Melting my refined gold.

[danny987]

So i have been studying up on refining with AR, But i have reached a road block. So as far as i understand when you are done with the refining process you should end up with a fine powder of gold. My question is how should i melt it? I can't afford a 1000+ furnace (for now). So could i just put the powder in the crucible and aim a torch at it until it melts? Or would it blow away? Any other low cost methods?

 

[Rag and Bone]

Find somebody in town with a torch. I melt mine at a bike shop with a welding torch. I have an oxy-Mapp torch but the price of oxygen is outrageous. A propane blowtorch isn't hot enough and yes, you can blow the gold away if you're not careful.

 

[danny987]

Find somebody in town with a torch. I melt mine at a bike shop with a welding torch. I have an oxy-Mapp torch but the price of oxygen is outrageous. A propane blowtorch isn't hot enough and yes, you can blow the gold away if you're not careful.

So can i just store the powder in a container until i get a hold of a torch?

 

[Rag and Bone]

Yeah. Just don't store it near the cocoa powder.

 

[Noxx]

Rag,
I must disagree with you, propane does melt gold.

But you need a lot of patience and good insulation around your melting dish...

 

[Lino1406]

Propane melts gold and to avoid
splashing heat carefully around
the crucible at first

 

[cloomis]

I melt my gold by putting my cruciable in a oven at 500 deg for ten mins and the just hit it with a mapp torch w/no oxy and it melts in seconds hmmmmmm

 

[goldsilverpro]

Good idea, Noxx. I assume you're talking Centigrade?

 

[Blacktoadd]

There is a member who has video's on how to do various proceses. You can watch the gold melt with a torch on line. When you look at the various posts his have a GIF file of gold being melted with a torch. I can remember his name right now.

 

[NuggetHuntingFool]

LazerSteve.