Lock repair
In order to know how and what to repair, you need to figure out what type of lock you have, and then select a repair specialist. There are locks:
- carbine type;
- shpilny type;
- Venetian;
- trussed
Each of these locks has its own characteristic locking technology. The most common are carbine locks on chains and bracelets. Shpolny and Venetian are found on earrings. To repair and configure such locks, you need to contact our highly specialized specialists. In addition, our company provides repair services for gold bracelets.
Let's take a closer look at what malfunctions most often occur with chain locks:
- rupture of links (removed by soldering the place where it broke);
- wiping connecting ears;
- the spring breaks;
- the engagement hook is wiped.
Of course, these are not all breakdowns, but those that occur most often. It is worth noting that it is better not to repair the lock on jewelry yourself, as you may only damage it and lose several grams of precious metal. We offer gold chain lock repairs at reasonable prices. Only our specialists will be able to subtly, accurately and efficiently repair the lock on the product.
Stages of soldering a gold chain at home
- Solder preparation. If you don’t have special solder for gold, you can create it from scrap materials at home. To do this, you need to prepare a crucible for melting metals, a small amount of gold, silver and copper. As well as pharmacy scales and a mold for melting solder. The recipe itself is as follows: for 585 parts of gold, take 115 parts of silver and 185 parts of copper.
- Preparing the chain for soldering. It is necessary to secure the product in a vice or other clamp so that the damaged area is visible. The product must take its original shape. That is, the thread must be straight.
- Preparation for soldering. It is necessary to boil the solder and gold jewelry. Under the influence of high temperatures, gold will be covered with a special protective layer.
- Adjusting the flame and soldering itself. Before starting to create a seam, it is worth adjusting the burning intensity. Then heat the gold evenly at the joint. When the chain reaches the desired temperature at the break point, take solder and make a neat seam.
- Grinding and processing of the seam. If, after “gluing” the links, a large seam has formed that protrudes above the surface of the chain, it must be sanded. And then treat it with a special napkin to give the product shine.
Important! You not only need to understand how to solder a gold chain at home, but also be able to handle soldering equipment. And also for miniature products with small links, there is another, more subtle soldering technology.
What exactly do we offer?
We employ highly qualified specialists who guarantee the quality and reliability of their work. The following types of chain lock repairs are carried out:
- the broken link is soldered by placing one end on the other;
- a rupture or rubbing of the ear is soldered by adding metal or narrowing the hole;
- if the ear is deformed and unusable, then a new one is made, identical in size to the broken one;
- if the spring is weakened or broken, then it is removed and a new part is soldered.
How to contact us?
If you are interested in our offer, then you need to go to our website, where you will see all kinds of repairs for a lock on a gold chain, as well as on other products. At any time convenient for you, you can write a question to the operator on the website, or call the manager at one of the numbers listed on the website, find out the price and submit a request for repair of the chain lock.
Such locks cannot be repaired if they stop opening or closing. The cost of replacing such a lock depends on its size (weight). from 500-1000 rubles (in the presence of the customer) In some cases, the customer wants to solder the lock ring (over time it rubs and unbends), soldering is done only with a laser (when heated with an open flame, the lock spring heats up and loses its properties) The price of such repairs: 500 rubles (in the presence of the customer)
What defects can you fix yourself at home?
- Small cracks on the inside of the product. The location of the chip is especially important for wide chains, on which poor-quality seams after soldering are clearly visible.
- Break of one link in a multi-level weave. The chain did not break completely. One edge of the link has bent, which needs to be bent (soldered) so that it does not cling.
- The ring on the lock was bent and torn. You can solder it yourself, since it is located at the back of the decoration. And even if your gold seam is not the most beautiful, it will not be visible.
Complete breaks, defects on the outer side of the weaving, loss of several links - all these situations are best left to the shoulders of the master. A jeweler can not only solder a gold chain, but also add a little metal to recreate the original appearance of the threads.
