*safety update* try this tip with a baby wipe or a paper towel! Here is a refining tip from
@mikeca1216 - “Recovering precious metal. Hopefully everyone knows to be conscientious about keeping track of all the saw dust, filings, grindings, etc. from your bench - even the polishing dust and floor sweepings from the studio. What about the fine gold dust on your fingers? Even if you have a trap in the drain line of the sink where you wash your hands (which you should) to catch the precious metal powder on your fingers, here is a quick and simple way to “pre-wash “ your hands and keep track of that metal. Use something to loosen the powder off your fingers before washing your hands. Here I’m wiping the oil/gold powder off my hands with a paper towel which then goes into the bin to send to the refining company. This 20-30 second routine before washing your hands will return huge dividends! 💰💵” FRIENDS this is a good one, especially if you are working in gold and silver, think about cleaning your hands and saving that dust to go in your refining bucket. If you are reading this and you’re like “Corkie what is a refining bucket?!?” Head over to tips.metalsmithsociety.com RIGHT NOW and search “refining” so you can put money back into your business :) Thanks Michael!
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