Every person has once been given gold items that either did not fit in size or did not like the shape. Not many partners can please a capricious lady with a gift. Melting gold and making it into another piece of jewelry that will delight you is a rather difficult and lengthy process. Many jewelry workshops accept for melting down jewelry that doesn’t suit you, doesn’t like it, or is torn. Sometimes you can make a completely new ring from a torn bracelet or chain, which will delight you no longer on your neck or hand, but will look elegant on the phalanx of your finger.
How is any gold product melted down?
Jewelers say it is a labor-intensive process that takes from two weeks to a month. Before the remelting procedure, you need to clean the gold from dust and dirt that could get there; impurities can spoil the appearance of the future product. At the beginning, the gold that you brought to be melted is placed in a special container, where it is heated to the melting temperature, namely up to 1064 degrees Celsius.
When all the objects placed in the thicket are completely melted until a homogeneous mass is obtained, the master places it in a special form. This form will depend on what you want to get out of it. Then the item you want is made from dissolved gold, such as a ring, earrings, bracelet or chain.
Useful tips
The stove can be made from almost any items that are at hand. When creating it, it should be taken into account that the parameters must directly depend on what power will be installed. Today there are very few places where you can quickly and relatively inexpensively melt gold, so it is worth seriously thinking about designing your own equipment.
If there is a problem with the electrodes, then instead of them you can use the brushes that are on electric motors. If there are certain difficulties with this, then electrodes can be created with your own hands from graphite. When creating, it is necessary to provide several holes, the size of which is 5 millimeters. Copper conductors are placed in these openings.
It is impossible to melt gold without using a special powder. If it is not available, you can try to get it and make the powder yourself. To do this, it is enough to treat the old carbon-graphite rods with a metal rod. Since during heating the substance can burn out under the influence of high temperature, it should be produced in such a quantity that will be sufficient for the complete process. Since the price for remelting gold in laboratories and factories is quite high, it will be cheaper and more profitable to learn how to do it yourself.
After creating the heating device, you need to connect it to electric current. Copper wires are used for this. In order to avoid short circuits and malfunctions, you should wrap the wires with insulating tape. After switching on, do not place metal immediately inside. It is recommended to wait a bit for the oven to warm up. Gold smelting, which is carried out at home, must be carried out in accordance with all safety rules.
How much does it cost to melt down a gold item?
If your chain or bracelet is broken, it will be more profitable and much faster to simply repair the product, because the jewelry will weigh little by gram, and jewelry makers charge for each gram that is melted down. The price of melting gold in this case can significantly exceed the finished product, which can be bought at the same jewelry store. It is profitable to melt several products whose weight will exceed 10 grams.
Imagine that you were given a small golden sculpture; it is better to melt it down and make several rings out of it, than for it to stand in your closet and gather dust. And looking at the beautiful products that you will wear, pleasant memories of the person who gave you such a generous gift will come to mind.
On average, in many jewelry workshops it costs 500 rubles per gram to melt gold of the lowest standard 375. Craftsmen have to clean low-grade metal from various impurities quite carefully so that the final product turns out beautiful, shiny and not cloudy. Keep this in mind if you decide to recycle low grade material.
Many buyers bring cheap precious metals from China or Turkey for processing. There are few craftsmen who will undertake to melt such low-quality and cheap material; you will have to carefully look for someone who will begin to fulfill your request.
The most popular standard of gold products is 585. How much does it cost to remelt 585 gold? In each workshop it is different, depending on the qualifications of the master, on average from 1000 to 1500 rubles. Agree, pleasure is not cheap.
The melted material evaporates by 10% during processing; no one will return this difference to you, since the error, although small, will be there in any case. During operation, the material may splash, and before starting, during melting, it flies away.
Start of the process
It is worth noting that the device must be of medium size, but must have a high heating coefficient. You should choose equipment that is perfectly suited for the room in which it will be used. If the size is too large, then it will be uncomfortable to use the oven, and this may affect the quality of the result of the work performed. In order for gold remelting to take place efficiently and conveniently even at home, you can create your own unit consisting of elements that are publicly available:
- Body made of wood or concrete;
- Mica;
- Graphite.
Many people are interested in the question: how much does it cost to melt gold? If you do everything yourself, the costs can be quite affordable.
Ready-made furnace solutions are also available for sale, but is such a purchase advisable?
In order to start the working process, you need to pour a special powder into the oven. If gold pieces or items have different sizes, the largest items should be placed first. And then add the rest as it melts. In order to make sure that the melting process is actually happening, you need to slightly rock the tool from side to side. In order not to be mistaken in the correct sequence of actions, it is recommended to carry them out in accordance with the instructions that can be found in the photo in our article.
An electric discharge with a power of 25 to 50 Volts must be applied to the electrodes that are present on the device. You also need to purchase a special transformer.
It is recommended to choose a transformer that resembles a welding machine in appearance and characteristics.
When gold is melted down, the powder, which is made from graphite, becomes very hot.
