martinusta1980
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- Jan 4, 2012
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hi i'm new here and planning on start refining my own gold.
i've been lurking on the forum and i must say i've found some very useful information, and for that, thank you very much.
i have few very specific questions, i bought LAZERSTEVE dvd's karat gold and a-z silver but still have some interrogants (gaps) in the process that i have not been able to find the answer to:
1.) if i want to use SODIUM NITRATE PRILLS for the AR mix what is the ratio ( i have the ratio for when using NITRIC, but trying to save some money)
2.) when setting up the filtering vaccum device (same as LAZERSTEVE video) what kind of filter paper should i use: fast, medium or slow? and, is the size 7cm?
3.) can i use regular coffe filters to filtrate the SILVER NITRATE before cementing?
4.) is there a ratio of COPPER TO SILVER when CEMENTING? or just put copper until Silver cement stops forming around it?
5.) is it OK if i use DISTILLED water through all the process or does it have to be tap water after AR.
6.) is there any other base metals that i should be aware of (like lead) when refining karat gold? and what chemicals should i use to get rid of it? my goal for now is just to refine karat gold and recover the SILVER, only by cementing, perhaps will get into the cathodes and silver crystals later, but for now just interested on having a decent purity gold / silver.
your help is very much appreciated, thank you for take the time and reading through my post.
Martin.
i've been lurking on the forum and i must say i've found some very useful information, and for that, thank you very much.
i have few very specific questions, i bought LAZERSTEVE dvd's karat gold and a-z silver but still have some interrogants (gaps) in the process that i have not been able to find the answer to:
1.) if i want to use SODIUM NITRATE PRILLS for the AR mix what is the ratio ( i have the ratio for when using NITRIC, but trying to save some money)
2.) when setting up the filtering vaccum device (same as LAZERSTEVE video) what kind of filter paper should i use: fast, medium or slow? and, is the size 7cm?
3.) can i use regular coffe filters to filtrate the SILVER NITRATE before cementing?
4.) is there a ratio of COPPER TO SILVER when CEMENTING? or just put copper until Silver cement stops forming around it?
5.) is it OK if i use DISTILLED water through all the process or does it have to be tap water after AR.
6.) is there any other base metals that i should be aware of (like lead) when refining karat gold? and what chemicals should i use to get rid of it? my goal for now is just to refine karat gold and recover the SILVER, only by cementing, perhaps will get into the cathodes and silver crystals later, but for now just interested on having a decent purity gold / silver.
your help is very much appreciated, thank you for take the time and reading through my post.
Martin.