[Jewelry making - Article 00065] - Re: [Orchid] How did you break into gold?

[Kimberly Starbard]

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Hi

>     It is best to remember that you can melt it down and roll it out
>     again. (like play-clay) Keeping that in mind takes some of the
>     fear of failure out of the situation. 

    I have enjoyed reading everyone's advice on gold. There have been
    some really good tips. The thing that scares me a little about it is
    the need to alloy it to 22 or 18k....when I went to school, the
    instructor told a story of someone who made an error when alloying to
    22k. They ended up with something very brittle that had to sent in as
    scrap. It cost them a lot of money. Is this really a danger?
    Admittedly, I had not cross checked the prices, but I thought that
    alloying your own material was the only way to go if you wanted to
    make a good profit....am I way off base? Does the above statement
    only apply to 24k? Also, for everyone who is saying they got into
    gold by melting down old jewelry. Did you worry about the content?
    How would you describe the quality of the gold in your finished
    piece? If it was for sale to someone, unless I'm wrong, you couldn't
    really say for sure what karat it was...Thanks Noel, I'm checking out
    your tip on bimetal, I had not idea that existed..I thought people
    made it themselves somehow :) 

Thanks
Kim Starbard
http://www.kimstarbarddesigns.com
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