Using my gold to make jewelry???

The kit I have is from Caswell inc. I have done silver plate, gold plate and copy chrome, which isnt a true chrome but cleaned up and repaired an old heirloom revolver for a friend. (not a shooter, just for a glass display case. Keep in mind I did gold when the fluid was $65 and silver when it was $12. No clue how much it is now. Its very easy with the Caswell products if you follow directions.

They would be the ones to ask about putting your gold into an electroplate emulsion. It may require expensive equipment or processes to do a batch. Other option is to add the correct sized flakes and peices proportional to silver castings. It takes a really good eye to do that and use only the correct size bits of gold. Otherwise they look fake , sloppy or junky.

When I make jewelry to sell, I order silver castings and clean and buff them then add natural gold to those with industrial adhesive, and buff with the felt dremel wheel and buffing compound. Men tend to buy the sluice necklaces and shovel,pick and pan hat pins and the girls buy the charm bracelet charms. Those sell fastest. If a casting is large enough to engrave I take it to my friends jewelry store and engrave the name of the river the gold came from. I used to have the closest town, but the river name means you can sell/trade or consign to all towns along the length of it so that made things a lot easier.

If your castings are not too large the sell values on the gold can be very high as jewelry accents from about 2,500 to 4,500 per 30 grm oz. But you will only be able to match say 20-30% of the gold you find and have them look nice. the rest of the flakes and peices will be too flat, too thick and chunky, too lifeless or just not look right with the casting. Kinda like a ceramic mosaic. Only certain ones fit in and look good.

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Flour (Indy Jones) Mike December 18, 2012 at 8:25pm

The kit I have is from Caswell inc. I have done silver plate, gold plate and copy chrome, which isnt a true chrome but cleaned up and repaired an old heirloom revolver for a friend. (not a shooter, just for a glass display case. Keep in mind I did gold when the fluid was $65 and silver when it was $12. No clue how much it is now. Its very easy with the Caswell products if you follow directions.

They would be the ones to ask about putting your gold into an electroplate emulsion. It may require expensive equipment or processes to do a batch. Other option is to add the correct sized flakes and peices proportional to silver castings. It takes a really good eye to do that and use only the correct size bits of gold. Otherwise they look fake , sloppy or junky.

When I make jewelry to sell, I order silver castings and clean and buff them then add natural gold to those with industrial adhesive, and buff with the felt dremel wheel and buffing compound. Men tend to buy the sluice necklaces and shovel,pick and pan hat pins and the girls buy the charm bracelet charms. Those sell fastest. If a casting is large enough to engrave I take it to my friends jewelry store and engrave the name of the river the gold came from. I used to have the closest town, but the river name means you can sell/trade or consign to all towns along the length of it so that made things a lot easier.

If your castings are not too large the sell values on the gold can be very high as jewelry accents from about 2,500 to 4,500 per 30 grm oz. But you will only be able to match say 20-30% of the gold you find and have them look nice. the rest of the flakes and peices will be too flat, too thick and chunky, too lifeless or just not look right with the casting. Kinda like a ceramic mosaic. Only certain ones fit in and look good.
George Willam Humble December 18, 2012 at 8:06pm

Maybe try talking to a jewler he could set you on the wright track, I would like to try that mysef.
Tim G (Creator) December 18, 2012 at 6:55pm

wow great subject hope you can find something out ...

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