Repair of chains and bracelets
| Type of work | Metal | Price |
| Soldering one place in a simple weave (let's say soldering a broken chain link) | Silver | from 250 rub. |
| Soldering one place in a simple weave (let's say soldering a broken chain link) | Gold | from 350 rub. |
| Soldering one place in a complex weave (hollow) | Silver | from 350 rub. |
| Soldering one place in a complex weave (hollow) | Gold | from 450 rub |
| Soldering one place of the product with a laser (almost any weaving can be soldered) | Silver | from 450 rub |
| Soldering one place of the product with a laser (almost any weaving can be soldered) | Gold | from 550 rub. |
| Soldering one place of the product with a laser (almost any weaving can be soldered) | Bijouterie | from 450 rub |
| Repair of a pin in a chain or bracelet (if there is a large number of replacement pins in a product, the price is reduced) | Silver | from 450 rub |
| Repair of a pin in a chain or bracelet (if there is a large number of replacement pins in a product, the price is reduced) | Gold | from 650 RUR |
| Repair of a pin in a chain or bracelet (if there is a large number of replacement pins in a product, the price is reduced) | Bijouterie | from 450 rub |
| Repairing a spring or replacing a lock - carabiner (price depends on the size of the lock) | Silver | from 300 rub. |
| Repairing a spring or replacing a lock - carabiner (price depends on the size of the lock) | Gold | from 350 rub. |
| Repair of springs in a round lock - Springel (cannot be repaired! replacement only) | Silver | from 250 rub. |
| Repair of springs in a round lock - Springel (cannot be repaired! replacement only) | Gold | from 350 rub. |
| Reducing the length of a chain or bracelet (basically 2 solders) | Silver | from 450 rub |
| Reducing the length of a chain or bracelet (basically 2 solders) | Gold | from 550 rub. |
| Adding links to a chain or bracelet (depending on the weave) | Negotiable | |
| Cleaning and polishing a chain or bracelet (depending on the weave) | Negotiable | |
| Making a small ring for a chain or bracelet (including metal) | Silver | from 250 rub. |
| Making a small ring for a chain or bracelet (excluding metal) | Gold | from 350 rub. |
| With a large number of soldering or pin replacements in one product, the price is reduced | guarantee | 12 months |
Chain repair
Gold and silver chains have always occupied and continue to occupy a place of honor in a lady’s jewelry box. Although, in fact, they have no place in the box, since any chain, regardless of its length, thickness and weaving, easily gets tangled, and sometimes with real “sea knots”, which can sometimes be difficult to untangle, and after breaking, unraveling in several places, you have to contact a master in order to restore the jewelry.
Therefore, chains should be stored in cases specially designed for this purpose - beautiful velvet elongated boxes with longitudinal recesses. However, if your chain gets tangled and you, in an effort to cope with the situation, accidentally break it, it doesn’t matter: in the jewelry workshop of the Prosper-SB household service center they do high-quality chain repairs so that no trace remains of annoying breaks. And at the same time, you can use rhodium plating on the product, which will help give it a new appearance, get rid of minor scratches, and make it even stronger.
You can break the chain “just like that” by catching it on something “in your dreams or in reality.” The “older” the product, the easier it can be damaged, confirming the well-known truth that where it is thin, it breaks. This is a natural result of a lot of wear, and in this case, gold chains are repaired due to the rubbing of their links against each other. In order to find out whether the links have begun to wear out, you can examine them with a regular magnifying glass.
If the object of study is a link with a simple anchor weave, then it is enough to take it by the two ends and, rolling it before your eyes, pay attention to how it “behaves.” A chain with no signs of wear on the links will roll smoothly, and one that soon risks being broken will begin to roll in “jerks”, in separate sections, the boundaries of which are precisely outlined by the wearing links.
In addition, repair of chains may be required for almost new gold and silver products in case of manufacturing defects, when the links are poorly welded. This happens quite rarely, but you should know that such a situation - if it happens to you - can be remarkably corrected by bringing a product with a similar “congenital” defect to the workshop of the Prosper-SB service center.
Another reason why gold chains may need to be repaired is that they are lightweight due to the cavity. They are not made of wire, but of thin tubes, empty inside. In appearance, such a product is no different from a full-fledged one, but it weighs and, accordingly, costs less, which greatly attracts consumer attention. However, it is these chains that most often require repair.
It is also important to match the weight of the chain and pendant. If you wear heavy pendants on thin items, then sooner rather than later you will need to repair both silver and gold chains: both metals are not particularly hard and, unable to withstand the weight of the pendant, “respond” by wearing out the links faster than expected .
In our workshop, the repair of silver, gold and platinum chains is carried out by spot laser soldering, the result of which is the thinnest invisible seams.
A common problem is clasps that fail, and then repairing gold chains comes down to replacing the lock or its components. A small round lock in the workshop of the Prosper-SB service center will simply be replaced, and if a round carabiner lock is damaged, a master jeweler will replace the broken steel spring in it.
