How To Refine Scrap Gold 5 Ounce 24k Bar

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  • @SugarSandProspecting
    @SugarSandProspecting 5 месяцев назад +33

    You taught me to do this and refine the silver in my silver, yet it still NEVER gets old watching you work...keep it up!

    • @Bravomike86
      @Bravomike86 5 месяцев назад +1

      😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 26:06 😮😮😅

    • @Bravomike86
      @Bravomike86 5 месяцев назад

      O lol 0pl mk k[pp 00pm 27:56 😮[l) I 777 u 6⁶⁶⁷so 7th kkkk 67th pno😅😅😅

    • @ClassicallyNamed
      @ClassicallyNamed 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@Bravomike86 wtf are you talking about

    • @Bravomike86
      @Bravomike86 5 месяцев назад

      I really get into sreetips when i get a few drinks in me.

  • @paulknight1879
    @paulknight1879 5 месяцев назад +13

    I love watching u refine gold and silver because you r the biggest and best channel to do refining, we all learn so much from watching u because it's amazing to watch.

  • @mikkelwynkoop1014
    @mikkelwynkoop1014 5 месяцев назад +5

    My favorite part is when you first start melting in the dish. That first layer of crust as it melts looks awesome and beautiful all at the same time! Thanks again for continuing your videos, Mr Sreetip!

  • @thorild69
    @thorild69 5 месяцев назад +10

    Thank you for having taught me enough so far that I know what inquartation is for. It seems at first counter-productive until you understand the next chemical steps.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +4

      Counterintuitive. Add silver to purify gold? That’s the most unheard of thing I’ve ever heard of. But I works nicely.

  • @markdavis7853
    @markdavis7853 5 месяцев назад +12

    Tell me why everytime i see you post a new video i zone out and watch it like a little kid watching cartoons. Ive got a collection of scrap gold and boxes full of silver coins/cups/flatware of all types.i hope to learn enough from your videos to figure out how yo rifine my heavy metals to its purest form...and then...well i guess start collecting and do it all over again lol

    • @ThijsKops
      @ThijsKops 5 месяцев назад +2

      Coins are almost always better as the coin than as scrap. They will follow there metal content without refinnning, often beating it for the collector value.

  • @patbluetree4636
    @patbluetree4636 5 месяцев назад +9

    Sweet , just ate dinner and sat down at the pc.
    Gonna enjoy some chemistry lessons far beyond my pay grade.

  • @GlassEyedDetectives
    @GlassEyedDetectives 5 месяцев назад +1

    I never tire of watching your gold refining process, i love that moment when it rains gold,😁 cheers sreetips!

  • @Antonowskyfly
    @Antonowskyfly 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for the 1064°C warm welcome. Perfect timing for chowtertainment! Thank you Sir!👍👍🤟

  • @boardmandave
    @boardmandave 4 месяца назад +1

    I love watching your videos they are so therapeutic for some reason and informative thank you for sharing your skill and hard work with us all

  • @YzerWings
    @YzerWings 5 месяцев назад +1

    You could make 10 million of these videos and I would watch every one of them. Good stuff.

  • @Churchill250267
    @Churchill250267 5 месяцев назад +2

    I can't think of a more beautiful colour than gold dissolved in Aqua Regia! The more orange the better.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +3

      It’s a darker shade when it’s hot. Then it turns lighter orange as it cools.

  • @rcgusto2427
    @rcgusto2427 5 месяцев назад

    Oh man. Looooong day at work, needed some relaxation. Nothing better than some fresh sreetips to soothe the soul. I studied a bit of chemistry back in the day and I loved nothing more than practical time in the lab. It was always so rewarding to watch what you know in theory actually happen. I know it’s cumbersome to record and to maintain some degree of safety, but your vids really scratch that old chemistry lab itch for me! We really appreciate you sharing this. Thank you sir!

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks awesome, thank you.

  • @HectorRamirez-hf7fj
    @HectorRamirez-hf7fj 5 месяцев назад

    I used to milk cows when I was a kid at my father's dairy back in Mexico, everyday when I get to the farm I would put my dad's old shirts over my school uniform to start milking cows kind of like a coveralls for kids and the one that last me the longest was green with white squares on it!! My mom being American brought here when I 16. I didn't even know what gold was back then..anyway, I grew up. And learned about gold. you are the G.O.A.T. as we call them in sports, that precipitation was absolutely the greatest thank you!!

