Is Red Good?

[burningsuntech]

In my recovery sessions (nope. not nuts yet.) I have noticed that when there is a heavy layer of gold on an object, circuitboard, or plated parts, that the gold looked like it was reddish in color. Also, the batches I run from the red looking gold seem to produce more than those that cast more yellow. I seem to remember one of the guys mentioning that the color of gold in sunlight will cast red? Am I onto something or just misinformed? Thanks for the replies in advance.
Sam K.

 

[patnor1011]

Deep yellow, kinda orange like. Like plating on laptop pins.

 

[nickvc]

Generally the more bright the plating the less gold there is and vice versa the duller and flatter the colour the more heavily played it is.

 

[burningsuntech]

Pat,
Right! a deeper color of yellow. As opposed to the color of the fingers on memory sticks these days which appear lighter or more washed out. Thanks!

Nick,
Yeah! Thats what I have been finding out too.
I have some shiney gold plated UHF connectors to process by deplating but my expectations are not the same as they were for some of the deeper colored ones I recently ran.

I'm sorry that I don't have any good numbers on my batches. I was more interested in getting results on my reading and learning rather than accuracy of how much my work yielded. I will endeavor to do better with my tracking and notes in the future.

Thanks for the reply guys and thanks for the link to your e-book, Pat.