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How to melt casting Grain properly?
I am trying to make a ring with some expensive sterling silver casting grain i bought, im using cuttle bone casting and i know how to make the cast. i have an MAPP gas torch and thats supposed to do the job but im still having some problems: sometimes the metal only goes halfway down the cast so does that mean that im not heating the metal up enough, i wait until its melted in the crucible and then some, then i pour. are you supposed to wait longer? also since i tried this already with the silver, the silver has been melted and is no longer casting grain but chunks of noticeably unsuccessful attempts, is this a problem, grain cost me alot of money so please help! thanks
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How To Turn Junk Silver Into Good Casting Grain For Later Use?
I have alot of scrap silver that I want to melt into casting grain..I have a furnace that I have melted silver in before but I cant seem to get the nice small grains for ease of melting later..I also have some .999 fine that I want to turn into sterling casting grain..Any help would be great
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