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2008-02-03, 6:39am
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Metals for Fuming?
Hey I was just wondering what anyone's experiences are for fuming with metals other than gold and silver. Has anyone tried white gold or platium? Copper? Palladium?
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2008-02-03, 9:12am
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I found copper fuming to be ugly. You also need really top notch ventilation if you are going to fume with copper. I have tried palladium, but it didn't do that much for me. Can't afford platinum.
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Never tried it but I just read something the other day about fuming with platinum. Maybe after I buy the things I actually need. 
Gold is expensive enough..it's like spraying money on your art..better look good at that price.
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2008-02-03, 2:19pm
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Never tried it but I just read something the other day about fuming with platinum. Maybe after I buy the things I actually need.
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Pick up some placer gold from the Sacramento/Tahoe area. You can get a gram for about $40.00. I have been fuming with my one gram baggie for a year now, and it is only half gone.
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2008-02-03, 3:36pm
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Great thanks Eric, I'll have to check that out. That's my neck o' the woods.
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2008-02-03, 6:52pm
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Great thanks Eric, I'll have to check that out. That's my neck o' the woods.
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Here is where I got mine.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-GRAM-OF-PLACER...QQcmdZViewItem
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2008-02-03, 7:14pm
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Nice Thanks!
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2008-02-04, 6:45pm
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i tried platinum a while ago...it created a rainbow of colors when i got it to come out right. the problem was it burns off really eaisly and its very difficult to get glass to stick to it.
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2008-02-04, 8:51pm
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how much is platinum?
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2008-02-05, 1:55am
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i tried platinum a few years back myself with similar results...hard to work but when it seems to choose to work it's awesome.
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2008-02-05, 5:27am
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how much is platinum?
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$1780 per ounce - over twice the price of gold.
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I'd bet a gram would last for a long time though...and that would work out to about 58 bucks.
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2008-02-05, 6:34am
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i tried platinum a few years back myself with similar results...hard to work but when it seems to choose to work it's awesome.
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From my jewelry class I know that it melts at a very high temperature. Did you fume with a oxy, neutral, or reducing flame? Also did you any issues with your fuming rod melting? A friend of mine is going to send me a couple of prongs from an old platinum ring so I am going to be trying it out in the next couple of weeks. Thanks!
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2008-02-05, 1:44pm
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It's been so long ago I can't honestly say what I did anymore...I know I used the #3 tip of a carlisleCC...great help I am eh? It can be really nice I know that.
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