Hi Butcher, you are right, I was thinking one thing and typed another?? I have reallly got to watch this more closely and (proof read), check over what I type. If I can make this type of mistake here, I could also make a mistake under the hood. From what I know now a mistake made with some of the chemicals involved is unforgiving and you will not have a second chance.
You were right, I am after the sulphuric, but I did buy the Draino. I came home and pulled the MSDS Sheet on it and found it had impurities in it. I didn't buy the Liquid Fire yet, I found it at Ace Hardware then came home and pulled the MSDS Sheet on it. I am going to go back to buy it. I just didn't want to buy something else I could not use. I have done enough of that trying to get the right lab glass I needed off Ebay. Another thing, I thought that all products on the shelves of stores suppose to have the contents labeled on them? I have noticed that some of such items (chemicals) on the shelves don't have what the product contains anymore, just a number and website to check the MSDS Sheet on it?
But thank you for bringing this to my attention. I really do need to work on this harder, pay closer attention and proof read more. Hoping this practice will follow me to the shed out back.
So, I will hang onto the Copperas until I open the bag at least. If crystals aren't green and fresh, I just have a good product to use for Iron deficiency in soil. I cannot find a manufacture date on the bag of Copperas I bought anywhere, unless of course I have overlooked it, which is possible. I will look again tomorrow.
A question on the melt of the high purity gold in the crucible. When you say add a wet coating of Borax to the dish so gold will not stick to dish. Do I add just enough (water?) to Borax to make a paste to coat dish with? If so, about how thick should this paste be? Does the Borax completely burn off during the melt? What if you put too much Borax into the crucible? Do you keep heating the gold until you burn it all off or does it form a slag that can be removed? On new crucibles, should I season the crucibles with a coat of Borax on them or cure them without adding anything in the crucibles before use.
The more I ask questions, read and study, the more I realize the depth of what I am attempting to do and how little I still know. I thought I would have been melting gold a month ago. I still haven't fired up my torch to melt any gold yet? I honestly don't feel I am any nearer to doing this now than I was a month ago? I have missed only a few days studying during the last couple of months. I will probably average 4 hours of study, reading, a day. It took me a week and a half to read Hoke's Book alone. I took it slow and easy, double and triple reading many chapters.
I got 1 more question for everyone who reads this post. Was there a lot of anxiety before your first refine/melt or is it just me who feels this way? I just need to get to the place that I feel confident enough to just bite the bullet and get the torch fired up.
Thanks Butcher and everyone else who has helped me so far. I am so thankful I found this site, it's been a life saver, literally.
Oneal58
