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My fiance's father just died, and she wants to melt down his wedding ring to make her own. She doesn't want anything fancy, just a 2mm yellow gold band with a slight knife edge. How much would this cost compared with buying a totally new ring and could pretty much any jeweler do it? Where would the leftover gold go? Would we just take home a yellow lump? I bought my setting at https://www.pearlmansjewelers.com and would probably go back there if appropriate. My issue is that I'm concerned that the whole process will cost as much or more than just buying it outright. I'm also worried because her engagement ring is 18k while this is 14k, and I think you would be able to tell the difference. Thoughts?
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Sep 21, 2010 14:53
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JohnnyRnR posted:I will buy the gold from the customer and cast their design with recycled gold that has been refined and re-alloyed. I understand that that you won't be able to tell the difference between 14k and 18k. However, there will be some gold leftover anyways and we might as well use it for something. Does refining mean that the 14k can be converted to 18k?
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Sep 27, 2010 03:22
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JohnnyRnR posted:In refining you're taking a gold alloy and separating the impurities. So the 14k gold will be converted to 24k (with some loss overhead) and can then be re-alloyed to 10k, 18, etc. That's what I thought but wanted to make sure. Thanks.
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Sep 29, 2010 07:18
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