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Lampwork => COE 104 => Topic started by: madpup on March 30, 2013, 04:13:42 AM

Title: Gold fuming
Post by: madpup on March 30, 2013, 04:13:42 AM
Hi guys, just a quick question, iv had a gold tooth out and was wondering if I could use it
to gold fume some work?
Title: Re: Gold fuming
Post by: Angie on March 30, 2013, 06:58:55 AM
For fuming to soft glass you ideally need a pure fine gold which is very soft, I presume a tooth is a more impure gold. Best try it and see, let us know if it works.
Title: Re: Gold fuming
Post by: Steampunkglass on March 30, 2013, 07:19:55 PM
Having a quick look around the web, it seems like dental gold has different alloys added to it to make it harder, although I've no idea what they are  ??? it might have elements that will produce different effects than 'normal' gold  ???
Title: Re: Gold fuming
Post by: madpup on March 30, 2013, 07:58:47 PM
Thanks for the reply's guys, i'm going to give it a go next week, I'll post here the results.