Silver Cell Maintenance sreetips

[@jamesquintana3807]

For one thing I can say I never get tired watching your videos it's amazing phenomenal excellent craftsmanship

[@FanOfAwesome1]

And his methods improve over time, and that's also entertaining to see.

[@benjaminhoagland8473]

Do you have a Sigma or other testing device? The crystals are absolutely beautiful and undoubtedly pure. And I know you sell them for a premium and get some of your cost back. But I'm curious what the purity is before the silver cell. I've seen a couple of videos on KZbin where bars passed .999 fine on a sigma after just nitric, cementing on copper, and melting.

[@salvatoremilitello8490]

that audio is amazing great upgrades and editing

[@cwtrain]

I hear pops, hisses, and every exhale. Quality has gone up but it still sounds too hot- like a lapel mic being worn too close to the mouth.

[@salvatoremilitello8490]

@@cwtrain it is but he is still learning and regardless of his gain being a bit to high and ur volume in ur headphones being up to loud probably; it is a huge step in the right direction he figured out mono input vs stereo so it comes thru to both ears and the poping is from it being clipped on a headset mic that is directly infront of his mouth if u watched the whole video there is a clip showing that

[@ImHibby]

Great run through of your process. That is some pretty silver when you get done with it. Thanks for making this.

[@charleswise5570]

Absolutely fantastic way of summarizing the silver purification process. Thanks!

[@biglittlebossgd1294]

Love the handgun at 16:25...guess it's needed with that much silver and gold around?

[@spidermcgavenport8767]

Absolutely incredible process. Thank you for your attention to detail! Greatly appreciated.

[@ianbegg9851]

Awesome Explanations there Sreetips, I never get tired of watching your videos, and I appreciate the time you put into making them for us :-) Have a great day mate!

[@goldrefining]

This channel is the bomb! All free.... all the time!

[@shaneyork300]

Another good silver cell video!! Have a GREAT Day My Friend!!!

[@demandred1957]

I work at a electrical switch gear rebuilding shop.. I cut up 1/8 thick sheets of coin silver all the time. It's so common, they just sweep up the shavings and toss them.. (unless I get to it first..) lol

[@sreetips]

I’ll bet they will stop doing that when silver hits $100

[@demandred1957]

@@sreetips I would be amazed if it ever hits that. About the only way that's gonna happen, is if there is a full scale hot civil war in America.. And if that happens, I doubt they will even be open for business anyway. I didn't even mention the pounds of silver tungsten chips we toss every day..lol I don't mess with that stuff since it's only 30-38% silver by weight, and takes a bunch more effort to process out.

[@chrisstebbins2203]

Your stupid dude!!

[@demandred1957]

@@chrisstebbins2203 Shouldn't talk like that. It shows your ignorance.

[@amorstyletarot4866]

Really cool video! Love seeing stuff like this on YT! Keep up the good work!

[@FraustByte]

Look into devil forge and look into their furnaces. Big stack, Adam rock and Melt and cast from UK all use them I think it would be beneficial instead of making one.

[@sh2040able]

Eu sou do Brasil, gostei muito do vídeo. Como posso enviar as minhas dúvidas.?

[@Falcata1973]

Working on building a furnace, but I'm waiting on a little cooler weather. The heat in south MS is almost unbearable.

[@sreetips]

Here too!

[@Falcata1973]

@@sreetips dont know if you're done one or not, but can you do one on sim cards? I've collected quite a few.

[@benwinkel]

@@Falcata1973 He has done one on that.

[@Falcata1973]

@@benwinkel thank you brother! I'll look for it.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I grew up down there. I miss the food, but I don’t miss the humidity!

[@danielboone4304]

Introducing Jay Stacking!!! Love sreetips. First video coming today. My clay molds and some if my stack.

[@GSProspecting]

wow great job fam. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

[@pavelhodosevich1151]

Your videos are 9999 fine gold, thank you very much

[@hi-seas]

Great recap!! Thanks Streetips!

[@disgruntledtoons]

At 8:48 there is a small crumb of cement silver resting on the edge of the melt dish. Kept worrying it would fall off and be scattered on the floor.

[@chrisstebbins2203]

Wow 45¢ o shit sweep the floor now!!!!

[@jmarie5397]

Amazing work and thank you for sharing.

