Separate scrap gold karats or mix together when melting?

[HodlGold]

Is it viable to mix karats when melting (scrap) or is it better to separate them (14kt with 14kt, 18kt with 18kt)?
Am not close to that point yet, but have a love for gold and silver, and was wondering how this part of the melting process works.
For now, I just stack.

Thank you for your time.

 

[FrugalRefiner]

You can mix different karat scrap together. Just weigh the different groups separately so you can calculate the silver needed if you inquart.

Dave

 

[BlackLabel]

Check out sreetips.

He's weighting the different sorts of carat gold. Then he's multiplying the weight by a special factor for each sort. This gives him the amount of sterling silver he needs to get an 6k-alloy after melting all together.

 

[nickvc]

Perhaps we would be better to ask what you intend to do with your scrap and then we could give better advice.