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      I’ve used the same “overall” shirt for years. Thanks for your kind words.

  • @andrewlovesu1
    @andrewlovesu1 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for the slow smb add. That looked really nice and beautiful

  • @ExtractingMetals
    @ExtractingMetals 5 месяцев назад

    I’m happy to see this video because I am in the buying phase, collecting material, for my next refining. Thank you for sharing!

  • @TrumpedUp888
    @TrumpedUp888 5 месяцев назад +1

    I've been working my a$$ off and missed your production...Im sitting here with some Pistachios (Chili) and a cold beer after work, and need to say I really appreciate the new lighting arrangement you used to show how cool it looks when you precipitate your gold into solution. And really cool when you added the SMB and it looked like angel hair 😇 as you precipitated your gold out of solution.
    That was awesome 👌 Thank you for a great video, as always 😬

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Excellent, thank you for the feedback.

  • @jacqueswright2731
    @jacqueswright2731 5 месяцев назад +1

    I've been really getting itno your videos lately, and nothing quite as informative on youtube for this stuff. Well done to you.
    I would love to see a breakdown of what it costs you to break down this scrap to pure gold and silver. Mabe, including how you got the scrap jewelery, cost of it, cost of chemicals, and what it's worth after refining. I think that is something a lot of us would find great interest in. It would definitely be a great part 2 to this video

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      Sounds like a lot of work. I don’t really track expenses for each batch. And when it’s done, i think it would be foolish to convert the highly valuable gold back into paper dollars that are going down. I’d guess a refining of this size would cost less than a hundred bucks. Not counting the metals.

    • @jacqueswright2731
      @jacqueswright2731 5 месяцев назад

      ​@sreetips thanks for the info. Still think it would be a good video for the future

  • @stevenkeeffe
    @stevenkeeffe 5 месяцев назад +1

    Love watching imagery of that first SMB precip, those formations are beautiful.

  • @MarksGoneWicked
    @MarksGoneWicked 5 месяцев назад +4

    Been out of the Navy since '97. Never got the oil lab experience I needed to help with exams. Been a long time since I've heard/said/logged "clear and bright"

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +2

      How about BS&W (bottom sediment and water).

  • @deanfranklin6870
    @deanfranklin6870 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing video. Especially the SMB shots showing the precipitation.
    Thank you for the outstanding experience

  • @jamisontaylor878
    @jamisontaylor878 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent video thank you 😊 wish everyone watching could see how brilliant the colors really are !!!

  • @seancochran808
    @seancochran808 3 месяца назад

    Man that was awesome when you dropped that first spoon of SMB in real slow. What a cool reaction.

  • @marcossouza4872
    @marcossouza4872 5 месяцев назад +1

    I miss the silver cells videos. Congrats on the content, by the way.

  • @ClassicallyNamed
    @ClassicallyNamed 5 месяцев назад

    I love that you use classic desirable cookware as your lab trays.
    It just fits your persona.

    • @cougarhunter33
      @cougarhunter33 5 месяцев назад +1

      You know you are a cookwear nerd when you can name almost every pattern shown.

  • @USSKittyhawk63
    @USSKittyhawk63 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the videos, Chief. I was a YN2 at NATO in 68-70. Go Navy

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      MMCS(SW) when I retired

  • @chiroptera6215
    @chiroptera6215 4 месяца назад

    I think..That first reaction was so great, because you cleaned everything so well. You said you went overboard with the nitric boils/cleaning. That first SMB reaction says maybe, you didn't.😁

  • @someguy-k2h
    @someguy-k2h 5 месяцев назад +5

    That looked like a lot of body oil burning off the gold jewelry when you hit it with the torch. Kind of funky to think there is that much stuff on it.

  • @hardergamer
    @hardergamer 5 месяцев назад

    I see you have made some upgrades, and I like them new jars with locking lids very nice, and the gold looks amazing too.

