Your BEST source for flexible pregnancy belly button rings!
Rethreading Info
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Maternity Piercings Your BEST source for flexible pregnancy belly button rings! |
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How to Shorten and Rethread
Your Pregnancy Belly Ring
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We have several types of flexible bars on our pregnancy belly rings. The basic cut is the same, but some require more patience.
Regular 14g Flexibars are approx. 2 inches (50mm) long. They are easily shortened to the length you desire.Ultra Flexibars are just over 1 inch long, and can be a little harder to rethread. It's not the material itself, it is about which ends you are trying to fit on it. The Pearl style and opaque acrylics such as Baby Bumps sytle are the most challenging to rethread. That is why all of our acrylic ball styles are on regular Flexibars.
16g are also Ultra Flexibars, but because they are so soft as well as being thinner, the threads on these can strip out pretty easily. They are usually NOT easy to rethread. Easiest are the steel threaded options, such as dice or anodized.
Bioplast is usually easy to rethread, but it is best to leave it a little long, in case you make a mistake. Because the bars are attached to the belly ring, there's nothing we can do if you make a mistake. For the other bars, you can just order a new replacement bar, but this isn't possible with bioplast.
TO RETHREAD
Rethreading 14g materials is usually very simple. For acrylics, usually using the top end is better, but not always. For dangles - always rethread the top end. Avoid taking off the dangle end off.
Do not attempt to resize your pregnancy belly ring while you are wearing it.
Simply snip to desired length with clean scissors or sharp blade and screw the top ball back on. It will work best (especially with those finicky acrylics) if you cut the bar at an angle, as in the picture below. Generally the sharper the angle, the better the ball with thread on.
The ball should thread back on easily. Don't over tighten. Twist it on and off again and the threads should be set. If the angle is TOO sharp for comfort, just snip the very tip off after you are done setting the threads. If it doesn't twist on easily, you probably just need to make a bit sharper angle.
Now sanitize, and insert into your piercing. Sanitizing is important, don't skip this step. You can sanitize with warm water and antibacterial soap. Do not use alcohol around acrylic balls. It will crack them.
For Ultra Flexibars... If you're trying to thread acrylics on Ultra Flexibars, then a steel ball works best to set the threads first.
Note: We do not advise rethreading 16g PTFE unless the threads strip on the bar. It is very challenging to work with because the bar is so thin, and the threads on the balls are very shallow. Contact us if you need custom sizing for 16g.
