rings but there are some caveats here as well.

The most commonly known problem is blackening of silver wedding rings.

How does this come about?

Silver is a noble metal ie it does not bond with oxygen but does bond with sulfur.

In case you don't already know: everyone's sweat contains sulfur. Even some more if you have eaten garlic.

Do you live near a busy road or industrial area? Then there is definitely a chance of elevated sulfur concentrations in the air.

Aside from silver turning black, silver is also a very soft material.

It causes the wedding ring if not made thick enough to deform quickly.

Pits and dents are also unavoidable and difficult to prevent. https://labovekalie.wordpress.com/tag/oxidatie/