Jewelry

[Lotus]

I recently purchased and received the Or Paz elongated Roman Glass ring. When I ordered it, it was on WL and I was excited to finally get it.

I have worn it about 3 times and I noticed missing pieces of the "patina" off of the ring. I'm sooooo disappointed.

I will be calling CS later and most likely return it, as I suspect more pieces will come off.

Does anyone else have this ring or any other Roman Glass ring and experienced this problem?

[Kachina624]

Have you worn it and gotten your hands wet? I've heard it mentionded numerous time by different vendors that water will ruin the patina. I've questioned the wisdom of making rings out of it.

[River Song]

I have listened closely during presentations about how the Roman glass jewelry is made and from what I've gathered, they remove the 'patina' deposits from the glass, cut the glass to size for the jewelry item and then glue the 'patina' deposits back onto the glass.

I don't know what kind of adhesive they use but I would assume that the 'patina' could possibly come off the glass, especially if the patina gets wet repeatedly (like on a ring).

I've always wondered how durable the Roman glass jewelry pieces were and now I have my answer!

[nomless]

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[nomless]

I had a Roman glass ring, too, and in a matter of days the glass chipped and more pieces kept flaking off. It doesn't seem to be durable. I returned it.

[ilovedaisies]

I wanted to purchase the exact same ring that you bought. After looking at the care explanation, I decided not to get it. It said water would ruin the patina. I'm always getting my hands wet either on purpose or not.

[alarmclock]

Not to be funny but could a coat or two of clear nail polish solve the problem?

[customer 5]

On 5/17/2014 kachina624 said: Have you worn it and gotten your hands wet? I've heard it mentionded numerous time by different vendors that water will ruin the patina. I've questioned the wisdom of making rings out of it.

I've heard from presentations that you are not supposed to get the roman glass wet. However I never heard Danny say this in any presentation of his roman glass jewelry. I also question jewelry made of something that you can't get wet. What if you are caught in pouring rain? Life happens. I never purchased due to this reason. I never take my jewelry off to wash my hands.

[ennui1]

On 5/17/2014 nomless said: I had a Roman glass ring, too, and in a matter of days the glass chipped and more pieces kept flaking off. It doesn't seem to be durable. I returned it.

If you were a thousand years old, you probably wouldn't be durable, either.

[Lotus]

No, I haven't gotten it "wet"....but yes it did get splashed a little.....and of course AFTER it was splashed I read that it shouldn't get wet. It was the last sentence on the little romance card that comes with it.

I've seen that ring presented numerous times and NEVER have I heard that it should not get wet.

I always enjoy Danny's presentations, but I'm very disappointed neither he nor a host has mentioned the wet thing.

They must use Elmer's Glue on it, if the "patina" comes off with just being splashed a little.

I really LOVE that ring, but it's going back. (the silver work is gorgeous)