  • @joeontko2186
    @joeontko2186 5 месяцев назад

    I agree with all the comments it never gets old. You are the master. Everything is so seamless and precise. Ive done four refines now and two of them i boiled over lol questions for you ..Is it still fun for you? What is you favorite part? How long have you been into noble metals? Without getting too personal and if you care to share what did you do before this is it full time for you? Sorry for all the questions out of the channels i follow you are the only one i am curious to know..

    • @joeontko2186
      @joeontko2186 5 месяцев назад

      Side note: the internet makes it possible to look up to people you don't even know..

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      This was begun as my hobby. Then I posted a short video for kicks. A year later I seen my video on a search engine. Logged in to my RUclips and the video had 92k views and 1600 subscribers. But lately, it’s become more of a chore to create new content. Someone once said that if you turn your hobby into your work, then it becomes just that, work. My favorite part is precipitation - that never gets old.

    • @joeontko2186
      @joeontko2186 5 месяцев назад

      @sreetips the chore part being recording itself or just trying to come up with different ways and techniques? Because imo it's never gets old you could do the same thing over and over again. Thankyou for your replies.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      I’ve been doing this for fourteen years.

  • @skwervin1
    @skwervin1 5 месяцев назад

    Adding the SMB was so pretty! Allowing the Brownian motion and convection currents in the vessel mix the chemicals. Looks like something from a sci fi movie! Like golden clouds floating around. Stunning!
    You can use 2 filter papers at once if you think the paper might break. Can use the same size twice or use a finer one and a more coarse one, with the coarse one on top of the finer one. EG use a 40 on top and a 44 underneath.
    Have you ever swept the floor, the inside of your hood etc and seen what may have deposited on the surfaces etc from splashes/fumes? Maybe worth checking the filter of your hood to see what precious metals may have evaporated in gaseous form?
    Have you ever tried to extract gold from sand/soil/tailings from maybe a gold prospector? Could be fun!

  • @briankaelin7728
    @briankaelin7728 5 месяцев назад

    Damn I think I’ll set up an eBay account. Your stuff seems to sell for at least twice as much as it’s worth. Well done sir.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      That’s because it’s made of GOLD. And the spot price is less than half what it should be.

  • @ArielleViking
    @ArielleViking 5 месяцев назад

    Such a beautiful bar of gold and that little bead sure is pretty

  • @CothranMike
    @CothranMike 5 месяцев назад +1

    I like the sodium light filter if that is what you used while doing the melt and pour.

  • @dimorvanerkel2025
    @dimorvanerkel2025 4 месяца назад

    Wow mr Sreetips this is an awesome ✨️goldbar ....you proces of doing this is great....miss Sreetips is going to be very happy😂🎉greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱✨️👍

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  4 месяца назад

      Thank you Netherlands.

  • @andrewlovesu1
    @andrewlovesu1 5 месяцев назад

    Love watching the gold and silver getting mixed together

  • @nonshock
    @nonshock 5 месяцев назад

    That was a beautiful thing, watching that crucible with the gold mountain turning into gold lava made me cry.

    • @troutmaster3
      @troutmaster3 3 месяца назад

      There was a small fleck on the side of his dish that flew away. That almost made me cry

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  3 месяца назад

      @troutmaster3 I’ll get it when I sweep the area.

  • @carlburdick1855
    @carlburdick1855 5 месяцев назад

    I wonder if using a tall temperature resistant measuring cup would work better for drying and transfering the gold to the melt dish?

  • @En-Pea-Sea
    @En-Pea-Sea 5 месяцев назад

    I just love the blue tones of silver nitrate. Shiny gold is nice too.

  • @candui-7
    @candui-7 5 месяцев назад

    You're work kicks ass man! Thank you :)
    Re: Land of Chem, Palace of the Goldsmith site visit Ep.? This off Nile structure has seven chambers with massive door jambs, chemical staining, and vent holes at the top.
    Sounds more like a Palace of the Gold Refiner to me.

    • @candui-7
      @candui-7 5 месяцев назад

      Where'd they get the motherfuckin nitric dude? Out of the pyramids? Pyra-fire, mid-middle.

