Yes, you need to use borax to glaze your crucible prior to using it to melt any silver or gold in it. In fact I have the video on that right here. 👇 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JBF-Oy-LkXc.htmlsi=caQdBxOMErFZmGvz
Yesterday i melted an ounce of placer gold and failed trying to pour it in a metal mould for rod, total failure the gold stuck to the metal it overflowed the target zone and went above on the sides, I thought to get the gold out would be to tip the mould over and heat it and the gold would drop back into the crucible well some of it did but i went to far and melted metal into the gold that dropped now i have a 20 gram blob of gold metal that is magnetic lol and a destroyed metal mould Question is can i remelt the metal/gold and use borax to remove the metal? or do i need to do some type of chemical process? tks
@@JoshuaAndersonLife yeah that's what i was thinking also maybe Muriatic acid, i have thought about filing down the gold slug into shavings and trying muriatic acit low heat with some distilled water
Many thanks , just getting into this kind of thing as have lots of .925 silver , and was wondering ifnthere was a non chemical way of removing the other metals other than with acids
No, I do not believe that would work. In fact, I believe it would just end up leaving additional sediments in your gold or silver. I would recommend sticking with borax, it is cheap and works very well.
Here's what I use, and works great. Borax 1/2 Pound Container Melting Flux 8 Oz. To Glaze Crucible Dishes for Gold Silver Jewelry by JTS a.co/d/iqVhf37