By the way, it is useful to know that the steel spring of the lock can rust if it is regularly exposed to water. Therefore, it is good to get into the healthy habit of removing the chain before swimming. Sea water is especially harmful to locks with steel springs. It happens, but rarely, that chains are equipped with locks with gold springs, and in this case, repairing the chains by replacing the damaged fastener part “does not threaten you.”
Bring us any of your chains, and we will repair them efficiently and in a timely manner so that they will become like new again! House of Life "Prosper-SB": always near you!
Price list for chain repair services | |
| Repair of hollow (blown) chains, bracelets | 350-1000 rub. |
| Repair of pinned bracelets | 350-1500 rub. |
| Soldering (building up) metal in a worn place | 300-3500 rub. |
| Soldering a silver chain | 200-800 rub. |
| Soldering a gold chain | 300-1500 rub. |
| Repair of gold locks (price depends on the type of lock) | 650-2000 rub. |
| Repair of silver locks (price depends on the type of lock) | 200-2500 rub. |
You can fully familiarize yourself with the prices by studying the price list for jewelry repair services or by calling the branch nearest to you.
You can also always use the following services of the Prosper-SB jewelry workshop:
- Jewelry cleaning
- Change ring size
Ring repair
| Type of work | Metal | Price |
| Increasing or decreasing the ring by one size (Regular shape) | Silver | from 300 rub. |
| Increasing or decreasing the ring by one size (Regular shape) | Gold | from 350 rub. |
| Increasing or decreasing the ring by one size (Unusual shape) | Silver | from 450 rub |
| Increasing or decreasing the ring by one size (Unusual shape) | Gold | from 650 RUR |
| Editing the ring (reshape it back) | Silver | from 100 rub |
| Editing the ring (reshape it back) | Gold | from 250 rub. |
| Grinding, polishing (removing scratches and adding shine) | Silver | from 250 rub. |
| Grinding, polishing (removing scratches and adding shine | Gold | from 350 rub. |
| Prices vary depending on the complexity of the product, as well as the presence of rare and precious stones in them | guarantee | 12 months |
Remember! that all rings have their own unique shapes and therefore it will simply be impossible to announce the exact price for repairs without showing the product to the master.
Earring repair
| Type of work | Metal | Price |
| Replacement - needle repair (Including metal) | Silver | from 450 rub |
| Needle replacement/repair (Excluding metal) | Gold | from 450 rub |
| Thread cutting for studs | from 250 rub. | |
| Making the back element of the earring fastener (English lock) (excluding metal) | from 1200 rub | |
| Making a twist for a stud (excluding metal) | from 1200 rub | |
| Editing a needle in English lock (to improve fixation) | For free | |
| Prices vary depending on the complexity of the product, as well as the presence of rare and precious stones in them | guarantee | 12 months |
Remember! that all earrings have their own unique shapes and therefore it will simply be impossible to announce the exact price for repairs without showing the product to the master..
Other types of work
| Type of work | Metal | Price |
| Stone setting | from 70 rub. | |
| Pasting pearls | from 70 rub. | |
| Setting stones | from 70 rub. | |
| Beading | from 500 rub | |
| Glasses repair (laser) | from 700 rub | |
| Soldering metal in worn areas (helps prevent product rupture and loss) | from 350 rub. |
There may be other types of work that we simply forgot to mention here. So contact us and we will try to help all our clients.
Gilding, rhodium plating and enamel
| Type of work | Metal | Price |
| Yellow coating (pre-polishing of the product is included) | from 700 rub | |
| Red coating (pre-polishing of the product is included) | from 700 rub | |
| White coating - rhodium (pre-polishing of the product is included) | from 700 rub | |
| By silvering the product | NO | |
| Hot enamel (good color and strength) | from 2800 rub | |
| Cold enamel (worse color and strength lower than hot enamel) | from 1200 rub |
We do not deal with coating of products made from non-juteric metals.
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What instruments and devices will be needed for home soldering?
To understand how to solder a gold chain at home, you need to carefully examine the place of the chip or break. And also prepare all the necessary tools and equipment for work:
- a small gas burner with a thin torch - needed to heat the alloy;
- special gold solder, which is needed for correct soldering;
- homemade or purchased flux;
- small pliers and tweezers for gripping the product;
- a set of needle files of various shapes;
- a drill and a small vice for fixing the chain.
The soldering process is no different from working with other metals. The only peculiarity is the miniaturization of the product parts that need to be soldered to each other.
Important! If you have not worked with a blowtorch or soldered other metals before, you should not practice on gold jewelry. You can completely ruin the product. And then even the master will not be able to restore it.