    • @candui-7
      @candui-7 5 месяцев назад

      Septic means sevenfold, septic sludge looks like refined gold sludge, seven rings to bind them in a cycle of heavy metal extraction and refinement. Mordor was real.

    • @candui-7
      @candui-7 5 месяцев назад

      I wonder who was operating the reactors @ 14 ka? The same controlling gold et al production today?

  • @msdmathssousdopamine8630
    @msdmathssousdopamine8630 5 месяцев назад

    It's such a pleasure to learn from you.

  • @dynorat12
    @dynorat12 5 месяцев назад +1

    great looking bar nice bonus bead

  • @jeffreygerber7771
    @jeffreygerber7771 5 месяцев назад

    Love your setup. Been watching for years and just decided a month ago to put it to practice myself. Just still confused over filter papers. Seems everyone has a preferred paper but can't get an answer to what is best for each situation. Was wondering what you recommend. And also any suggestions on Nitric, Hydrochloric, and sulfuric sources best bang for the buck??

  • @redhare976
    @redhare976 5 месяцев назад +1

    Do you think it would have a different effect if you dissolved the SMB (in some liquid) before adding it??

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Possibly

  • @disgruntledtoons
    @disgruntledtoons 5 месяцев назад

    Is it possible that the gold which came out of the solution at 23:50 was especially pure? Whether it is or it isn't, just a hair under $12k for the bar and the baby.

  • @cfox39
    @cfox39 5 месяцев назад

    Best precipitation footage ever!

  • @spinnerr
    @spinnerr 5 месяцев назад

    Watching that bowl of gold mud at the end turn into a gold puddle, beautiful, thank you Sir, havent seen the Silver Cells for a while now ?

  • @jessefew8229
    @jessefew8229 4 дня назад

    Hello Sreetips, could you please tell me what the equations are when inquarting 10,14,& 18k gold with silver? Thank you & Merry Christmas

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  3 дня назад

      10 is .635
      14 is 1.265
      18 is 1.9

  • @swoops212
    @swoops212 5 месяцев назад +1

    One time when you are melting the gold powder down you should stop half way.
    It always looks like a cool sculpture. If it remained as 1 piece I am sure it would look epic!

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      That thought crossed my mind as I was melting it.

    • @ederdeandrade6788
      @ederdeandrade6788 Месяц назад

      As vezes faço isso qdo estou fundindo a prata...fica muito legal. Verdadeiras obras de arte, bem melhor que uma banana colada numa tela...

  • @ProductionsLightMike
    @ProductionsLightMike 5 месяцев назад

    Would putting the sterling through a ultrasonic jewelry cleaner work as well as heating it to get rid of the oils/gunk /etc., or do you really need to heat it up to thoroughly clean it?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Ultrasonic would be helpful, but not necessary. One of my mentors had a saying, “the three most important tasks when dealing with scrap gold are; incineration, incineration, and incineration.

  • @LeisureLife-qk1qj
    @LeisureLife-qk1qj 5 месяцев назад

    Sreetips thanks for all the knowledge and entertainment that you have given us over the years. I have one question! What is the average per ounce that it costs to refine gold? Thank you so much if you can answer this and feel free to do so privately.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      I’d guess a typical refining cost for one ounce of gold is about fifty bucks, not counting the metal.

  • @DavidDavis-fishing
    @DavidDavis-fishing 5 месяцев назад +2

    Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      Goooood evening!

  • @averygentry35
    @averygentry35 5 месяцев назад

    I have a Question- 🙋‍♂️ Can you put Nitric Acid in directly on the Karat gold and pull out base metals without melting the silver in it?

  • @judgetk8327
    @judgetk8327 5 месяцев назад

    That was sure pretty when you were melting it down in a clean melt dish. That would be why we like to see it. Thanks for the video sir.

  • @rixismetals
    @rixismetals 5 месяцев назад

    Great video , I’m going to keep stockpiling all gold containing components of everything I strip down until I have around 50kg then get it refined for the gold

  • @Ethan-xm4fv
    @Ethan-xm4fv 5 месяцев назад

    Wow it really looks good. It's amazing how you can do that

  • @puellanivis
    @puellanivis 5 месяцев назад

    So amazing, when you do that first aqua regia and you don’t get the “forbidden orange juice” after adding the ice, but instead just get more dilute chloroauric acid.

