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Smelting Gold - How easy is it?
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<blockquote data-quote="AtomRat" data-source="post: 234141" data-attributes="member: 3111"><p>I've never known a 'too much borax' as it just melts to its 'glass' form and you pull the gold from it still under heat. You could put 10 cups of borax onto it, pour it..wait for the borax to crack off ( or explode make sure its covered ) to reveal the metal.</p><p></p><p>I think your problem is caused by alternating temperature differences and too low heat.</p><p></p><p>Carbon helps with the process and some choose to smelt in a potatoe or on a 4x2 piece of wood, burning them to black to create the carbon.</p><p></p><p>Make sure that mold is hot too and that you melt the gold as one mass rather than forcing the metals to re crystallize when a cold bit gets added to the mix.</p><p></p><p>Great comments above, I hope it all helps for maximum recovery</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtomRat, post: 234141, member: 3111"] I've never known a 'too much borax' as it just melts to its 'glass' form and you pull the gold from it still under heat. You could put 10 cups of borax onto it, pour it..wait for the borax to crack off ( or explode make sure its covered ) to reveal the metal. I think your problem is caused by alternating temperature differences and too low heat. Carbon helps with the process and some choose to smelt in a potatoe or on a 4x2 piece of wood, burning them to black to create the carbon. Make sure that mold is hot too and that you melt the gold as one mass rather than forcing the metals to re crystallize when a cold bit gets added to the mix. Great comments above, I hope it all helps for maximum recovery [/QUOTE]
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