I have a good amount of 23.5 K gold leaf to recover.
Some of the leaf is in pure leaf scrap, the rest is mixed with paint/gold size.
We use the gold leaf to gild letters on gravestones which we make. We usually have a painted enamel undercoat prior to putting the gold leaf on with a size. We then scrape the excess leaf which can be a good amount after a year or so.
I have bought a small electric furnace and some borax as a flux.
I was wondering should I burn off the paint first and will this leave behind a pure enough gold to melt or should I use any any chemicals at this stage with the purity being 23.5K
I am new to this and was wondering if any one can offer advice.
Thanks in advance.
K
Some of the leaf is in pure leaf scrap, the rest is mixed with paint/gold size.
We use the gold leaf to gild letters on gravestones which we make. We usually have a painted enamel undercoat prior to putting the gold leaf on with a size. We then scrape the excess leaf which can be a good amount after a year or so.
I have bought a small electric furnace and some borax as a flux.
I was wondering should I burn off the paint first and will this leave behind a pure enough gold to melt or should I use any any chemicals at this stage with the purity being 23.5K
I am new to this and was wondering if any one can offer advice.
Thanks in advance.
K