[Jewelry making - Article 00104] - Re: [Orchid] Fumes from Oven Heating Argentium Sterling

[Trevor F]

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>     I oven heated a piece of Argentium Sterling for an hour at 550
>     degrees. It produced fumes that irritated our eyes and throut. 

    Forgive me if I'm stating the obvious but it is my guess that those
    fumes are from your oven, not the Argentium Silver (AS). 

    As I mentioned elsewhere, I got the fumes too when I cranked my oven
    up to those temps for the first few times, still do a bit. But it
    happened whether there was AS involved or not so I don't think it has
    much to do with the AS itself. 

    If I was a betting man I'd say that it's likely the insulation etc
    around the oven that's causing the smell. After all those are max
    temperatures for most domestic ovens so we're probably giving the
    oven guts a good toasting by doing this. 

    As to the safety concerns I have nothing useful to offer other than
    the obvious: ventilate well. For me the problem pretty much went away
    after a few heatings. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light
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