How to smelt bars.

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I am a newbie on smelting and all this. I have a bar that is 10-14K gold about 350g. Can I just smelt this down to get the gold out? I seen a few videos where they melt the bar down and drop it in water to get it into a flake like material but they did the chemical refining. I have a small crucible and a torch at hand will this work? I have a few tea spoons of Anhydrous Borax how much would I need? I collected 24K gold leaf and have roughly 9 grams of that, can I just heat that and pour a bar? Thanks guys and I appreciate your help or any advice!

 

[Yggdrasil]

Do not double post, it may get you banned in the
worst case.
And PLEASE drop the youtube videos, you will significantly increase the chance of a long and healthy life then.

Do READ Hokes book, found in many links here.
Then you will have a risk of understanding what you are doing and what to expect when you do something :wink: :lol:

Welcome in, by the way

 

[FrugalRefiner]

As Yggdrasil said, do not double (or triple) post. Post your question one time, then wait for an answer.

See the forum rules at: Board Policy-------This should be read by everyone.

I've deleted your other posts.

Dave

 

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I wasn't sure where to post it since there were so many areas, so I apologize for the duplicate post.

 

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Yggdrasil, what do you mean by drop the youtube videos? Do you want me to post the link in a reply?

 

[Yggdrasil]

No, just do not watch them.

With the exception of some esteemed members with their own channels. Like Sreetips, Owltech and some others.

Most youtube videos show a blatant disrespect for safety and are many times "doctored" to show better yields than actual.
Some are a sure way to a short and painful future.

So what I say:
Drop them, study Hokes book and ask in here when in doubt.

Edit.
You will find a link to Hokes book in the bottom of
Dave, Frugalrefiners signature line

 

[galenrog]

How do you know your bar is 10k-14k? How was it tested? Far too many brass bars that are gold plated are passed as genuine.

Time for more coffee .

 

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Yeah Sreetips is one of the guys I have been watching.

 

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Galenrog, I have the test rock and the solutions. The bar tested for 10K, but not 14K, so I am assuming it is in between 10-13+/-K

 

[lanfear]

To answer your first question. You can not smelt this bar with borax and get pure gold. Smelting is a science in it self. Its like a different branch of refining then with chemicals. If you want to learn more about it watch this Chanel on youtube
https://youtu.be/MsofYHh2bpA