I'd give camera and music better marks... it's very clear what is going on, it's not being held by another person who can't stay on subject...you might not like the music genre but it's a perfectly acceptable loop
Hey, sometimes those globs are more interesting than bars. I used to melt down silver bullion on blocks of wood and they would turn into oddly shaped nuggets. People would buy them on ebay for over spot to use in jewelry
Hiya, I m trying to smelting my old gold ring. Looks like the process is similar as smelting silver. Your video is the best I have ever seen! And you are very patient to answer every1's question. Thanks for making the video and sharing your experience!
Other way around the glass floats on top of the silver. And yes you can smelt gold and silver ore with borax. Mbmmllc on youtube has tons of videos on that
As a tip if you get a small piece of that ceramic insulation and make a bowl out of it and place the ceramic crucible in it you will heat up faster and use less gas just a suggestion if you do it again it was a night and day difference I can also melt copper as well with mapp gas
Somebody tell Jay that melting is not "smelting". And I've never once seen a melting dish called a crucible either - nor one that had to be 'preheated' either.
Smelting down silver does not purify silver but refining does. If you add .999 silver with the sterling it will raise the purity of the bars otherwise you would have to send your silver to a refiner. Thanks
Cool Video! So why did you come out with less silver on the scale than when you started? And did you speed up the video or was this accomplished in real time of the video? Oh, and you sound very much like someone I may know, do you live in Texas?
looking for info, I have about 15 lbs of silver flake from a silver recovery machine that extracts the silver from photographic solution. I am looking for info on how to melt it down. am interested in selling it. any suggestions????
It's an item you buy, not make. Typically they are made of some form of ceramic and can withstand the high temps. RioGrande.com carries all that you need.
I had some silver stick to a crucible I have. I did coat it with borax.. and it stuck still like fine silver dust.. I recovered it.. (melted a 1 oz round)
I was thinking gosh, will there be residue left into the little pan that you melt the silver in and will the silver burn if you over heat it? Is burning it even possible?
I can't get my silver to melt completely into a liquid. I have the max heat blow torch so I thought it would work since I just got a little graphite crucible but still no. Do I have to be holding the crucible up off the table/tile like you are? That's it maybe that's where all my heat is going
How do you tell if something is sterling? Like those chains and just "Scrap" Are there markings or anything? How do you test em? And where can I find scrap? Sorry for so many questions :P
1. It says anything along the lines of '925' (92.5% pure). 2. You can test it with acid and the purity is based on the colour the acid changes 3. You can buy scrap online, or just from old electronics
As a side note: some less scrupulous jewelry dealers mark their inferior silver alloys as 925 Sterling, when in fact it's much lower. While the quality stamp is always a good thing to look for, it doesn't always mean it's accurate!
mainly look at Mexican silver as one of the big ones for this these days as I have bought Mexican silver that is as low as a third silver but I paid way below scrap at table top sales (5p a gram sort of pricing) but for finding 90%+ silver you have pre-1964 US coins at 90% and pre-1920 UK coins those are sterling...of course you also have jewellery marked .925, ster, sterling and especally with the UK stuff it will have a lion as part of the alley mark confirming it is sterling
I do add borax to the process which does remove impurities and the heating process does release gasses which does constitute as smelting by definition.
This silver can be sold on ebay and at private shows, that would get you the best prices. Coin shop will buy but at a big discount. All my silver passes purity testing of at least 90%.
Liked and subbed... do you know how to separate Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium from each other? Or copper from Gold? Thanks, can't find anything anywhere.
probably adding the silver in at a MUCH faster rate would fix that a bit i'd say.. cause you've gotta think about it... can't be losing that much like that. and 8 GRAMS damn sure ain't all "impurities", so... know what i mean?
Nice video, So, wouldn't most silver rough pour molds be 92.5% or less purity? Also, do you know of any sellers making interesting mold designs that would make something other than a rough bar?
I'm thinking that most rough pour molds that are being sold online would most likely also be .925's since I doubt if people would take the time to refine a rough pour.
what is the purity of the bar once it comes out of the mold, is it .999 or .925? and by putting borax in it , that helps burn off the copper , zinc ect that's not silver ?
***** I am mearly smelting down the junk jewelry in to a bar. Smelting does not remove copper or gold out instead it mixes with the silver. All of my bars test over 90% which is what I try to maintain with each melt.
MN TreasureDiver I do have a 1,000 ounce silver bar. The problem is that with my other junk silver / other silver bars, the dealer wants 10% just for me to trade it up for a 1,000 ounce bar, which I like not just for the novelty but for ease of transport, especially considering I have many many low-grade/damaged/common coins that would not lose value being melted down. Also, how do you remove the 10% copper?
It is more practical to keep small bars to sell/trade if and when the dollar crashes. You don't want to have to buy a loaf of bread with a thousand ounce bar, do you?
There is no Tin in Sterling - it is just Silver and Copper. The impurities he refers to are copper and silver oxides. When the metals become hot enough, they react with oxygen to form oxides. Rust is the same reaction occurring in Iron - Given enough time oxides will form naturally and are referred to as tarnish, but heat accelerates the reaction substantially (instantaneous). The borax or boric acid reacts with the oxygen around the metal preventing any oxides from forming and helps to remove oxides already formed. No alloy of the metal is removed via the addition of the acid, just the oxides
The molds are sold in all sizes on eBay. I was watching because I have around 5 lbs of .925 Sterling dinnerware (not plated) that I want to sell or have melted into a .999(+) bar. If you are ever looking for marked sterling dinnerware (both .925 and Sterling) hit me up. eBay/PayPal take too much of your money.
***** Most silversmiths wouldn't worry too much over the flux addition but a goldsmith would cry if he saw this process. Think of how you would flour a ball of dough to roll out - it needs a good coating or it will stick to everything. That's about the amount of flux needed to be effective in reducing oxides during your smelting.