  • @billjohnston882
    @billjohnston882 5 месяцев назад

    At 23:55, why not let the gold boil out of solution? What is the benefit of SMB and gold refining waste?

    • @williamfoote2888
      @williamfoote2888 5 месяцев назад

      Without the reduction by SMB, you don’t get gold metal. It stays as aurochloric acid.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      Because not all of the gold will come out of solution.

  • @JaySchmitty
    @JaySchmitty 5 месяцев назад +1

    That round Jesus pendent was pretty cool wish I could have bought that off you. Did you recover the tiny diamonds?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      It was broken and the back was all bent up. Scrap

  • @janeteholmes
    @janeteholmes 5 месяцев назад +1

    Am I right that silver nitrate solution is colourless, and the blue colour is from copper sulphate?

    • @williamfoote2888
      @williamfoote2888 5 месяцев назад

      Copper nitrate, actually.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, the blue is actually copper nitrate.

    • @janeteholmes
      @janeteholmes 5 месяцев назад

      @@sreetips of course, silly me.

  • @carlosalmeida4415
    @carlosalmeida4415 5 месяцев назад

    Something about watching the SMB turn into gold powder. It's psychedelically mesmerizing.

  • @amateurboxing4806
    @amateurboxing4806 4 месяца назад

    Nice work and beautiful result..❤

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you! 😊

  • @cuejens
    @cuejens 5 месяцев назад

    That first SMB round was like watching storms on Jupiter, or the most expensive coffee ever poured. But I've got to say, Sir, that time-lapse of the reduction after the second aqua regia round gave me some instant anxiety 😂 Not that you could actually damage the gold, but seeing it reduce down to tar like that made me think the video was going south from there!

  • @stosh2112
    @stosh2112 5 месяцев назад

    The SMB storm! Love it

  • @denverd2007
    @denverd2007 5 месяцев назад

    how often do you replace your crucibles, this one seems to be fairly new...... ie how many gold melts do you usually get per crucible ?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      About ten or so

  • @DEmma1972
    @DEmma1972 5 месяцев назад

    have you ever done a sweep of your gold room to see if there is good in the dust? keep seeing splatters and bits of powder on the videos

  • @movietime111
    @movietime111 5 месяцев назад +1

    Is there another way to remove any lead present without sulphuric. Is it necessary to use sulphuric when refining karat gold? Thank you

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      None that I know of.

    • @movietime111
      @movietime111 5 месяцев назад

      @sreetips is the sulphuric necessary with karate gold?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@movietime111 sometimes people try to use soft solder to do repairs. Soft solder contains tin and lead. The only way I know to remove the lead is to add a few drops of sulfuric acid before filtering. I add sulfuric even if I don’t suspect the presence of lead. It’s cheap and doesn’t hurt the process at all. I understand that adding sulfamic acid also works because it turns into sulfuric acid upon adding to the gold solution. Lead, even in trace amounts, ruins the malleability and ductility of the gold.

    • @movietime111
      @movietime111 5 месяцев назад

      @sreetips can we use sulphuric drain cleaner, the lab grade sulphuric looks quite expensive and only available in large quantities?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      I use Rooto Professional Drain Opener from Ace Hardware. It’s about twenty five bucks per gallon. The data sheet says it’s 93%

  • @MrCoors68
    @MrCoors68 5 месяцев назад

    What are the orange fumes that come off of the inquarted gold in the process of taking out the silver ??? is that silver oxide?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      No, it’s nitrogen dioxide.

  • @richardchayer6597
    @richardchayer6597 5 месяцев назад +3

    So if the gold is .999 fine after the silver and base metals are pulled out why keep refining it if you can alrea get top dollar from the buyer ? Unless it's just for the video

    • @ricois3
      @ricois3 5 месяцев назад +1

      I think is more something like .98-.995.
      It's close to .999, but he can't call it that

  • @Victor-dk1ct
    @Victor-dk1ct 5 месяцев назад

    Awesome vid!!!! The sulfuric acid used, do you have an over the counter brand you go with or is this unused (new) battery acid? Tertiarily (or) do you purify and concentrate the sulfuric acid via distillation or boil off with hydrogen peroxide (Caro’s Acid) process? Currently I purchase a 98% product that is clear and i believe is the azeotrope and only H2SO4 and diH2O. Staying away from purple drain cleaners and buffered Acids. Amazing work! Thanks!!

