How do you get a ring off a finger?

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Punter

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Get a string under the ring, maybe with a needle, then work the string around in circles while pulling it off. Works like a charm.
 

911paramedic

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Go down to your local FD and ask them to cut it off, they carry ring cutters. A small piece goes under the wring and then a tiny grinding wheel you turn by hand cuts through the ring, and then you just bend it open.
 

BTA

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Serious answer.

Spray some Windex glass cleaner on it.

Works every time.
 

Squisher

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Put her hand in some ice cold salt laden windex, slather both of you up with vasoline, and pull the ring off with a string.
 

RapidSnail

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Ice the finger for a while, then submerge in some olive oil and twist-pull with a paper towel.
 

alkemyst

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bolt cutters
 

FirNaTine

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Go down to your local FD and ask them to cut it off, they carry ring cutters. A small piece goes under the wring and then a tiny grinding wheel you turn by hand cuts through the ring, and then you just bend it open.

Same suggestion. It makes a very clean cut that is easy to repair. I also know some jewelers that will remove it free....so they can try to get the repair work.

Seriously I have cut several rings off with the ring cutter, and it's painless.
 

n7

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This is precisely why the idea of wearing a ring has always terrified me.
 

LTC8K6

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Slide a thin piece of plastic under it, like from a notebook cover, to protect her finger, then cut the ring over the plastic with diagonal pliers or nippers.