[@demandred1957]

telling ya man, making nitric is super easy, and brings the cost down to about $20.00 per quart.. Just have to do a recrystallization of the ammonium/potassium nitrate because the anti cake powder and other impurities will make it foam if you don't. $100.00 worth of glassware, and you will be good to go.

[@SMOBY44]

I get my 68% for $21 a liter including shipping. Time is worth something.

[@adambuysyuckyhouses]

Hes right u should get a distillation rig so u can collect the fumes

[@adambuysyuckyhouses]

@@SMOBY44 where

[@aa1.5]

I make my own nitric using sodium nitrate and sulphuric in stoichiometric amounts. I add water to the reactions vessels (I run 2 3L flasks at into a claisen adapter which connects to a 2L collection flask). I end up with about 1800ml of 68% nitric in about 2hrs and the cost is about $25 in chemicals. The thing is to source your nitrate so you are using a pure product as one has stated if there is anti caking agents in the nitrate it will foam up and cause you problems.

[@demandred1957]

@@aa1.5 Where are you getting sodium nitrate at a decent price? I usually order a 50lb bag of potassium nitrate off amazon, or other places around the net for around $80.00 delivered.

[@tygrefyfe]

I do enjoy your videos. Is there a reason you use two layers of the dacron bag for the anode basket? Knowing things can run expensive with the refining process, could you use one layer for the basket and stretch the use of filter bags? They might be cheap, but it would cut down on the expenditure regardless of those being fairly cheap to buy.

[@bayareaartist999]

They make computer controlled electric kilns for knife making. They are small and can go up to a temperature that you want and hold there. Also there is no air movement in these kilns to blow the powder around.

[@dazzadazza5255]

Thank you sreetips another fantastic video 👌

[@FromGregg]

Are there any drawbacks to using a lower voltage and amperage to grow larger silver crystals? I know it will take longer. Also once the silver is precipitated out of the silver nitrate solution you can also use that same solution with two copper bars to make and grow pure copper crystals via electrolysis

[@sreetips]

3.3 to 3.7 volts DC are the parameters that I leaned from the pros on the goldrefiningforum.com anything else runs the risk of other metals plating out with the silver and contaminating the beautiful pure silver crystals. Palladium is the main concern. It’s solubility in nitric makes it a candidate for cross contamination in the silver cell. A little Pd in the electrolyte won’t hurt silver purity. But if it builds up then it can start to plate out with the silver. Green electrolyte, instead of blue, is a tip off of palladium contamination of the electrolyte. I’ve been told that the silver can have as much as ten percent palladium in it before you’d notice any difference in your silver. While it’s bad for your silver purity, the real problem is this; palladium is one hundred times more valuable than silver!

[@FromGregg]

sreetips thanks for the advice... if the electrolyte is green wouldn’t that mean that the Palladium is not being precipitated out into the Silver crystals? (because it’s in the solution?) just like blue would mean that’s copper being refined out of the anode basket... ?

[@dirtybayadventures9563]

the silver cell is truly beautiful to look at.

[@TheMeditron]

What does the crystal silver feel like? Is it sharp and would poke you if you squeeze it? Or is it brittle and falls apart?

[@goldrefining]

It's brittle like glass, the small pieces, but will also poke the shit out of you too. The larger crystals are more malleable and not as bad.

[@TheMeditron]

@@goldrefining Very interesting, thanks for the reply. How large can the crystals get under optimal conditions?

[@goldrefining]

@@TheMeditron According to the size of cell, current density, and 10 other things. I have has some in larger cells grow to 6 inches plus. Those are worth good money!

[@chrisstebbins2203]

How stupid really come on really!!

[@goldrefining]

@@chrisstebbins2203 ???

[@Nikkerz232]

Have you thought about doing another eBay crystal sale? Your crystals are so beautiful. And the process just adds on to it, it looks simply magical with the crystals sitting in the electrolite solution.

[@Sgalagan1]

great episode! thank you

[@chrisstebbins2203]

I LOVE ALL YOUR UPLOADS!!! SO U KNOW I WATCH ALL YOUR UPLOADS UR THE BEST MAY HAVE MADE A FEW PEOPLE MAD BUT ONLY IF THEY DESERVED IT

[@dojahmastah7156]

I love that your growing your own money literally lol fantastic!

[@stevewoods8116]

ALWAYS LOVE YOUR CONTENT!!!

