MELTING down SILVER (925) Jewellery! with a blow torch

Today I had a go at melting down some 925 silver, it went quite well, and we ended up with some small heavy silver bars! It was fun to try.
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[@roland4240]

6:17, nice job keeping the little spout thing clean. Wouldn't want it to do its job and direct the pour

[@robk1310]

None of those ugly things are worth more than their silver content. You’re doing just fine.

[@broersmaracing8295]

Casting skills level negative 10 lmao

[@Allison-405]

Lol I like your honesty ! I reckon I’d be happy with that pour as a first.cheers Allison

[@heritagekebek9979]

It's rare but look often on old silver jewelery. Some have real diamond. I found one silver earring and it got 65$ of diamond on it :)

[@UserUser-vo2ky]

I like that you dont take things too seriously and i enjoyed this vid, thanks!

[@paleozon]

The part I liked is fixing the table accident: "good as new" lol Thanks for sharing .

[@derekacquaviva2824]

This was honestly just a good laugh 😆

[@alanashanah]

It’s just too bad you melted those motorcycle rings. Those were cool

[@commonsense5489]

And probably worth good money in the states

[@pomak6511]

What a great video! Lol...I'm trying to learn to pour...my kids asked me what I was watching as I laughed out loud at you burning the table. Cheers Mate!

[@Togglism]

haha I fixed it though! sorta...

[@rebekatalebi8046]

Great job mate. You’re a handy chap.

[@ricmadthesilverslayer9281]

Can this be done with propane?

[@codewithme7226]

what do you use to melt it?

[@nicolelitschauer5767]

Loved the video so relaxed I commend your casual approach I try everything and love to learn every bit of creating fixing and making thank u for not being so tight ass about it love it xo

[@kerrygoodwin5520]

Thank you for giving me stitches for 5 minutes, topman pmsl

[@Togglism]

Glad you enjoyed my suffering. Haha

[@feahbenediktl1613]

Loved it... Table was so funny

[@Togglism]

Thank you :D

[@RoeMantic]

I subbed man never seen ya till now. Love it!

[@Togglism]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@bordersurvivaltexas4332]

Hey it’s learning by trying, keep on rocking and you will find success (:

[@sharondavidbowie]

How much for the Harley Davidson ring?

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

Font worry about so called harly rings ...their for rubes... your torch...the oxygen runs out check here u tube guy uses a nebulizer to fill used tank puts a fitting on side to hook up allows you to still use hookup for lines

[@MosheHaMayim4591]

Harley rings worth $$$$'s if real. Always a good idea to make sure if real or not before destroying good jewelry. I save all of my good silver Jewelry and would never melt a piece in good condition. It is worth more being left in it's hand crafted condition than a blob of silver. The one ring you liked looks like Navajo Indian to me.

[@willitig7110]

The pour spout the pur spout! lol

[@lintxxxxx]

Lots of haters on here. I'm glad you posted your discovery of this without editing out the mistakes.

[@panhandlesfinest9043]

Hell yea.....that was fucking awesome bra!!!! Did we learn something today??? I dam sure did....keep it up and you will be good

[@olin5726]

Wait I thought this was Cody'slab for a second then i realized your voice lol

[@Togglism]

Olin57 haha, I will be the australian Cody that swears at kookaburras

[@elyari0078]

hey man, my regards from Puerto Rico i like your videos, keep that way :)👍

[@Togglism]

elyari007 thanks man, it means a lot! :)

[@KaiArt-se7br]

How minute and how many

[@nathansabbagh2328]

What kind of torch was that? I’m trying to melt a ring that broke in half back together

[@Togglism]

Oxy blow torch, probably cost you $100

[@brianclark17]

Melt the silver inside the mold!

[@digitaldoc1976]

I'm surprised that the Harley-Davidson rings didn't start leaking oil during any part of that process.

[@AnEveryDayCanadian]

Seeing how 925 silver has other metals in it, if you melt down sterling silver 925 add flux will it be pure silver after?

[@Togglism]

It'll still have the impurities, I think to make it pure (99.99%) you'd have to do some chemistry stuff. :

[@77skwarli]

No. To get pure silver from sterling silver involves alot of chemicals to extract it from the copper etc thats in the sterling.

