I fancy having a go at gold fuming and just wondered what carat the gold has to be. Thanks for any help with this.
Gay x :)
I bought some 24crt casting grain and that seems to work well, but be sat down when you get the price.
I have one of Di's fuming kits......lovely!!
yep - got to be 24kt according to Di......
I thought 22 crt was better for fuming.
I just use gold leaf, it works. Janet
I did wonder if the gold leaf might do it. Thanks everyone will have a play around with the gold leaf I have and then look into the casting grains. ;D ;D ;D
22 or 24 will work just as well - with 22 you will end up with a little crust on your gold after a while, but it doesn't seem to affect the fume. I bought 1 gm of 22ct casting grain about 2 years ago, so it's not that expensive - as long as you keep it on your fuming rod, that is.... ::)
Sean
Quote from: Hamilton Taylor on March 02, 2013, 12:09:10 PM
- as long as you keep it on your fuming rod, that is.... ::)
Sean
:D :D :D :D Glad that's not just me! Now I remember why I needed to tidy my bench, to find the last bit of gold I dropped ! :o :o :o I have also read that 22 or 23 is better for boro as the silver helps it to 'stick,' I've found that fuming with silver than gold helped, but I don't think it's such an issue for soft glass.