[@Thingsthatgopew22]

You should try to use a pipe and a dowel to compress that silver powder to suitable sized pucks. By compressing it you will remove most of the isolating air and save a great deal on gas spendages and also time waste. Just let it melt in the furnace then drop another puck in.

[@benwinkel]

Wouldn't that bring the risk of micro air pockets causing explosions?

[@Thingsthatgopew22]

@@benwinkel Nope, it will not compress to solid, just firm.

[@cristianrfs]

Hi Sreetips. Great video!!! So many useful information. I have an idea: you could make a video using electrolysis to get 100% pure silver, similar to your Electrolytic Gold Refining Cell video. You already have pure silver for the anode and you simply melt the cement silver for the cathod. What would be the electrolyte? Silver nitrate solution? That would be interesting to see and compare with the gold process. What voltage to use? Amps? How many time would it take to process 1 troy ounce? What shapes the pure silver would make on the anode side?

[@JohnGiles-r1c]

Great things I'm all about it .your the man

[@richardtaylor8740]

Thanks i really enjoyed your channel so interesting clever men 🙂

[@FromGregg]

Just started mine two days ago

[@FromGregg]

Here’s what it looks like after increasing the voltage to 3.3v twitter.com/overclockthis/status/1304124830703325187?s=21

[@N3uroi]

I really like watching your videos @sreetips I have a few questions however. Excuse me if you already mentioned that in some other video. 1. What do you do with the remnant of the dissolved shot in the anode baskets? I presume it's mostly copper/copper rich silver. 2. Why do some of the silver shot pieces when they come out of the water look so yellow? It could not possibly be because of the copper, as there should be quite little in it, certainly less than in the sterling silver you start out with. 3. I remember in some other video you said that you can typically reuse the electrolyte of the silver cell one more time. Couldn't you just knock down the already formed crystals in the cell to be able to run it a lot longer before dissasembling and maybe use up the electrolyte in one (larger) batch? 4. Why do you run the cell at that low of a current? The surface area of the bowl should 0,1 m² at least, so the current density would only be 14 A/m². Some quick search tells me you can go up to ~300 A/m² without running into to much problems with copper contamination at the cathode. That would let you produce ~20 times the amount of silver in the same time. Even if you wouldn't increase it by that much, what's the reasoning for the low current? The Power Supply should be able to put out a lot more than the 5 W it does now.

[@donaldtrumpbaby5493]

Sir what can you say about MAXIMOB RO channel is true the very very much of his Gold found always in his you tube channel?

[@davenaumoff1911]

Awesome! What a difference between before and after Love it. Not related can I use Sodium bisulfite in substitute for Sodium metabisulfite

[@aa1.5]

No you can not. Sodium metabisulfite is Na2S2O5. Sodium bisulfite is NaHSO3 a totally different compound and will not reduce gold chloride

[@davenaumoff1911]

@@aa1.5 Thanks Mr. A G

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Working with volumes like this that propane furnace is sure the way to go.

[@wreckless_-jl6uu]

Do you have a video of how to setup a silver cell or how to get going with it?

[@goldrefining]

He does. Look back through his video's using the search function on his home page and you should find it. Look a couple years back in the results.

[@chrisstebbins2203]

Do you watch his video at all or is this the first time for you I know it's scary the first time

[@TheLemzia]

I'm still a bit confused. What happens to the copper in the Silvershot after the Electricity is passed through it? does it just stay in the basket and only the Silver goes into the Electrolyte and deposits on the side of the bowl?

[@sreetips]

No, the copper dissolves with the silver and stays in solution and does not plate out with the silver until it reaches about 60 grams per liter.

[@TheLemzia]

@@sreetips So how are you keeping it below the 60g threshold? Is there a way to test for that?

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Always iking the posts my friend. Your king is going to be shown soon. Fees sooooo good to be back pouring again.

[@sreetips]

Good to hear it Dean. Hang in there man!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

@@sreetips I got the repour done today and video'd. Now on to the saw ,files, sanding and polish. I will do bits and pieces of that as well. Have a great weekend my friend.

[@sreetips]

Thanks Dean I’m looking forward to seeing it.

[@ProfaneGod]

mbmmllc has an interesting design for a forge but it does look a little bit dangerous but you could maybe improve the safety of it for your use.

[@paulm2380]

Thank you. Great job.

[@NYREPS]

Has molding metal ever blew back on your face or landing on skin?

[@sreetips]

Yes!

