susieq
17-01-2011, 05:14 PM
I have a solid victorian rose gold 9ct bracelet which I bought many blue moons ago and which I haven't worn in a long time. It's such a beautiful rich red colour gold that I thought I would like to melt it down and use it in my own projects rather than selling it on as scrap. It would also mean that I could keep the sentimental value of one of my first jewellery purchases!
I have watched a few videos on youtube, etc., but am not confident in doing this myself and there's the outlay on the additional equipment I would need to consider too.
Does anyone know if there is anywhere I could get this done, what sort of charge there would be and whether I could be confident to get back what I had sent!
If I were to do it myself, would I need to cut out all the soldered parts of the links? In the videos they seem to just put everything in together, but surely I wouldn't want the solder to be mixed in with the gold?
Thanks
S
I have watched a few videos on youtube, etc., but am not confident in doing this myself and there's the outlay on the additional equipment I would need to consider too.
Does anyone know if there is anywhere I could get this done, what sort of charge there would be and whether I could be confident to get back what I had sent!
If I were to do it myself, would I need to cut out all the soldered parts of the links? In the videos they seem to just put everything in together, but surely I wouldn't want the solder to be mixed in with the gold?
Thanks
S