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Can you remove a ball closure ring?
The best method is to use long nose pliers or preferably BCR / Circular barbell opening pliers. By placing the pliers through the ring and VERY GENTLY opening them until the ball is released. Being forceful or stretching the ring to far will mean the ring will be too loose for the ball to be inserted back in place.
How do you open a captive bead hoop?
Hold the ring steady with your free hand and push the captive bead into the open segment of the ring. The captive bead should pop into place. If the open segment is too narrow, you can use the ring opening pliers to expand it slightly.
How do you take out a piercing ring with a ball?
Insert the pliers into the ring. Grab the ball or bead with your free hand. Apply outward pressure on the pliers to expand the ring. Once the ball or bead is free, rotate the jewlery out of the piercing.
How do you unscrew a tight piercing ball?
A pair of latex or rubber gloves will usually provide enough grip to unscrew a stuck piercing ball. Make sure the jewelry is completely dry and grab the ball with your gloved hand. The bit of extra torque from the rubber gloves might provide just the right amount of traction to get your ball unstuck.
How do you remove a captive bead ring without pliers?
Grab the jewelry by ring with the index and thumb of one hand. Grab the bead or ball with the index and thumb of the other hand. Pull and apply force in opposite directions causing the tension that the ring has on the ball or bead to break. Once the ball or bead is free, rotate the jewelry out.
How do you unscrew a piercing ball?
Do captive bead rings fall out?
This is a popular piece of body jewelry because it conveniently allows the wearer to remove the ring by simply removing the captive bead, the bead is held firmly in place so that it will not easily fall out.
How do you get a captive bead piercing out?
Carefully touch one end of the ring to the piercing hole and rotate the ring, being careful to allow it to slide through the piercing. This may take some practice and gentle prodding. Again, don’t force it. If you feel your captive bead ring catch or think it’s not going in the right direction, remove the ring and try again.
How do you remove a stuck bead from a ring?
Grab the jewelry by ring with the index and thumb of one hand. Grab the bead or ball with the index and thumb of the other hand. Pull and apply force in opposite directions causing the tension that the ring has on the ball or bead to break. Once the ball or bead is free, rotate the jewelry out.
How do you put in a captive bead ring?
To put a captive bead ring in, first, make sure both the jewelry and your hands are clean. If you bought the jewelry from a piercing studio and kept it in its package, it should be fine. Open the new CBR using the same method you did the last one.
How to remove jewelry by hand?
Small gauge jewerly (18g to 12g) can usually be removed by hand by taking the following steps: Grab the jewelry by ring with the index and thumb of one hand Grab the bead or ball with the index and thumb of the other hand Pull and apply force in opposite directions causing the tension that the ring has on the ball or bead to break.