Casting & Granulation Tutorial | 12 Months Of Metal 

It's a lot of fun to do. Just let them air cool for a bit afterwards rather than shocking them with cold water.

Thanks Clare :)

So glad you liked it Hilary! 😊

Thank you Hilary! :)

Yes flux definitely helps :)

Hi Dd, gold filled is a thin bonded layer of gold on another metal such as brass or silver. Unfortunately that means the gold will be 'lost' if you melt it.

Hi Lilie, yes they would melt together and become homogeneous or in metal terms, an alloy. You can give them a little stir with a soldering pick or carefully swirl them in the crucible to make sure they are evenly mixed. With the solder, a little bit is fine if you're not going to hallmark. When I did my 100 consecutive days of recycling the same piece of silver for #misilverchallenge I didn't remove solder for time reasons. It noticeably began to affect the workability of the silver around day 50. So that was a lot of solder joins getting melted into the silver. If there's a lot of solder and it's fairly easy to remove and you have the time, I'd cut or file it out, otherwise, it's fine unless you're worried about purity for hallmarking.

Great to hear Hana! Have fun 🙌