[Jewelry making - Article 00040] - Re: [Orchid] Remelting old gold jewelry

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    Peter, thanks for the info on the Magic Cast. I do add some 24k to
    the melt. I sometimes have added a tiny bit of Magic Cast to the
    already correct ratio of new grain to old buttons just to tweek the
    color. I imagine it turns out cleaner looking and yellower instead of
    pinker. I am sort of overly sensitive to colors or maybe it's my
    imagination but I think it puts the color back to the color I get
    with all new grain. I would really like to be able to fine tune the
    colors of gold because I personally see vast differences between 10k,
    14k, 18k, 22k and if I cast 14k and it looses some yellow I'm
    agravated. I really don't use scrap, just buttons and new grain. so
    why do I see the pink or copper color in the recast buttons with new
    grain? (this is very slight really but it's apparent to me
    nonetheless). Maybe I'm crazy. What thoughts do you helpful
    Orchidians have on this matter?     NET  

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