[Jewelry making - Article 00391] - Re: [Orchid] Recycling Polish Dust...Take 2

[frank goss]

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    The first step, as I understand from my refiner, is to place all of
    the materials in a large furnace and reduce the total to ash and
    slag. Then remelt this with lots of flux / borax to help remove the
    organic ash. You can then take the resulting metal and send it to the
    refinery and see if they can deal with it. You can also add a
    quantity of copper at this point to help remove even more of the
    metal from the slag. Also search the internet for Roland Lowan's
    papers on refining. ( someone may be able to tell you the title I
    don't have it at this time although I do remember seeing it in an
    orchid post a few months back) He used to do all of my refining when
    he was still working. Good luck in Indonesia. Frank Goss

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