{"id":74,"date":"2008-02-19T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T17:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/blog\/archives\/74\/"},"modified":"2012-03-07T15:47:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T20:47:02","slug":"stud-earrings-understanding-the-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/stud-earrings-understanding-the-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Stud Earrings &#8211; Understanding the Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Professionally Prepared Stud Earrings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/articles\/studearringsunderstanding\/1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"214\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A. The nut is the proper size for the post and fits securely into the locking position.<br \/>\nB. The post is a diameter that will support the earring and is smooth and highly polished.<br \/>\nC. When viewed from the top, there\u2019s no visible metal with the exception of the prongs.<br \/>\nD. Stones are set close to the base of the prong assembly.<br \/>\nE. The prong tips are smooth and flush against the crown of the stones.<br \/>\nF. Stones should be set according to professional prong-setting standards, as outlined in Professional Jeweler, February 1998, pp. 183-184 or in the JA Professional\u2019s Guide to Fine Jewelry Craftsmanship counter book, p. 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Potential Problems to Watch for<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/articles\/studearringsunderstanding\/2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"108\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This post was bent during normal wear. This condition could cause the post to break and the erring to drop off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/articles\/studearringsunderstanding\/3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"143\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This post is too long and will poke the scalp during normal wear.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/articles\/studearringsunderstanding\/4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"154\" align=\"middle\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lifted or rough prongs will snag in longer hair and be a continuing source of annoyance to your customer.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/articles\/studearringsunderstanding\/5.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"158\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The prong assembly is too large for the stone, and metal is visible from <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the top view.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This information is required for second level of the JA\u00ae Bench Jeweler <\/span>Certification\u2122 program.\u00a92002 Jewelers of America<br \/>\nIllustrations by Lainie Mann \u2013 Visual Communications<br \/>\nPublished in Professional Jeweler. January, 2002<\/p>\n<p>HooverandStrong.com | 800-759-9997 | (fax) 800-616-9997<br \/>\ninfo@hooverandstrong.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professionally Prepared Stud Earrings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}