[@dwwolf4636]

@@Togglism Some of the copper will oxidize faster than the silver and will dissolve in the molten borax. But generally not worth it to try this route. Long heating times will dramitically increase the oxidation. Seperating copper ( and nickel ) from silver would be easiest by dissolving the mess in just enough Nitric acid and then adding a table salt solution to precipitate AgCl. Filter, wash and dry. Mill together with 110% of the AgCl weight of Sodiumcarbonate ( water free obviously ). Then fire that to about 700 Celsius for half an hour then increase to 1000 Celcius-ish. Carefully pour after about 20minutes in a deep metal bucket filled with water...this could splash obviously and is best done with

[@roybear9052]

In Aus. Where do u reckon the best place is to get cheap and easy 925 silver. R OP shops any good??

[@Togglism]

Most op shops are combed over a heap so you wont have much chance of finding any 925 or gold in there unless you go to them every day. Best place to get some bargain 925 silver is from ebay, but you always take a risk in it being fake, like what happened to me with the harley rings. :)

[@roybear9052]

Togglism thanks mate. Do you buy it buy 92ish% of the silver per ounce value of the day? Like is that a good bases to go on to find a good deal

[@billyhenderson765]

Why did you pour it like that

[@srobertweiser]

The coolest part was the melted table

[@Togglism]

Thanks

[@SausageoElGrande]

Can i use bbq mitts for metals melting?

[@Togglism]

Probably not the best idea haha, get yourself some nice welders gloves or something a bit stronger. :)

[@LORDCRIMSONANUBIANFOX]

XD I love when you say silver blob

[@dkburruss]

Where do you get the white bricks?

[@Togglism]

They're from a hardware store, used to make a pizza oven. But I re-purposed them :P

[@pieheadthemainiac5480]

Keep your mold nice and hot and when pouring keep the heat right to it👍🏻

[@atejo9761]

Whts the name of ur white bowl..can i know tanks

[@Togglism]

its a Crucible! You should be able to find some on ebay or Amazon

[@nickdavis1514]

Actually most of the jewelry was outdated so melting for the silver was the best bet. You didn't lose anything.

[@Juan_Doooh]

I’ve some pretty dodgy silver bits also, just need a crap load of practice and a lot silver scrap.

[@thereadingraven9679]

The god damn kookaburra lol

[@jgillylikesbudsalot7436]

What temperature does it melt at

[@Togglism]

very hot (almost 1,000c or 1800f)

[@Hartcore11]

Now get portland cement and make a simple cupel. The cupel will absorb the metals other than the silver/gold/ platinum

[@benignorivera3419]

You need to heat your mold and add borax to the metal

[@gregorystewart2732]

Use a bigger torch and pour from spout

[@marcuscove]

It would be nice if you explained your torch set-up

[@drummerextrodinare7894]

Carbon rods work to pull the nickel off the top

[@msoni255]

Melting countity of copper n silver can u tell us

[@shoothemoon5593]

You mean quantity?

[@charliewhite5675]

I don't care how much you spent … I had fun watching …

[@Togglism]

Glad you enjoyed watching me melt my table :D

[@DV8TA2]

Why not just blow torch it in the mould rather than melting and pouring it? It seems to cool really fast.

[@nickdavis1514]

Great Video 10/10

[@Togglism]

Thanks! Molten silver looked amazing, I wish the bar went a bit better though haha

[@mineralsoldcoinscoppersilv7627]

good silver!!!!!

[@ibgodcities]

Thank you!

[@jimmynomad8793]

You need a forge.. it needs to be hotter.

[@Togglism]

Jimmy Nomad tell me about it haha, the blow torch was only barely enough!

[@fockgoogle3459]

Thank you for making the mistakes before me... I will remember to learn from yours..

[@Togglism]

Yes! Don't put your almost red hot crucible on a plastic table. 😂😀

[@SomervilleBob]

Why melt it? Was it stolen?

[@Togglism]

Of course.

[@kanchankherde8749]

Plz which flem

[@Togglism]

very good

[@gothmoth3689]

How is this legal down here?

[@Togglism]

What part of this would be illegal? :O

[@gothmoth3689]

Togglism don’t know, just seems like a lot of things like this are illegal in Australia

[@lui530]

Love watching people fail. Thanks

[@Biker4life420]

That tiffany co. One was Worth the most if u had Two...

[@MandyWoodArtist]

tiffany earring worth more than all the rest put together - good show tho

[@shalommammen3827]

Soo FUN! This video made me smile!

[@mirzamaqsood6763]

Ap milo chodtaw

[@fbiagent3399]

dayn I would of given you 2× the silver per gram for the nice rings and bracelets you melted lol

[@tomasbalke9719]

why did you break such beautiful rings?

[@Togglism]

There were better ones in that lot which I kept, most of them were junked and sold as scrap.

