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Post by roundwheel8 on May 28, 2021 7:54:36 GMT -6
Hey, so far i have been getting alloyed gold sheets from another jeweller but figured now id start doing it myself. before trying with gold, i decided to practice with sterling silver (925 silver) since i haven’t done this before. each time i remelted the silver the weight would be around 2-3% less. i was wondering if this is normal? I found some tiny balls of silver stuck in the boric acid that coats the crucible (but the amount of that didn’t increase which each melt so the loss isn’t necessarily all getting stuck in the boric acid). Do some tiny bits fly out of the bowl with the force of the torch or get lost elsewhere? and wanted to ask if i should expect any loss with gold as well? Lastly, how important is it to add boric acid powder while melting the metal? FYI i am using the melting tip on the smith little torch and not a furnace. Thanks 🙂
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Post by caeterle on May 28, 2021 9:10:54 GMT -6
Hello and welcome to the forum! I'm not a metalsmith, but was interested in the topic. I found a Reddit thread in which it actually does say that little bits are flung out if you use a torch. I would guess it's the same with gold. Maybe this Ganoskin thread helps you with the boric acid question. We don't have many metalsmiths here, so I don't know how good a reply you will get, you may want to try asking this on Ganoskin, too.
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Post by roundwheel8 on May 28, 2021 21:43:40 GMT -6
Thanks for this info caeterle and appreciate you taking the time to respond. will check out ganoksin
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Post by caeterle on May 29, 2021 0:52:42 GMT -6
Sorry that I can't be of more help, but I hope you'll find some answers there!
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Post by goldarts on Jun 2, 2021 11:23:12 GMT -6
Hey, This is a youtube video youtu.be/4f7Irieb2GUHere i can see they dont face any loss. Are you following this way ?
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Post by roundwheel8 on Jun 7, 2021 10:49:03 GMT -6
I managed to get it down without losing much. Thank you goldarts
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Post by goldarts on Jun 22, 2021 13:35:17 GMT -6
I managed to get it down without losing much. Thank you goldarts Glad if I could help you Thank you
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