So, soon you will have gold plated poo... :-),(reply>), +EaglesQuestions Yes! Someone said it. It's can only be rolled to a certain thickness, then it is hammered (yes, you heard right, hammered) to it's final thickness. I heard stories from my mentor's, mentor, of a guy in Chicago that didn't use the pneumatic hammer he bought to pound gold. He liked to do it the old fashioned way. His arm, and a big old sledge hammer. It's an interesting process. Check it out. You'll be very surprised on how it's done.,(reply>), Hydrochloric acid alone doesn't cut it and it's not concentrated either (or your stomach wouldn't be able to contain it).,(reply>), @blenderpanzi Gastric acid in your stomach is hydrochloric acid. So it's quite close, actually, but it still lacks nitric acid.,(reply>), @harrychin3 Only aqua regia can dissolve gold. Aqua regia is a mixture of concentrated nitric acid and hydrochloric acid. I don't think you have this in your stomach. ;),(reply>), @harrychin3<br>You need quite specific strong acids to dissolve gold, stomach acid won't really do anything.