[@vulcan5678]

Looks like you should of watch a video on how to melt silver. lol. best of luck on the next one.

[@Togglism]

The first time is always a struggle haha

[@clarence8534]

AUSSSS

[@chancebutler6472]

Lol your torch stopped working and the ingot is so ugly (like some of mine haha so far). But the way u talked casually about what, and more importantly why you're doing different things made this video more helpful than half thevideos that ended with perfect ingots

[@happywolf6804]

Just buy melted silver and put it in a cast no need for a blowtorch no hate👍

[@oliverszemenyei3962]

I hope you know that how the Tiffanny&Co pieces could sell for a fortune😁

[@Togglism]

I'm glad to hear that there was at least one thing in there I melted down that was worth something. Haha

[@FindShindoHere]

@@Togglism dude that Tiffany piece was most likley worth more than everything you melted along with the Harley rings if you put them on ebay

[@Togglism]

@@FindShindoHere too late now! I think I bought the whole lot for about $30aud as a bulk lot of silver, so I'm not too upset :)

[@brandonkelbe]

Wait did you just say you got $50 worth of silver from a $25 bag that you bought on eBay?

[@Togglism]

You never know how lucky you'll get on ebay, 99% of the time you pay more than its value in silver but this time I got lucky :)

[@jasonespinoza3131]

Bro no gangster would ever where that bracelet, that’s a bouji white woman’s bracelet

[@donaldtuck6391]

Some mothers do have em

[@steven2212]

Actually loved the Kookaburra, don't see too many of those in Virginia.

[@gothmoth3689]

Steven Shiner maybe because you aren’t in Australia

[@chahrazadaazouzi7729]

Orrrr you coulllllddddd just blow the torch on the silver while its in the mold

[@noradaly1]

Lmao

[@slueccroll4661]

'Ounce' PUKE PUKE

[@StevieZero]

You sound like Rolf Harris

[@pablocuellar8424]

heat the mold too

[@zartan7779]

Oops stuck to table

[@niccoarcadia4179]

I melt scrap silver to make rings. I would have saved many of those rings and either polished or tumbled them. 'jus sayin

[@Vladimir-JT]

that Tiff and Co was over $100 on it's own. just FYI

[@tedmosby9409]

There 9 out 10 times fakes

[@antiantifaterrier5761]

You don’t need extra hands/help. You need the correct tools and not use bbg tongues!

[@ausjay5574]

Was about to watch until you went to melt those HARLEY RINGS??? What the ?

[@Togglism]

They were garbage, not even proper silver lol

[@peterr6214]

I read that a silver bullion would not melt.. total bs

[@BBBucka]

no where near hot enough

[@vanhalenps4]

ok I'll be the one to let you know those Harley Davidson rings that gave you nothing but trouble could have been sold on ebay for $20+ each. So there you go chief

[@Togglism]

Haha yep, god damn it. And they weren't even made out of silver!

[@dan28859]

Yea I just tried melting silver for the first time got the same reaction not to good

[@Togglism]

It takes a heap of energy to melt it down! More than I expected.

[@ivopinheiro4103]

Why would you melt Tiffany and Co honestly... a fart from them worths money but now you melted it

[@chadward8505]

In my opinion you should never meltdown wearable jewelry. It absolutely no sense to me. It's not my jewelry obviously but you said to comment and that's my strong opinion. God bless.

[@Togglism]

Haha thats ok, I bought a bulk lot, sold the ones that would sell and melted the rest :)

[@soulsnatcher9228]

Lol your funny

[@kim7990]

I like your voice and pretty eyes. So I subbed lol

[@pulldancer2290]

😂😂😂😂

[@jujuforjesus]

I think the fake silver must be really nice. Peace.

[@SHODGES69]

Don’t quit your day job

[@Togglism]

I will and melt my tables.

[@c4sper123]

Fucking hell I thought this was Cody's lab. Well either way this was a great video however you could improve by getting a background noise resistant mic (a mic that hides background noise) because at the start of the video the metal hitting the table was too loud for us to hear you

[@Togglism]

Hewitttribe 2 thanks m80 ill remember that :), hopefully the rest of the video wasn't too noisy!

[@Christophersanchez1326]

666 like😁

[@fernandodavids8493]

Lol thanks this video is interesting well as making me laugh 4 the thngs u say lol will surely won't 4get ths thanks

[@Togglism]

Cheers man, glad you enjoyed it :D

[@harrypotter2878]

हिन्दी बोल

[@user-il3tf5br9q]

Paid too much, that’s close to the cost of pure silver per ounce...