Bisjac and I were hanging out today and he had been smelting silver the night before. He made little buttons of silver, about 10 of them all worth $100 each of silver. So today I watched him melt down his silver and took a few pictures to show our adventure (I helped stir the silver and scoop out the junk =P)
Melted silver in the crucible
Bisjac using the torch. You can see the flames on the right side of it =P
Spooning the silver, getting all the junk out.
Pouring it to make its mold.
Cooling.
Silver buttons :D
Melting the last bit of silver
The melted silver before the the junk got taken out.
We will be taking more pictures and better ones once Bisjac breaks out the nitric acid. Until then. Enjoy this tiny preview :D
----------------------------------------------------------------
Part two with Nitric Acid and A Silver Button.
Nitric Acid
This is what happens when you spill acid on wood. Always have baking soda on hand! lol
Acid poured on the silver button
Smoking!
The acid breaking apart the button
Me getting much too close to the smoke >.<
Today Bisjac put nitric acid in with the silver button. After its broken apart, he poured water on it and once its mixed together he put bar of copper in for the pure silver to grow on. If im wrong he can correct me =P It was a fun adventure :D
----------------------------------------
Video of Acid melting Silver
http://youtu.be/V2LdXBnB4PM
