Comments on: How can I melt old gold jewelry down at home? http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:20:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: thatonechick__ http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home/comment-page-1#comment-427 thatonechick__ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:42:59 +0000 http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home#comment-427 Erm I wouldn't really recomend you doing it at home. Different qualities of gold take different heats... and most likely since its old jewelry pieces it will have impurities. Most all golds do. (plus you need your own purifying "beads") To remove impurities you need a carbon stick. I would go to a jewelry repair shop and ask them to melt it down, get the impurities out for you. Then you come to the problem with the mold... no matter how perfect and how simple it may seem you need tons of tools to shave it down and shine it up. Coming out of a mold it looks extremely dull almost brown and dirty. If you go to a good enough shop, they may give you further instructions on how to finish melting it down at home. OR be safe and bring your mold to them and let them do it. You can't do a good job justice at home.<br><b>References : </b><br>I apprentice for a Jeweler. Experience. Erm I wouldn’t really recomend you doing it at home. Different qualities of gold take different heats… and most likely since its old jewelry pieces it will have impurities. Most all golds do. (plus you need your own purifying "beads") To remove impurities you need a carbon stick. I would go to a jewelry repair shop and ask them to melt it down, get the impurities out for you. Then you come to the problem with the mold… no matter how perfect and how simple it may seem you need tons of tools to shave it down and shine it up. Coming out of a mold it looks extremely dull almost brown and dirty. If you go to a good enough shop, they may give you further instructions on how to finish melting it down at home. OR be safe and bring your mold to them and let them do it. You can’t do a good job justice at home.
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I apprentice for a Jeweler. Experience.

]]> By: Taiping http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home/comment-page-1#comment-426 Taiping Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:22:59 +0000 http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home#comment-426 It is not that simple due to what else in mixed with the gold. Most people don't understand that 10 kt. gold is actually less than 1/2 gold content. Each item with different amounts of gold melt at different temperatures and the metals separate when melted some sink to the bottom, others go to the top. You need to really look into this more see a jeweler.<br><b>References : </b><br> It is not that simple due to what else in mixed with the gold. Most people don’t understand that 10 kt. gold is actually less than 1/2 gold content. Each item with different amounts of gold melt at different temperatures and the metals separate when melted some sink to the bottom, others go to the top. You need to really look into this more see a jeweler.
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]]> By: James N http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home/comment-page-1#comment-425 James N Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:48:59 +0000 http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home#comment-425 Electric melting pots... available in 110 volt and 220 volt... designed specifically for gold and silver would be best... Below is a web site for one of the pots... shop around. Make sure to budget for the energy usage too... If you can, stick to the 220 volt units, as the power will be cheaper... however, you'll need to have an electrician install the outlet in the work area.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.wenesco.com/melt.htm?gclid=CMfazr2TrIoCFRXCYAodYk_npg Electric melting pots… available in 110 volt and 220 volt… designed specifically for gold and silver would be best…

Below is a web site for one of the pots… shop around.
Make sure to budget for the energy usage too… If you can, stick to the 220 volt units, as the power will be cheaper… however, you’ll need to have an electrician install the outlet in the work area.
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http://www.wenesco.com/melt.htm?gclid=CMfazr2TrIoCFRXCYAodYk_npg

]]> By: ericcartmanismylovechild http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home/comment-page-1#comment-424 ericcartmanismylovechild Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:22:59 +0000 http://www.shapeyourself.net/gold-jewelry/how-can-i-melt-old-gold-jewelry-down-at-home#comment-424 You would have to build a really big fire! Depending on the purity of the gold, the melting temp would be somewhere around 1500-2000 degrees... I suppose you could do it in a kiln... but I wouldn't know how to go about it.<br><b>References : </b><br> You would have to build a really big fire! Depending on the purity of the gold, the melting temp would be somewhere around 1500-2000 degrees… I suppose you could do it in a kiln… but I wouldn’t know how to go about it.
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