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Comment by Fred Zweig on October 29, 2009 at 3:31pm

Hi Amy,

Make sure you have as little solder as possible in your scrap. Will you be casting it into an ingot or for casting into a mold? I have little luck melting filings and usually send those to the refiner. The filing often have all sorts of contaminants and it is not always easy to remove them.
Best,
Fred
Melt it with a reducing flame so as not to allow the silver to absorb oxygen and become porous. Silver has an affinity to oxygen. Flux it well and I melt small amounts in an open dish crucible.

Comment by Sterling Lace Creations on October 29, 2009 at 10:17am

Hi All!! I am trying to learn to melt down my own silver scrap... any tips/tricks?

Comment by Fred Zweig on October 21, 2009 at 9:05am

Hello all. I look forward to sharing and knowing everyone here. Metal is my passion and my specialty is forging, raising and repousse with chasing.

Comment by Dina Michelle on October 3, 2009 at 5:17pm

Well, Hello there Gloria!

Comment by Gloria Cohen on October 3, 2009 at 5:12pm

Hi. I'm new to this group and want to say hello.

Comment by Catherine Marche on September 6, 2009 at 4:31pm

Bonjour,

just joined not long ago, saying hello. Looking forward to getting to know you all :)

Comment by Dina Michelle on August 23, 2009 at 4:54pm

Hello linnie! Welcome

Comment by linnie mclarty on August 23, 2009 at 4:26pm

Hi there, I've just joined the group and thought I'd say hello.
Looking forward to chatting & sharing info with everyone.
Have to get back to work now tho. x

Comment by Marla Boyle on July 30, 2009 at 9:21pm

Hello! Just joined the network and have an interest in learning about forming metals. I always have so many ideas, but hate that I can't do them myself, so hopefully I can learn. I am just learning everything and it is a lot of fun!

Comment by Dina Michelle on July 10, 2009 at 3:35pm

Just wanted to say hello!

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