This is the saga of my Gold Melting so far
Is there anyone on here that process their own Gold if so how do you do it i have been doing it for a while now i will try to explain what i use and how i got it
Ok here we go
A: Smelting kit from America including some Borax tool etc etc (ouch that hurt paypal)
B: Gold test kit from America (might come in handy but paypal is still hurting oh well here goes)
C: Graphite Crucibles from china and Hong Kong (1/8th the price of them here BUT takes a month to get here if they arrive at all)
D: 2 matt gas sets from bunnings (na make that 4 by the end of it i melted 2 of them oops)
The first 3oz i melted turned out fine tested 22k+(thats if i used this kit the right way i did follow the instructions for those like me it is that piece of paper that comes with a lot of things and tell you the safe way to do stuff lol yea right)
The next lot turned out very very very wrong as somewhere along the way the Borax got contaminated (my stupid fault i know how it happened)
Got some more Borax off another coy here in Australia (wont say which one but they are off my Christmas list) which they said could be used for Gold melting HOWEVER this is the fun part it turned my gold copper tone much like rose gold (completely wrong Borax)
tried burning the impurities out with a gas axe and other chemicals at a mates place which did not work (destroyed three crucibles in the process)
Now the fun started
1. Find Someone who does this sort of stuff all the time
Well after many phone calls and internet crashes i found someone in WA that does it with Borax Anhydrous and Soda Ash 3-1
2. Find this Borax in Australia (good luck with that)
Many Many phone calls later i found a Coy that sell just what i want to the Gold Mines in WA (now to see if i can get some pretty please just a tiny bit)
3. Comes in 25kg bags only (bugger) and has to be bought from Sydney but shipped from Vic (double bugger) but the Coy warehouse is located in Sydney (don't figure)
4. Ok bit the bullet paid an arm and a leg ( i will admit the lady done a lot of research for me to get the cheapest rate possible and to make sure it was the right stuff for what i wanted to do and for that i do really thank her she is a credit to the Coy she works for)
5. Need another method of melting as Gas is very expensive so lets try electricity
Here we go again back to the land of the internet and phone calls
6. Electric Furnace out of America (you have got to be kidding) even my bank card had a heart attack and paypal went into meltdown
ok keep looking
Stumbled across one out of Vic (ebay) it was a JC-K-220-1 Furnace $639.00 sent off an email as even my paypal account is still in meltdown
This man is a man among men got it for $539.00 delivered (direct deposit) arrived today after one week
The first test for this will be on the weekend (if i can wait that long i mean a big kid with a new toy out of the box sitting on the table you have got to be kidding me 2 whole days)
Now my big question is what chemicals do people on here use and why and what do you use to melt with and have you tested the gold content at the end
Is there anyone on here that process their own Gold if so how do you do it i have been doing it for a while now i will try to explain what i use and how i got it
Ok here we go
A: Smelting kit from America including some Borax tool etc etc (ouch that hurt paypal)
B: Gold test kit from America (might come in handy but paypal is still hurting oh well here goes)
C: Graphite Crucibles from china and Hong Kong (1/8th the price of them here BUT takes a month to get here if they arrive at all)
D: 2 matt gas sets from bunnings (na make that 4 by the end of it i melted 2 of them oops)
The first 3oz i melted turned out fine tested 22k+(thats if i used this kit the right way i did follow the instructions for those like me it is that piece of paper that comes with a lot of things and tell you the safe way to do stuff lol yea right)
The next lot turned out very very very wrong as somewhere along the way the Borax got contaminated (my stupid fault i know how it happened)
Got some more Borax off another coy here in Australia (wont say which one but they are off my Christmas list) which they said could be used for Gold melting HOWEVER this is the fun part it turned my gold copper tone much like rose gold (completely wrong Borax)
tried burning the impurities out with a gas axe and other chemicals at a mates place which did not work (destroyed three crucibles in the process)
Now the fun started
1. Find Someone who does this sort of stuff all the time
Well after many phone calls and internet crashes i found someone in WA that does it with Borax Anhydrous and Soda Ash 3-1
2. Find this Borax in Australia (good luck with that)
Many Many phone calls later i found a Coy that sell just what i want to the Gold Mines in WA (now to see if i can get some pretty please just a tiny bit)
3. Comes in 25kg bags only (bugger) and has to be bought from Sydney but shipped from Vic (double bugger) but the Coy warehouse is located in Sydney (don't figure)
4. Ok bit the bullet paid an arm and a leg ( i will admit the lady done a lot of research for me to get the cheapest rate possible and to make sure it was the right stuff for what i wanted to do and for that i do really thank her she is a credit to the Coy she works for)
5. Need another method of melting as Gas is very expensive so lets try electricity
Here we go again back to the land of the internet and phone calls
6. Electric Furnace out of America (you have got to be kidding) even my bank card had a heart attack and paypal went into meltdown
ok keep looking
Stumbled across one out of Vic (ebay) it was a JC-K-220-1 Furnace $639.00 sent off an email as even my paypal account is still in meltdown
This man is a man among men got it for $539.00 delivered (direct deposit) arrived today after one week
The first test for this will be on the weekend (if i can wait that long i mean a big kid with a new toy out of the box sitting on the table you have got to be kidding me 2 whole days)
Now my big question is what chemicals do people on here use and why and what do you use to melt with and have you tested the gold content at the end
