Making Gold Jewlery
The first step to making your own gold or silver ornament is to create a mold. This mold with the design of the jewelry that you want should be made from wax. Wax is chosen so that it is easy to take the gold jewel out once it is made and it won’t spoil the design. The design of the jewel that is being made is carved in wax to make the mold. The gold or silver received in bullion and coins which is considered to be purer without any impurities as compared to used ornament as it is melted at an extremely high temperature and made into a molten liquid of the metal.
If the gold or silver is not in the form of bullion or coins and is in the form of old used jewel, the ornament is melted at varying temperatures. First, the purity of the alloy is analyzed and then heated accordingly to remove the impurities from the gold or silver. As the temperature at which gold or silver melts and the impurities melt are different, they can be removed as floats on the molten metal. The gold or silver is again heated to be poured into the mold to get it into the new design as per the mold.
The gold or silver that is poured into the mold is then allowed to cool. Once it cools down, the jewel is formed and it is taken out of the mold. Any sharp or uneven edges are smoothed and the final work is available for sale.
