Slaughlin79
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I’ve done a few silver melts and pours so I’m familiar with the process but in no way an expert. I’ve tried to melt gold powder I refined 2 times and both times I failed.
The first time there was a lot of smoke and some of the material kinda disappeared but the gold that did melt just kinda flows around but won’t collect or come together. There will be a bunch of small bb’s when it cools but upon heating to a melt again they flow around in what reminds me of a lava flow. I’ve tried more and less heat to no avail and I can’t find where anyone else has had this problem.
The second time I made sure material was perfectly clean and all material melted down with a tiny bit of smoke and formed a decent sized B.B. and a bunch of small ones that will not stick to each other. It’s driving me crazy. Also both times the melting dish has a gold shine coating it.
What would would happen if say a small amount of Dawn dish detergent wasn’t completely washed out and was melted together? I’m not sure what it would be once dehydrated and maybe no one would unless you know the ingredients of it? Maybe that has something to do with my problem but if any was in the gold it would be minute traces. Im stumped at what is the cause of the gold like repelling itself from the other gold in the dish.
If this has been discussed before I can’t find it and ive searched and read thru 30 or more different melting related posts. Thanks
The first time there was a lot of smoke and some of the material kinda disappeared but the gold that did melt just kinda flows around but won’t collect or come together. There will be a bunch of small bb’s when it cools but upon heating to a melt again they flow around in what reminds me of a lava flow. I’ve tried more and less heat to no avail and I can’t find where anyone else has had this problem.
The second time I made sure material was perfectly clean and all material melted down with a tiny bit of smoke and formed a decent sized B.B. and a bunch of small ones that will not stick to each other. It’s driving me crazy. Also both times the melting dish has a gold shine coating it.
What would would happen if say a small amount of Dawn dish detergent wasn’t completely washed out and was melted together? I’m not sure what it would be once dehydrated and maybe no one would unless you know the ingredients of it? Maybe that has something to do with my problem but if any was in the gold it would be minute traces. Im stumped at what is the cause of the gold like repelling itself from the other gold in the dish.
If this has been discussed before I can’t find it and ive searched and read thru 30 or more different melting related posts. Thanks