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    Exclamation Help! 10ct gold fused to flux?! Homemade wedding ring mishap

    Hi,

    I'm getting married next week (hence my panic), and we planned to sand cast our own wedding rings.

    I conveniently work for a furnace company, who let me use a furnace to melt the gold, and the first ring turned out perfectly.

    10g of10ct gold in a 1100*C furnace with a dash of borax powder.

    I had to order more gold for the second ring, and this time, somehow, it looks like the gold has fused with the borax...(or something?!) and I can't separate it. It turned into black glassy mass that filled and set in my crucible.
    I've had my blowtorch on it this evening and I can see the gold glinting, but it just won't pour, and I'm frightened to add more borax.

    I have until Friday to separate it as that's when I have access to the furnace.

    Please help! I'm desperate!
    Last edited by Stark22; 11-04-2018 at 08:18 PM.

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