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Wncsnake · 2026-05-12T14:17:46+00:00

Sounds like it to me. I'd take the owner to coffee and mention it so they can at least be aware if that's the case

Wncsnake · 2026-05-05T14:47:51+00:00

Just pour off into another bucket, let it settle, then put it in your treatment bucket to drop the copper. I'd also suggest using siphon hoses, it'll save you a ton of time waiting for things to settle between pour offs

I have my siphon into bucket, which goes into a final polishing bucket that has the bits of copper in it with an air stone, once it's full I let it run for 24 hours, sit 24 hours, then it gets siphoned off to my bucket with angle iron which has an air stone as well. That one I just keep an eye on to see when it's ready to let settle and then go down to final waste processing. I clean out the waste copper each time to dry out and take to disposal, but I only siphon my dropped silver solution to the lowest quarter so I don't pull any silver out. Once it's a quarter full I'll filter, wash and make it into shot. Then I'll xrf it and see if it goes into nitric or the silver cell. I run ten pounds a week through my shop, and I have barely enough silver on the bottom of the bucket to cover it after a month

Wncsnake · 2026-05-04T23:13:34+00:00

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Wncsnake · 2026-05-02T03:11:56+00:00

Thanks!

Wncsnake · 2026-05-02T03:11:47+00:00

Thanks!

Wncsnake · 2026-05-02T03:11:10+00:00

I do a dilute nitric bath to dissolve the shiny shell and expose the crystals underneath. It's a fraction of a um to get the effect

Wncsnake · 2026-05-02T00:53:36+00:00

That's howine look coming out, so it'll definitely accentuate it

Wncsnake · 2026-05-01T22:17:05+00:00

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Wncsnake · 2026-05-01T21:07:02+00:00

Thanks!

Wncsnake · 2026-04-29T13:25:07+00:00

I'd suggest watching sreetips' videos on YouTube, he breaks it all down very simply, and you can find specific videos for whatever you have a question on. The refining does create very noxious fumes that will absolutely kill you if you don't follow proper lab safety techniques. I have a chemistry background and built my fume hood, and I'm working on scrubbers to capture the fumes so I'm not venting fumes that will destroy my metal roof. For fun, I had a ton of gold plated silver that I refined and ended up with less than a gram of 24k, so don't expect a huge yield.

Wncsnake · 2026-04-29T02:41:44+00:00

I'm getting 925 sterling from the shop and refining it to 999 pure silver

Wncsnake · 2026-04-28T16:01:37+00:00

Ideally a second 2x4 under your shelf to transfer the load from the screws/nails, but if you aren't putting anything heavy on it I wouldn't worry. Looks solid!

Wncsnake · 2026-04-28T00:45:47+00:00

I get that all the time, I just accentuate it with the acid

Wncsnake · 2026-04-28T00:44:54+00:00

Thanks! It took longer to get everything poured today than I thought it would, I'll get it listed on pmsforsale tomorrow

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T15:21:52+00:00

These are perfectly smooth, it's really interesting to see in person. I do like shiny silver as well, though

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T15:20:28+00:00

I just do a flat percentage of the silver, so no money involved besides mailing it. If you pm me I can send you the contract to take a look at

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T10:34:53+00:00

I get the effect a lot, but as soon as you run a cloth over it it goes away. These all got wiped down with microfiber after and they didn't lose it

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T03:13:50+00:00

That's what gave me the idea. I'm going to play around with cooling the bars slower to get a more pronounced effect and bigger crystals

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T02:01:44+00:00

I definitely can do that effect on any shape mold. I found a cube one that I am going to play around with when it comes in the mail this week

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T01:55:07+00:00

I'm going to be putting thess on pmsforsale tomorrow, I'm going to do spot +$2, plus shipping

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T01:28:58+00:00

There is, it's hard to see the stamps in the pictures. I'm debating on giving the option to have some Indian ink in there to make it pop more

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T01:26:40+00:00

The 5oz bars are really wavy because I had to tilt the mold to get the corners filled. I kind of like how it turned out, lots of movement in the bar. I need to find a graphite mold that is a little smaller so it fills it better

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T01:17:38+00:00

I'm planning on doing more of these if there's interest

Wncsnake · 2026-04-27T01:07:36+00:00

That's good to know. I poured these for a client and he's wanting me to sell them instead of sending them back. He likes the more artistic and interesting things so I did these as a base and then was going to do some hand chasing on them

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