Melting Down Gold Wedding Rings

Pictured above the rings are placed in a crucible and heated to approximately 1100 degrees celsius at which point the gold starts to melt.

Melting down gold wedding rings.

Badly worn wedding rings or heirloom rings can be re made as new. 18ct gold jewellery is an alloyed mixture of 75 gold and 25 other metals. But we can t add titanium. While the gold can be used over and over the other metals can cause problems such as porosity discolouration and cracks.

Old wedding rings from grandparents and aunts broken pieces of jewellery that once meant something to those relatives melting it all together with a big flame before forging it into new bespoke wedding bands seems like an alchemical joining of the two families he explains. Post divorce gold bands and diamonds are usually locked away in a safety deposit box or stashed in the back of a bedroom drawer to gather dust. We were presented with a collection of old inherited wedding rings some very worn and misshapen some that had been cut off and damaged to make four brand new rings two gents and two ladies. Remaking a wedding ring.

Hi can you take a gold wedding ring and then melt it down and then add another metal like black titanium in the middle. The main reason why it is not recommended to melt down used gold is because the alloys in the gold do not co operate when being re cast. Gold rings can be re made in 950 platinum or another choice of precious metal. Don t ditch your wedding ring melt it down.

The cost will depend on the work involved and materials.