How To Refine Gold From Scrap | Goldsmith's Workshop Secrets
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- Опубликовано: 17 апр 2023
- In this video I share the steps I take to refine and purify gold in-house! I get a great result from this method, every time. From gold 'dust' to a solid, workable gold bar.
It's been SUCH a useful process for me over the years. It's a great way to reduce unnecessary costs (by cutting out the middle man) and turn things around quicker than if you had to send the metal off.
If you have any questions or if this is something YOU do, in your workshop, let us know in the comments!
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Wicked clean practice, great content, thank you!
My pleasure, thanks for watching and for the positive feedback!
Just a small idea I use. Put your magnet in a plastic bag - e.g. a zip lock bag. Much easier to just pull the magnet away from the iron filings.
That’s a great tip Tim - thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for all your updates. I'm learning so much, and I enjoy the hummer that is shown in the videos also. My best to the family hope she feels better.
Thank you Delilah, she’s much better now 😊
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Very informative video, learning a lot from your channel that I can put into practice. Thanks! :)
Thanks for the kind comment 🙏🏻
What about abrasive particles from sanding that might not be magnetic?
You must work with gold a lot to get that amount of scraps and filings. I have about a quarter teaspoon of fine filings... but I mostly grind it down and mix it into paints. I wanna work with gold more but it's soooo expensive. Awesome vid though
Thanks Charl - your paintings sound expensive 😁 - yeah pricy stuff. That’s why I go through this method. Every bit helps.
@@jacothejeweller Oh the actual amount of gold that goes into the paint is so very very little at the end of the day. If you stood at a distance from my models and paintings and didn't know what you were looking for you'd hardly see the flecks of gold in the paint surface. I put it there for my own sake 🤣
@@jacothejeweller I am saving up for some gold leaf so I can do it properly.
@@charllandsberg that’s great stuff. Love the look.
Thanks for another great video!! When I went to school I was taught to always send out lemel for refining, but have always been curious about how I could do this at home. What do you think about the lemel from solder that might be joined into the scraps? For example in sterling silver, medium and soft solders are lower than 9.25 and while it is certainly a small percentage, some amount of solder lemel is certainly amongst the lemel from filing excess solder away. Plus, silver solders often have Zinc in them which is not a metal mixed into sterling silver...do you consider this to be negligible?
Hey Zoe, thanks for the question - regarding solders mixed into the lemel. I would clean up the lemel into the dedicated jar and consider the solder filings to be ‘bench lemel’. The solders could be below sterling as you point out so it’ll definitely bring the purity down (even though by a tiny bit) so it needs consideration. It won’t hurt to add a small grain of pure silver into the mix if you want balance as it would, if anything, just raise the purity above 925. But have a try and see what the result feels like. I’ve sent my metal in and it’s tested on the mark which is a time and money saver in my books 👍🏻
@@jacothejeweller thank you so much for your input!!
Clarity for a beginner? Is that flux a form of anhydrous borax or is it a specific mix/other chemical?
Im someone who is looking at buying grains and casting as a savings method.
Any tips would be very much appreciated.
My primary meterial I'm going for is 99.99% gold but I do also want to have a decent amount of silver around. Just some more insight to my path I'm taking
The flux is called ‘Easy-flo’ - I’ve used it for as long as I can remember so I’m either very used to it or not aware of anything else which does a better job 😂
Using 24ct gold - that sounds interesting. It tends to be pretty soft if not mixed down - let me know how the casting goes.
Yer I'm aiming to produce a near bullion grade castings as savings and for a hold as investments. So working with 24k will inturn help keep that healthy cost to it when it comes time to look for a turnover
If you refine with nitric acid, quicker, easier more accurate
All the way. I use to go that route but here in 🇬🇧 acid is harder to come by. Would love to hear about your process. Did you add copper too? To spread it out?