Gold stuck onto melting dish

[theinsecure]

Hi guys,

I tried melting a watch bracelet about 35 grams 18kt. It is mostly molten but now it’s stuck onto the metal pan… I used borax on the dish before using. It’s also a little dark in color on top the gold I think I used to much of the borax.

Is use this kind of torch (see picture down below)

Any tips or advise?

Greetings.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Hi guys,

I tried melting a watch bracelet about 35 grams 18kt. It is mostly molten but now it’s stuck onto the metal pan… I used borax on the dish before using. It’s also a little dark in color on top the gold I think I used to much of the borax.

Is use this kind of torch (see picture down below)

Any tips or advise?

Greetings.

Do not use metal when melting other metals.
Use proper melting dishes.
They might alloy.
For your current predicament.
Find a chisel and chisel it loose.
If you are lucky this will remove it all.

 

[Martijn]

the metal pan

Howdy neighbor.

About the pan: Aluminum? Cast iron? Stainless steel?

 

[kurtak]

It is mostly molten but now it’s stuck onto the metal pan… I used borax on the dish before using.

I am "a bit" confused here because first you say the gold is stuck in "the metal pan"

but then you also say that you used borax on the "dish"

So did you try to melt it in a "metal' pan --- or in a melting "dish" that is made for melting gold in

pictures of the pan/dish the gold is stuck in would be helpful

Kurt

 

[Martijn]

I am "a bit" confused here because first you say the gold is stuck in "the metal pan"

but then you also say that you used borax on the "dish"

So did you try to melt it in a "metal' pan --- or in a melting "dish" that is made for melting gold in

pictures of the pan/dish the gold is stuck in would be helpful

Kurt

I wonder if a torch like that can even melt a 35 gram 18K watch in a metal pan > heat sink!
Makes me wonder if it actually is gold and not plated aluminum.
We'll have to wait for a reply.