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.

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. Badly worn wedding rings or heirloom rings can be re made as new. 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. The cost will depend on the work involved and materials.

While the gold can be used over and over the other metals can cause problems such as porosity discolouration and cracks. Dibben recently made recycled wedding rings for a couple from gold that had been donated by both of their families. Don t ditch your wedding ring melt it down. Marc choyt on jan 08 2020 hi steve we can add some other metals such as silver platinum or a different color or karat of gold.

But we can t add titanium. Gold rings can be re made in 950 platinum or another choice of precious metal. 18ct gold jewellery is an alloyed mixture of 75 gold and 25 other metals. 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.

Wedding ring designs can be faithfully replicated even those with intricate detail such as hand engravings.