Not to allow DP to set fire to my gold necklace!!

[LEMtheoriginal]

Oh wise one's please help me! Having asked DP to help me untangle my hair from my necklace he is threatening to set light to it! At one point it was still around my neck . Thankfully he was able to cut it with a razorblade

Only thing is I'm running out of alternatives - its 18ct white gold , expensive fine chain.

So what else can we try or actually does burning the hair seem like a reasonable thing to do?

I doubt burning is gonna hurt it

Just try not to actually heat the metal, the hair should burn quickly

If it's real gold a quick pass with a lighter shouldn't harm it.

What about using a small amount of hair conditioner or coconut oil to try and ease the knot around the chain?

Hair is flammable . As long as it's away from your head it's a good idea ( shocked he thought of doing it whilst still around your neck).

I am stealing that tip!

I'd use a pin, to gently ease the hairs out of the links. Conditioner would also be a good idea. Fire would not help, especially if you have any kind of product on your hair!

Ok so the necklace is no longer around your neck but has hair tangled in it? I must admit I'm not a fan of fixing things with fire, but it will probably work. However, it will smell disgusting. I would unpick the hair with a pin or a pair of nail scissors instead. Takes longer but less extreme.

It's a fair idea. Once it's not on you!

He did it - it worked!! He tried to saw it off my neck with a kitchen knife . If anyone had looked in the window.

Immac?

Daughter is training as a jeweller. SHe says the risk of burning the hair off is that it might need a professional polish afterwards which would be expensive. The less heat, the less likely that is. She suggests trying to tease out the hair with tweezers. If you do go for burning, she suggests holding with an oven glove over a candle flame and just burn slowly

"He tried to saw it off my neck with a kitchen knife "

you don't own a pair of scissors?

If is 9 or 18 ct itll be ok..

For future reference, peanut butter. Works if you get chewing gum tangled in your hair as well.

Piglet we were worried he'd snip the chaih -that doesnt ean my face didnt look like

I might actually get it professionally vleaned. Ive had it about 18 years and never done so. I love it and never take it off.

A word of caution if you decide to burn the hair. White gold is usually rhodium plated and a flame may burn the plating away leaving that area of the necklace discoloured.

Tweezers/fine pointed scissors as recommended by previous posters is definitely the way to go.

Good luck!

btw, most flames (candle, match) generate soot.

a flame from a meths burner is very clean and doesn't make soot. I believe it burns cooler than a gas-flame so it less likely to cause damage.

I don't know about the flame from a fag-lighter as I don't smoke.

Or maybe just take it to a jeweller with own workshop. They will have a flame used for soldering and will be used to cleaning things.