Hey everyone, I wanted to share a picture of my newest bar. Here is the back story.
I tried to make some 18K gold for a chain. I had mixed copper and sterling with 24K gold I had previously refined and it cracked as I forged it as you would expect. I learned the lesson....
Anyway I refined it again and while adding SMB to a way too full beaker it foamed over. Still too much nitric in it. So anyway, this happened three times (total amateur hour I know) and I had to clean up a huge mess. My AR now had dirt, a broken watch glass, paper towels and other crap from the ground mixed with it. After cleaning it and finishing the refining I ended up with an amazing looking 41.6 gram bar. This was an interesting few hours for me.
I tried to make some 18K gold for a chain. I had mixed copper and sterling with 24K gold I had previously refined and it cracked as I forged it as you would expect. I learned the lesson....
Anyway I refined it again and while adding SMB to a way too full beaker it foamed over. Still too much nitric in it. So anyway, this happened three times (total amateur hour I know) and I had to clean up a huge mess. My AR now had dirt, a broken watch glass, paper towels and other crap from the ground mixed with it. After cleaning it and finishing the refining I ended up with an amazing looking 41.6 gram bar. This was an interesting few hours for me.