How to Untangle Jewelry Chains
Every woman dreads opening her jewelry box and finding her favorite delicate chain snarled in a tangled knot. The tossing and turning of an overcrowded jewelry box leaves chains knotted just like ribbon and string. Fortunately, untangling the thin gold chain on your pearl pendant or bracelet is much easier than untangling ribbon or thread. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Spread your tangled necklace on a flat surface. Untangling a metal chain is much easier when the ends are on the same level surface rather than slipping through your fingers.
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Undo the clasp. Having both ends free will make untangling the individual parts of the chain easier. If possible, set the unclasped ends on opposite sides as a starting point.
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Massage a pea-size amount of baby oil into the tangled sections of the jewelry piece. The oil acts as a lubricant, making untangling the chain easier.
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Stick the safety pin into the loosest part of the tangle and gently pull outward. Work the knot by separating each of the individual tangles with the safety pin. Always begin with the easiest part before moving on to the more knotted sections.
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Stop and massage the chain with more baby oil if the tangle becomes too difficult to separate. Rubbing the knotted areas of the chain with oil will move the links against each other and loosen the tangle. Slowly but surely, the chain will become untangled.
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Tips & Warnings
To prevent further tangling, hang your jewelry on the inside of a box or wrap it around a paper clip to prevent the mashing and overlapping that leads to chain knotting.
Avoid pulling too hard or too quickly on the chain. Untangling anything is a feat of patience, not strength.
References
- Photo Credit necklace image by Dariusz Urbanczyk from Fotolia.com
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Comments
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I didn't use the safety pin for this, I just used a little bit of baby moisturising oil on the chain, hardly any.. and worked with my fingers to untangle it. I did it in less than 5 minutes, and my chain was 1mm real gold chain and was tangled all up into a ball, I've just managed to get it undone and I'm wearing it as I write this.. thank you so much ehow.
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I have been working on a tangled mess for a couple of days, and from what I am reading here, doing everything right, have the safety pin and a thingy that you put into those old brush rollers, works well on some parts where I don't want to damage, I was thinking about some kind of lubricant, so thank you for suggesting baby oil, and now I know that I was doing it right, just takes an eternity.Ty.