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      I use Rooto Professional Drain Opener from Ace Hardware.

  • @none.892
    @none.892 4 месяца назад

    I've been watching since around 2013-2014, so you could say I'm a long time fan! What part of the navy were you in? I'm currently enlisted as a nuclear machinist mate

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  4 месяца назад +1

      I was Conventionl Machinist Mate Surface. Retired MMCS(SW)

  • @dogprowilhelm7630
    @dogprowilhelm7630 5 месяцев назад

    Nice single filtration results. Stop heating when the liquid turns purple, or dark red to purple.❤

  • @tazanteflight8670
    @tazanteflight8670 5 месяцев назад

    @2:41 Is that wrist watch thing an actual product, or did you make that.?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      The watch in the fume hood is some sort of sports watch. I added a battery and it’s been working fine for about a year.

  • @UGAlawdawg
    @UGAlawdawg 4 месяца назад

    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why add silver to the gold in the first step if you are just going to use acid to remove it in the next step?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  4 месяца назад

      So the acid can penetrate

  • @Tome_Wyrm
    @Tome_Wyrm 5 месяцев назад

    About how many uses do you normally get out of a melt dish?
    I ask because I want to compare to the crucible usage rate for an open-top furnace (something like the Tabletop Furnace Company's QuikMelt Pro series, top-loading with a close-fitting crucible)

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      I can use the same melt dish about ten times, if I melt only pure gold in it. If I end up melting lower purity then I retire it to inquarting.

    • @Tome_Wyrm
      @Tome_Wyrm 5 месяцев назад

      Inquarting doesn't care as much about the contamination from the silver and base metals (and their compounds), presumably.
      What's the warning sign to retire a melt dish that you're using for inquartation?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      If I see blue or green in the borax glaze then I won’t use it to melt high purity gold.

  • @ashchbkv6965
    @ashchbkv6965 5 месяцев назад

    20:58 Did some gold go back into the solution there?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      No, it was probably PGMs or iron that made it yellow. HCl boil can put a little back in solution if there’s still a little excess nitric present.

  • @davidgardiner3386
    @davidgardiner3386 5 месяцев назад

    that is worth £9254.35p in the uk today mr sreetips nice one as always good cook twice over here a question sorry if sounds stupid ok you wash the gold twice to be more pure so if you where to do it a 100 times over what would be the result oh ye gold master sorry for my ignorance ????

  • @firefox2716
    @firefox2716 5 месяцев назад

    Turning the gold chloride to a syrup , what does that do ? Does it condense the gold ions together ? Thxs Sreetips ❤

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      I evaporate it down to drive off excess nitric. But let it evaporate too long so that some of the gold came out of solution.

    • @firefox2716
      @firefox2716 5 месяцев назад

      @sreetips ok then, I noticed the color change of the gold chloride from yellow to orange tint more you refine from 99 to 999 to 9999 fines,
      But theirs a time limit on heat making the syrup color means the nitric evaporated out. Ok Thanks Sreetips ❤️

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      There probably wasn’t much nitric to begin with. I was doing something else and wasn’t paying attention. All the nitric was gone well before it turned dark.

    • @firefox2716
      @firefox2716 5 месяцев назад

      @sreetips It happens to me , my mind gets me to thinking about other projects or things that need attention, then I forget. I guess we all need to set alarms ⏰️ Thanks for explaining what occurred. Have Great Weekend Sreetips ❤️

  • @alabamared2568
    @alabamared2568 5 месяцев назад

    I love your channel sir... I wanted to ask you how did you get started in chemistry I noticed you were Navy. Thank you for your Service I'm new to the channel but you have a regular subscriber now!!

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Excellent, thank you. I used to just resell all the scrap gold. Then I began to wonder what they did with it after buying the gold from me. The rest is history.