[@Matt-re8bt]

Love your vids, Sreetips. Thank you. Out of interest, how many grams does your silver cell generate in a given period?

[@robertjeffery3237]

If I recall correctly, his last silver clean-out was 1.8 kg.

[@sreetips]

Any where from 1.2 to 1.8 kilos every ten days. I get two or three of those per month.

[@scrapperdscrapperj3948]

Great information

[@jnav777]

Thank you for sharing.

[@stewskinner5717]

Is it possible to add the cement silver to the silver cell anode basket directly without melting it first?

[@goldrefining]

NO! The silver will compact and restrict the flow of solution. This will lead to a BIG rise in voltage which is not got for several reasons. Don't reinvent the wheel, just roll with it. Lol

[@samuelesquivel856]

Where do you get all the stuff for smelting and extraction and how much does a one time run of the process typically cost

[@sreetips]

Smelting, extracting metal from ore, is something I’ve never done before. I bought all the melting equipment at welding supply. Electric melting furnace on eBay. This is my hobby so I don’t calculate costs for each batch. Everything is done in a never ending stream and it’s all tied together.

[@nicholassmith9900]

Just a question for you. If you were just interested in refining silver alone. Could you melt down the 90/10 silver directly into shot & put it into the silver cell for refining ?

[@pneumatic00]

If you do that; the copper (from your sterling flatware) will consume the nitric acid in the cell over 3x as fast as does silver. So your nitric acid costs would rise dramatically, you would have to change out and tend to the cell a lot more often, and you would reach that point where copper would plate out faster. Should that happen, your charge of silver would become polluted and you'd have to start over with the melting and shotting. Since the cell takes maybe 10 days to run its course, if you start plating out copper overnight on day 3 or 4, you come in the next day and your silver is polluted. So it's just not the way to go.

[@pneumatic00]

@Power 2 Weight You can watch this for a more technical explanation, I don't think he explains all that well, but he DOES show the impact of excess copper in the electrolyte....and it sucks, it crushes how much silver you can process before bad stuff happens. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXScfYJrjNOorLc The simpler way to understand it is: Cu is a +2 ion, silver is a +1 ion. Copper nitrate is Cu(NO3)*2. Silver nitrate is AgNO3. So, a copper ion eats double the nitrate ions that silver does AND is more reactive than silver. So Cu just kills your nitric.

[@goldrefining]

@@pneumatic00 You are a wise man sir and have done your research.

[@lightmagick]

Can you still not find a more direct source of the Dacron for your filters? Sucks to have to buy those bags with so much waste.

[@sreetips]

The bag cost about $10 and I can run down to the hardware store and buy them. But finding a source to buy in bulk would be beneficial.

[@Kardall]

I am just curious. Have you looked into a Devil Forge for melting massive amounts of silver?

[@sreetips]

I’ve checked but it was flimsy looking. One guy got it real hit trying to melt iron and it warped the furnace.

[@chrisstebbins2203]

REALLY!!! Are you stupid 😘😂

[@dhshammer]

Could you put the cement silver in the silver cell basket and skip the melting and making shot?

[@sreetips]

I tried it and it didn’t work very well. The filter clogged up and the current dropped off rapidly.

[@azradoksomtaaw9420]

Just a thought ... When you make the filter basket, it looks like a lot of waste filter material. You should make a basket, then pull out the shape you've cut off for the filter. Make a pattern from it. Then on your filter source material, see if you can't get more than one basket's worth from it.

[@stevenrowlandson4258]

Sreetips are you working on something new? One thing I noticed about JUUL vaping devices is they appear to have gold fittings in the oil chamber and contact points for recharging and people tend to toss them when the devices run out of power or stop working for other reasons. In your opinion would they have much scrap value if one had enough of them? So far I've picked up 2 of them of which I retained one and a gold plated hoop that hangs from an ear. If you have a sharp eye you will literally find gold on the streets and sidewalks every now and then.

[@sreetips]

Agree, I’ve found many pieces in the grocery store parking lot.

[@adambuysyuckyhouses]

Do u like to keep silver and gold as cement or bars? And why

[@sreetips]

I prefer silver crystal and gold shot. Easier to measure out a specific amount

[@josephschnabel1andonly]

Hope all is well. Sure do miss your videos.

[@dimwittflathead639]

Oh yeah, I was wondering how you get the copper out of the nitric, add sodium hydroxide? Base metals have to be purified too.

