What is Silver Ring?
Silver rings are trendy and gorgeous, which are suitable for many occasions. If you are the silver rings lover, you should have bought them many times. Refer to silver rings, the first thing that comes to mind is sterling silver rings. In fact, it involves two categories: sterling silver and silver plated ring. Maybe you’re concerned about whether the silver ring you’re buying is pure or silver-plated. Here, we’ll explain to you what’s the difference about silver-plated and sterling silver rings, so that you can choose the correct ones you want to own.
What are sterling silver rings?
Sterling silver rings are made of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper, we can also call it the 925 silver ring. When factory finishes a ring, they usually stamp with 925 to mark authenticity on it, so you can tell if it’s sterling silver by looking at this sign or take it to a professional testing company for testing. Many people like wearing the pure silver rings, as it is fashion, affordable and durable. Even you can be able to pass your silver jewelry to future generations.
What are pure silver rings?
Fine silver is 99.9% pure and doesn’t tarnish. This silver is a gorgeous, highly polished metal that has historically been used in currency, ornaments and jewelry. However, pure silver itself is too soft and not suitable for most of jewelry directly.
It can only be used to make simple jewelry styles, like the ones with no stones or handmade styles. If make something hard, such as the jewelry setting stones. It need to be mixed with other metals to form a more durable material-sterling silver, which is made of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals, this material is enough hard to do many nice jewelry styles with setting stones and other crafts.
What are silver plated rings?
Many silver rings lover may think the silver plated rings not belong to silver rings, however, silver plated rings also called Silver Rings. In the market, many stores sell it, just no 925 sign on the jewelry. Silver plated rings are made of the base metal with silver plated, the prices are much cheaper than sterling silver rings. What’s great about them is that they are cheap, durable and various styles. They can be made of stainless steel, copper or zinc alloy with plated silver. Jewelry lovers can keep an eye on these kinds of rings.
Through reading above brief introduction for sterling silver, pure silver and silver plated rings, you will tell the difference about them when you purchase.
How many styles for silver rings?
1. Engagement Ring
2. Wedding Ring
3. Stackable Rin
4. Promise Ring
5. Signet Ring
6. Cocktail Ring
7. Statement Ring
8. Engraved Ring
9. Eternity Ring
10. Zodiac Ring
How to buy silver rings?
There are many ways to buy silver rings, you can buy from online, like on Amazon, Macy’s or other website where you can buy, like ours: www.locusjewelry.com
You can also buy from the offline, like the retail stores, specialty stores and supermarkets. Of course, if you can’t find the personalized design style you like from online or stores, you can customize it from us.
Locus Jewelry is a professional jewelry manufacturer with more than 15 years experience, we are a reliable custom jewelry supplier with providing the ODM and OEM jewelry manufacturing for global retailers and brands.
Whether you are a boutique, online reseller, amazon, etsy, business owner, entrepreneur, retailer, salon, wholesaler, shop or a designer, we all can offer you the jewelry wholesale and customized services.
How to custom jewelry from us?
1. Tell us your idea or send some images for our reference
Our designers will draw several designs according to your idea.
2. Send designs for your selection
After finishing the designs, we will send them for your selection.
3. Ship sample for your confirmation
According to your selection, we make sample and send it to you for your final confirmation.
4. Production
When you agree with the sample sent, we then proceed the production.
5. Send our Personalized packaging
Before shipment, we can offer you the personalized packaging design service, you can custom the box you like to pack.
6. Ship via the express
In order to you get the nice jewelry products soon, we usually ship via the fast express, like FeDex, DHL and UPS. Their service are very good and they can guarantee the products ship to you safe and fast.
How about the Price of silver rings?
For buyer, price is a very important factor. Like the silver rings, people love to wear them for everyday, they belong to hot selling items. As buyer, of course, you hope you can order in reasonable price from the suppliers.
Our company locus jewelry is a reliable vendor. We are the factory, not the middle man, we can offer you the best quality and competitive price. Here, we can provide you the price range of silver rings:
1. Sterling silver rings
As there are different for the shape, stones, complication, so the sterling silver rings price can be expensive or cheap. The price range is about from $15-$50.
2. Silver plated rings
For silver plated rings, as the base metal different, also different for the shape, stones, complication, the price will be expensive or cheap. The price range for staniless steel rings, copper rings with silver plated is about from $5-$20.
How to make silver rings?