  • @davestark7880
    @davestark7880 5 месяцев назад

    Awesome video as usual. I've seen you do this process many times, but still fascinated by it. I'm curious of you had a background in chemistry before your refining career?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +2

      No, my chemistry knowledge is all self taught. I have no formal chemistry training. Just an intense desire to succeed.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      And I love refining gold and silver.

  • @Sensual_Tortoise
    @Sensual_Tortoise 5 месяцев назад

    Hey, would you happen to know how much power your refinery kit pulls? Im building a solar shed to do this in and i need an idea of how much power I'll need, thanks.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      My electric bill last month was $178

    • @Sensual_Tortoise
      @Sensual_Tortoise 5 месяцев назад

      @@sreetips so it must not need alot of juice then, awesome! Thanks alot man I appreciate it

  • @TheLug_
    @TheLug_ 5 месяцев назад

    So neat and clean.

  • @joshuahopper3036
    @joshuahopper3036 5 месяцев назад

    Have you noticed any of the gold on your omega watch being removed from your years of refining? Doesn’t seem likely given your example with your wedding ring but I’m just curious. You rock Sreetips!

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      No, it taking a licking and keeps on ticking.

  • @F935
    @F935 5 месяцев назад

    Hello,have you ever done a video on your vacuum system?I think that would be interesting.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, search for How to Build a Reliable Vacuum System.

  • @neiljervis1
    @neiljervis1 5 месяцев назад

    If you were either get a melt dish with holes under the lip or drill say four holes ( you could determine the size of the pellets of metal by altering the hole size ) you might get a finer product to add to the acid .

  • @johnhunt1725
    @johnhunt1725 5 месяцев назад

    Hello Mr. Sreetips. Do you sell your cement copper or is it worthless?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      It’s pretty much worthless.

  • @Jayrodgerm
    @Jayrodgerm 5 месяцев назад

    Any tips on how to free the silver content from my mixed metal? It's a bunch of melted solder, and costume jewelry with some silver content. I tried basically grinding up zinc pennies and scraping slag, but even with the zinc, and torching it all to Zinc Oxide, I'm still left with some base metal, although reduced, probably Tin, as I used lead free solder, can't "purify" it. Thanks for any tips that hopefully dont involve looking like I cook meth

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      If it was mine I’d dissolve in nitric, allow it to settle completely, draw off the clear liquid with the silver in it, then cement it on copper. If those metals are in with the silver, then they will stay in solution and only the silver will come out of solution on the copper. That’s what I’d try if it were mine. No guarantees. Especially if there’s little to no silver present.

    • @Jayrodgerm
      @Jayrodgerm 5 месяцев назад

      @@sreetips I actually added a handful of Canadian 80% silver quarters basically thinking that I might be able to attract silver to other silver, didn’t work, but I put in a very good handful, I’ll try nitric acid, I just am honestly scared to work with it

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      Don’t use zinc, it’s high up in the reactivity series and it will cement out everything including copper and iron. And do t use too much nitric. It only take about 1ml nitric to dissolve I gram of silver. If I suspect too much nitric, I add some more silver then boil until all the fumes are gone and there’s still some undissolved silver in the bottom of the beaker. But a tiny bit of nitric is required for cementation reaction.

  • @Mike-METALS
    @Mike-METALS 5 месяцев назад

    I love watching it melt😮😊 thanks sreetips

  • @richardwarnock2789
    @richardwarnock2789 5 месяцев назад +2

    Kinda wonder if that bug became a Ever Lasting thought full Haze!!!; )😂

  • @nagaewaste
    @nagaewaste 5 месяцев назад

    Sir , Are you using concentrated or dilute sulphuric acid

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      The safety data sheet say 93% sulfuric acid.

  • @xavierallan1903
    @xavierallan1903 Месяц назад

    Was all that jewelry in the beginning all pure gold? Or was any of it gold plated?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  Месяц назад

      It was all karat gold. No plated pieces were in there. Gold plated won’t work with this process.

    • @xavierallan1903
      @xavierallan1903 Месяц назад

      @@sreetips Oh ok, thanks!

  • @movietime111
    @movietime111 5 месяцев назад

    How much more pure is this final refined that if you had just ended after initial nitric and hydrochloric rinses

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      990 to 995 after the nitric boils.

