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Exclusive new ring findings

Monday, June 29th, 2009

You asked, we listened:  Rings & Things adds a great new thing…

Popular thing:  Findings that you can decorate by simply gluing on a focal piece.

Popular thing:  Rings (and things).

New, quality sterling adjustable ring findings

New, quality sterling adjustable ring findings

These have been hot items, and have generated lots of useful feedback from our customers.  You wanted these to be a little stronger, to withstand being adjusted from one ring size to another.  You also wanted nice silver rings.  We’ve acted on your requests!

Here’s our awesome new thing:  Improved-quality, glue-on adjustable ring findings in sterling silver.  We’ve added two styles: the ‘plain’ design shown above, and a snazzy ‘wavy’ design shown here:

'Wavy' adjustable ring findings from Rings & Things

'Wavy' adjustable ring findings from Rings & Things

Both of these rings can be easily adjusted to almost any finger size, large or small.  Their sleek minimalist designs are Rings & Things exclusives.

Add a nice bauble on the textured glue pad: how about fused or lampwork glass, or a flat-back gemstone?  For gluing, we recommend using a 2-part epoxy.  (E-6000 and Super New Glue also work great!)  These rings can also be soldered!

We’re always interested in what you think of our items.  (That’s why we’re running our Product Reviews contest through July–see below.)  You can leave a comment here to make more “wish” suggestions!

DON’T MISS OUR June-July giveaway:
* in our online store, find a fave product & review it there, then…
* …leave a comment about it at the contest article in our blog
* On August 3, five winners will receive coveted Rings & Things gift certificates!
* Enter often & see if you win!

Sterling rings & bails for gluing–exclusively at Rings & Things

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

You asked for it, and we listened!  By (very) popular request, you can now buy sterling “glue-on” adjustable rings and oval bails — exclusively at Rings & Things.  Glue on your favorite art bead, upcycled found object, or polymer clay creation.

Our new customizable finger rings are sterling silver, 1 to 1.5mm thick. Their glue pad is a textured 7 to 8mm round.  Adjust them to almost any size!  It’s easy to expand and contract these rings to size them.  They come in two styles:

Here’s the “plain” disk finger ring for gluing (item #51-500-02). It’s a 3 to 3.5mm-wide band.

And this is the “wavy” adjustable ring (item #51-500-01).  It’s a hammered-disk finger ring for gluing, with a 3-3.5mm wide band. 

We’ve also added three great exclusive sterling oval bails for gluing.  These have one side smooth, the other textured, and they come in three sizes:
Item #41-592-50 is our small sterling oval bail.  It measures approximately 18 x 8 x 3.6mm.  (By the way, you can convert these numbers to inches…but on most computer screens our item pictures are life-size.)  The gluing surface is 11×8mm. This small bail fits chain or cord up to 2.5mm thick.
The other two sizes of these bails fit chain or cord up to 3mm thick.  Shown above is item #41-552-51, the medium oval bail.  This one measures approximately 24 x 10 x 4mm, with a 16 x 10mm gluing pad. Below is #41-592-52, our large sterling silver oval bail, at approximately 31 x 13 x 4mm. The gluing pad on it is 21 x 13mm.

To attach items to all of these gluable findings, we recommend using 2-part epoxies.  Other adhesives that work well with these rings and bails include:

  • E-6000 glue
  • Super New Glue
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