Hi Everyone,
Thanks to the information here and Kadriver's videos. I have learned a lot and now I have finally have my first gold buttons from 1.8kg of gold filled material and a little bit of ram fingers. They're not the prettiest but they are better than I expected. I started with 61.74 gr of gold powder after the melt ended up with 61.42gr of buttons. Not sure if that's good or bad, but I am very happy. I had dreams of gold dust flying everywhere when the torch hit it. Map/Pro torch did a great job though and things melted just like they were supposed to. I did try and pour the two bigger buttons into bars, that I will need to work on. I ended up just re-melting them into buttons. It just didn't work.
I do have some discoloring, not sure what that is. It was more so before I boiled them in dilute sulfuric, but did not completely go away. I wonder if I should just boil it longer, or if it's something else.
I'll be keeping the little one, it was the first and I think the best one, the rest will pay for all my investment so far and allow me to upgrade improve my equipment. I love a hobby that sort of pays for itself.
Thanks to the information here and Kadriver's videos. I have learned a lot and now I have finally have my first gold buttons from 1.8kg of gold filled material and a little bit of ram fingers. They're not the prettiest but they are better than I expected. I started with 61.74 gr of gold powder after the melt ended up with 61.42gr of buttons. Not sure if that's good or bad, but I am very happy. I had dreams of gold dust flying everywhere when the torch hit it. Map/Pro torch did a great job though and things melted just like they were supposed to. I did try and pour the two bigger buttons into bars, that I will need to work on. I ended up just re-melting them into buttons. It just didn't work.
I do have some discoloring, not sure what that is. It was more so before I boiled them in dilute sulfuric, but did not completely go away. I wonder if I should just boil it longer, or if it's something else.
I'll be keeping the little one, it was the first and I think the best one, the rest will pay for all my investment so far and allow me to upgrade improve my equipment. I love a hobby that sort of pays for itself.