Gold melts for about five minutes at temperatures up to 3 thousand degrees.
Very often the temperature level at the very height of the process can reach three thousand degrees. At this temperature, most different precious metals, including pure gold, can be processed and softened.
It is very important to ensure that the period of time during which melting will be most effective is observed. The average duration should be three to five minutes. The biggest advantage of these furnaces, which are designed for certain types of metal processing, is that they can automatically monitor voltage levels and temperatures.
The device independently regulates the switching on and off of the transformer in a timely manner. If you know how to properly use these benefits, then melting gold at home will be very easy.
Due to the fact that the portions of metal products are not large, the molten liquid does not spread over the entire surface, but retains a certain shape.
Gold in its pure form wears off very quickly. In addition, products made from it are very easy to bend or break. This property allows you to cut the material even with a knife and carry out similar processes directly in the frying pan. But it needs to be heated on coal. However, reviews of this type of processing are not very satisfactory.
How long will the gold melting process take?
What determines the longevity of the process:
- The first thing that is important when melting down a gold product is the hallmark that was on the product. The higher the standard of the jewelry, the better and faster the jeweler will make you a new piece from one or several old ones. Since high purity jewelry contains absolutely no impurities, there is no need to clean them, which means the melting process is significantly accelerated. Keep this in mind when taking your jewelry to a jewelry store.
- Remember that the process may take longer if, instead of a regular ring, you ordered a ring with stones or with complex weaving. The master will spend much more time making a complex product, which in the end will delight you with its beauty and pleasant golden shine.
- Putting a test on a new manufactured product also takes some time from the master.
On average, it takes an experienced jeweler to melt down and make a new piece from one to two months, again depending on all the factors described above.
When paying for and accepting a new product, look at the sample with a magnifying glass, inspect the product and be sure to take a receipt that says what product your new jewelry was made from.
Gold melting prices may vary depending on the city where you live and how experienced and qualified the craftsman is. After all, as we all know, craftsmen who have extensive experience charge good money for their work. But in this case you will get an excellent product.
Types of alloys
Looking at some piece of jewelry, someone can say that it is made of Turkish gold or Italian gold or any other. Many people are often confused about this issue. We should start with the fact that Turkish gold does not exist in nature, since it is not mined in this country.
The only species that make sense to distinguish are Russian, Australian and South African.
Therefore, if you are suddenly offered to melt down gold from Turkey, you should know that you are being deceived.
If we consider the example of pure metal without impurities, then there is no way to determine the exact source of origin of this fossil. It is pure material that is brought to production, so after processing, the manufacturer adds silver, copper, and other elements to the composition and passes it off as gold of a certain type.
Pure gold before melting down.
If you find out how much it costs to melt down pure, real gold in specially designated places, you can conclude that doing such work at home will cost much less.
Conditions for accepting precious metals:
- Our workshop accepts jewelry for melting only as scrap.
- The cost of accepted scrap is included in the total cost of manufacturing work.
- The cost of work includes the cost of materials and inserts.
- If there are inserts in the product, they will need to be removed in order to estimate the weight of the product.
- To accept the metal, it is necessary to conclude an Agreement with our company for the manufacture of custom-made jewelry.
- Prepayment under the Manufacturing Contract is at least 30%.
- Acceptance of scrap is carried out only at the office of the jewelry workshop.
- In case of concluding an agreement with our manager on site, payment is made only by bank transfer.
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Melting point of gold
The temperature at which gold melts depends on the grade. As such, pure material practically does not exist in nature. It always contains impurities in one quantity or another. Sample is a conditional number that shows the proportion in the alloy. Gold is a soft metal. Even 999 (the highest) gold bullion can be easily scratched with a fingernail. The more impurities in the alloy, the lower the melting point. For example:
- 999 samples – at 1064°C;
- 585 samples – at 854°C;
- 375 samples - at 770°C.
Interestingly, any metal that is added to the “alloy” lowers its melting point. The only exception is palladium, which, on the contrary, melts at a higher temperature.
The impurities always melt first, then the precious metal.
The melting point of gold depends on the sample
Advantages of using our workshop:
- Refining of silver and gold is carried out at competitive prices
- After inspection, finished products are assigned a sample
- There is a large catalog of jewelry
- We can make designer jewelry according to an individual sketch
- All work is performed at a high level of quality
- Each product undergoes galvanic treatment
- A manager, designer and fashion designer will work with your idea. products
- Office near the center
- Possibility of our manager visiting
Buying and exchanging silver
Antique dealers and workshop workers are buying silver in Kerch. The cost per gram of a 925 silver item ranges from 40 to 100 rubles. Preference is given to products in ingots, since they have a higher standard - 999. An antique product can be sold for much more. Surrendering silver in Kerch on collateral with possible redemption is the best way for those who do not want to part with their belongings forever. Another option is offered by pawnshops in the city of Kerch - this is the exchange of silver. Any tired decoration can be exchanged for a new one.
