When do you chase after it?
If I'm doing a primary reaction, and I filter my pregnant AR to rid it of sediment, I flush the filter until it's white again. I then toss the filter in the incinerate pile.
Now, when I'm decanting, I always decant through a filter. I find that on occasion, I have a tiny bit of black sediment in the filter. By tiny, I mean mg scale. I toss that filter in the same incinerate pile.
In the past, I've dealt with my filters by just pyrolizing/incinerating then mixing with borax, adding a tiny bit of water to make a paste, then put it in a crucible to melt. Seems to work quite well thus far.
Now, the mg in the filter. This is in a batch of about 5 g of gold. I'd photograph it to show you, but I doubt I could show the "speck" I refer to.
I'm just trying to decide if this is acceptable technique. I'd love to say there's no gold in the decanted fluid, but that's the purpose of the filter for me right now.
If I'm doing a primary reaction, and I filter my pregnant AR to rid it of sediment, I flush the filter until it's white again. I then toss the filter in the incinerate pile.
Now, when I'm decanting, I always decant through a filter. I find that on occasion, I have a tiny bit of black sediment in the filter. By tiny, I mean mg scale. I toss that filter in the same incinerate pile.
In the past, I've dealt with my filters by just pyrolizing/incinerating then mixing with borax, adding a tiny bit of water to make a paste, then put it in a crucible to melt. Seems to work quite well thus far.
Now, the mg in the filter. This is in a batch of about 5 g of gold. I'd photograph it to show you, but I doubt I could show the "speck" I refer to.
I'm just trying to decide if this is acceptable technique. I'd love to say there's no gold in the decanted fluid, but that's the purpose of the filter for me right now.