[Jewelry making - Article 00279] - Re: [Orchid] Reclaimed silver

[Thomas Janstrom]

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    It does happen, I never said it was perfect option; contamination is
    always a possibility when you alloy your own metals. 

    If I were to go this way, and I have in the past, I would buy an
    alloying mix from a reputable supplier (eg H&S), and make sure that
    the silver (or gold) is as pure as you can get it. For silver
    dissolve it in nitric acid and precipitate out the silver with
    copper. The result should be 99.9% pure silver (or better if your
    silver was really clean prior dissolution as well as the copper (use
    pure copper and it should be bright and shiny clean too)). 

    I'll leave the topic of gold alone! 

    But the easiest option is to send the silver to a refiner and get
    them to send back the equivalent in SS casting shot or what ever. 

Thomas.
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