  • @zZOOBz
    @zZOOBz 5 месяцев назад

    i've been wondering. does the the liquid state feel heavier than normal? and same with the powder? like can you tell the difference between the 3 states?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      A solution with gold in it will feel heavier than the same volume of liquid (acid or plain water) with no gold in it. The gold powder is very heavy, same as the weight of the gold bar.

  • @russ9740
    @russ9740 5 месяцев назад

    Why does the gold solution look darker, almost reddish orange when hot, and lighter, more yellow after cooling, even before diluting with ice?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      I don’t know, but that happens just about every time.

  • @markgotschall2914
    @markgotschall2914 5 месяцев назад +1

    Not sure what kind of mind came up with this process. I am torn between twisted and genius.

  • @z_man22
    @z_man22 5 месяцев назад

    Great vid as always. Have you ever experimented with inquarting with copper instead of silver?

    • @williamfoote2888
      @williamfoote2888 5 месяцев назад +1

      He’s done that at least once. Go through his video library

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      Yes, videos posted.

  • @triodak
    @triodak 5 месяцев назад

    @sreetips At 35:53 I see you still have pieces of gold powder on left dish and some on the right dish. Also a bit of gold powder on the edge of melt dish. That bit will be dropped on the floor at 36:06. You are very careful with all that rinses and boils to not loose a drop of gold solution but here quite a lot of material is potentially wasted. On your melting table and gold bar jig I can see many small round droplets of pure gold and possibly silver. Maybe it is time to collect and process those tiny bits 🙂

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      I gather those with a card and brush and add them to my temp waste container for later recovery.

  • @vernonsamera8815
    @vernonsamera8815 5 месяцев назад

    Where do you recommend getting your beakers and the vacuum ones from? And a good vent hood. Aloha from Hawaii 🤙🏾👍🏽

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Aloha Hawaii, I ordered mine from eBay.

    • @vernonsamera8815
      @vernonsamera8815 5 месяцев назад

      @@sreetips thank you for your help

    • @vernonsamera8815
      @vernonsamera8815 5 месяцев назад

      What size micron is the filter paper that you use and do you have a preference to a specific brand or type? So for all these questions but I've been following you for a while and I have free time on my hands and I handle a lot of computer parts and thought that this would be a fun pass time to get into.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      For all around general purpose, everyday ordinary filtering, I prefer Whatman number two medium flow filters. I don’t know the micron size. Cooling the solution before filtering cinches the pores up and filters out finer particulate. The only other time I need different filters is when filtering particulate from sulfuric acid filters. Sulfuric acid will dissolve paper so I use fiberglass filters.

    • @vernonsamera8815
      @vernonsamera8815 5 месяцев назад

      @@sreetips thanks for your time and help with this. 🤙🏾 Have a awesome day

  • @LouJustlou
    @LouJustlou 5 месяцев назад

    I think we are about to find out how much nitric it takes to dissolve the striped shirt! I thought it was a goner for a while there. That Walmart time lapse watch is still going strong too. Not as shiny though. 😊

  • @edibandulan5266
    @edibandulan5266 5 месяцев назад

    Hello Sritips can you show me your video about 6x refine a gold and remove any lead or any other impurity expect using sulfuric acid, i ever hear that you can remove impurity using sodium carbonate o or soda ash?

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад

      I add sulfuric acid before filtering to precipitate out any lead that may be present. I add sulfuric even if I don’t suspect the presence of lead. It hurts nothing, costs almost nothing, and removes all the lead as lead sulfate during filtering. Sodium carbonate is a type of flux used to clean the melt dishes. But I don’t think it removes impurities. The only way I know of is to refine the gold with Aqua Regia.

    • @edibandulan5266
      @edibandulan5266 5 месяцев назад

      @@sreetips Yes i know you ever say that adding sulfuric acid is cost nothing from gold refine forum but there is one more chemical that could use gor remove any impunity like copper, lead or any other metal, its called sodium orthophosphate.

    • @sreetips
      @sreetips  5 месяцев назад +1

      Ok, thank you.

  • @timsmith9645
    @timsmith9645 5 месяцев назад

    Awesome video nice gold bar and bead thanks for sharing sreetips