The silver rings usually need 6 steps to make:
1. Drawing and molding
Making jewelry, design is the first step. Making the rings’ sketches and 3D modeling. When the design is done, it will printed out as a wax mold, and then make the wax mold into metal mold for the following production.
2. Wax producing
After confirming the mold, we will do wax injection and plan the wax tree.
3. Casting
In this step, the wax will change into metal.
The high temperature liquid gypsum will be poured into the wax tree, after it cooling, the wax melted by the gypsum, and our production team will pour the sterling silver or brass metal liquid into the gypsum. So that the metal tree will come out after cooling. Then we cut the metal pieces from the tree.
4. Assembling and Polishing
With the help of different machines and tools, we will assembly the metal pieces, after that, we continue to polish them.
5. Plating
Following that, the models are sent to be plated with silver to avoid being fade and tarnish.
6. Quality control
After plating, our quality controller will check and inspect the quality.
After all the above steps, the silver rings products are finally finished and packaged separately so as to send to the distributors.
Why woman love silver rings
Woman love to wear Silver Rings, especially sterling silver rings for women. The silver rings are beautiful and timeless. No matter how much others try to follow the trend, silver rings will never go out of style.
Why is it so popular for Men silver rings?
Silver Mens Rings are always a good choice for men to wear, especially sterling silver rings for men.
Whether you prefer a simple style or a complex design, silver rings for men can show off your personality without being too loud or distracting. It is a great way to highlight your unique style and personality in a subtle and sophisticated way.
What’s the reason for people love silver engagement rings?
Silver is affordable metal compared to other precious metals such as solid gold. Therefore, silver is an ideal choice for those who are on a tight budget but want to present their partner with a beautiful and meaningful Silver Engagement Rings.
How to tell sterling silver is real or not?
Sterling silver are made of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. It is different from silver plated jewelry, which is made of the cheap metal plated in a thin layer of silver.
How to tell if sterling silver is real or not?
1. To find the stamped mark 925
Generally speaking, when the sterling silver jewelry is finished, it will be stamped the mark 925 or sterling silver(ss) on it to indicate its authenticity.
2. To analyze the price
Please weight the jewelry first, and use the weight multiplied by the silver price, then compare it to the price on the price tag, if the price tag showed it is much cheaper than the weight price, it is very probably not 925 sterling silver. Although it’s a rougher method, but it’s still useful for you to make the initial judgment.
3. Use a magnet
You can use a magnet to get close to your jewelry, if it sticks, the jewelry is not real sterling silver.
4. Get the jewelry tested
If you are not sure the jewelry is real silver or not, you can take it to the professional jewelry testing company to test. Then you will know if it is real silver or not.
5. Take it to jewelry experts
You can also take your jewelry to the jewelry experts, let them identify for you if it is real silver or not.
How to clean sterling silver rings?
Many people who have already purchased silver rings are surely very eager to know how to clean silver rings?
Sterling silver is easy to clean. You can wipe the silver rings with a polishing cloth, or gently scrub with using a soft toothbrush and warm water with mild dish soap. If need for cleaning deeply, the toothbrush with soap & warm water is a good option, you can use it for cracks and crevices. However, to wipe the silver rings with a polishing cloth is the great way to clean regularly. That is easy to do and useful method.
How to keep the sterling silver rings from tarnishing?
Sterling Silver Ring, we all love to wear it. But the fact that silver jewelry can tarnish. However, this can’t stop you from wearing so beautiful metal jewelry. At Locus jewelry, we have a wide variety of sterling silver jewelry styles to pick and here we can share you the tips on how to keep your sterling silver jewelry from tarnishing and look sparkling!
Silver tarnish is an oxidation phenomenon that occurs when silver comes into contact with sulfur-containing gases. The chemical reaction creates silver sulfide compounds to form a thin black layer on the surface of the silver metal. Read below steps can keep your silver rings shiny for longer.
1. Wear your silver rings often
More daily wear can prevent your silver rings tarnishing. Becuase the natural oils from your skin can keep the silver shiny.
2. Don’t wear silver rings on several occasions
Please do remember that don’t wear silver jewelry on these several occasions, such as washing, bathroom, rainy day and also when you’re sweaty. That all can change the silver color.
3. Buy a right container to store the silver rings
You can buy a high quality of jewelry box instead of plastic bags or throw it in the air to store your silver jewelry, that will keep your silver shiny much longer.