[@sreetips]

Cement the copper on iron

[@Card_Asylum]

It's funny that you just posted this. I had 4 people message me today on Twitter congratulating me for winning that 5oz bar you gave away on Twitter. 🤔 Not sure what is going on with that. 🤣

[@capt.stubby245]

I love wakin' up to another Sreetips video. I have a question. When I go to mow the yard I will often put your videos on autoplay. They play the entire time that I am out working. Does this added number of views help you like I think it does?

[@sreetips]

Absolutely, thank you!

[@RedRedux]

Usually send my scrap silver back to my supplier for credit but this looks like way more fun. 🤣

[@goldrefining]

What do they credit you sir as a percentage of spot?

[@RedRedux]

@@goldrefining it's usually just under market price to account for the refining cost I use rio grande jewelery supply

[@goldrefining]

@@RedRedux can't beat that! If your getting anything above 95% then that's the way to go. Large refiners operate on a small percentage (1-2 %) because chemicals are cheaper and plus.... They get to keep any other metals for free. Nitric right now is 45 cents a lb for 69% nitric. A gallon is about 11 lbs so about $5 a gallon (commercial pricing)

[@chrisstebbins2203]

Wow I have nothing that's your idea of fun

[@RedRedux]

@@chrisstebbins2203 my life is pretty pathetic don't hate

[@KD0CAC]

How dilute of nitric for the inquartation . Thanks again

[@sreetips]

50/50 = 69% nitric/ distilled water

[@chrisstebbins2203]

Watch his videos come on I watch them all u should of known that if you did!!

[@KD0CAC]

@@sreetips Thanks streetips .

[@KD0CAC]

@@chrisstebbins2203 thats just idiotic

[@sierra-legacyavila]

Would you consider selling some silver crystals? I would like to by a couple of troy ounces and add it to my silver stack.

[@sreetips]

Click on “about” on my channel for my email

[@kevinhemming9420]

What do you fill the stainless bowl with. I noticed you said earlier in this video you added distill water to prevent the silvee from vaporizing. So the electrolyte solution is made up of distill water and sodium or table salt to make the electric current or just plain water?

[@sreetips]

Silver nitrate - 600 grams of pure silver dissolved in 3.5 liters of liquid

[@999fine5]

Hi @Sreetips, just a quick question, why don't you use the electric kiln more often for melting and casting your PMs'. thanks Sreetips.

[@travismiller5548]

Quit messing around with the lump of silver for an anode and line the anode bag with a conductive mesh that’s dilute nitric resistant, titanium maybe but gold mesh if you have to. It would be a slight pain weaving and or spot welding the wire, but you'd never have to worry about burning up your annode again. I use a titanium ”bag” (perf sheet, folded up) to plate copper... Saves a lot of small chunks from falling down into the slimes

[@sreetips]

The silver anode works perfectly and it can be used over and over as long as it’s kept out of the electrolyte. No need to fix it if it ain’t broke

Hey Mr. Streetips, nice video. I was curious how do You process that toxic copper liquid waste?

[@sreetips]

In my waste treatment bucket

[@chrisstebbins2203]

He drinks it stupid 😆😆😆

@@chrisstebbins2203 Yummy Acidious Copper! :D

@@sreetips it is obvious, that it for some time rest in waste bucket, but do you get a copper bar out of it?

[@MrKotBonifacy]

I'd say "toxic" is a gross overstatement here... Sure, "enviromentally unfriendly" - at least at this concentrationand acidity, but far from "toxic". Case in point: copper sulfate (in aqueous solution) is used as anti-fungal agent in grapeyards.

[@SomervilleBob]

Have you ever tried the cement silver as-is in your cell? Melting it into cornflakes just seems like an extra step.

[@sreetips]

Adding silver powder to the anode filter clogged it up and current flow dropped off rapidly.

[@socialexperimentgaming4808]

Silly question, since nitrates are great fertilizers, is there a way to turn some of the "cleaned" refining liquid waste into a fertilizer for home gardens?? 😬😬

[@sreetips]

I don’t know. Never experimented with that

[@dougdennis3681]

Audio is amazing!!

[@lancecpldave]

Hi i was thinking about buying a gold bar that is 1020 g that is from melted gold pins from computers and was wondering how much gold I could expect to refine down and get out of it

[@Alrik.]

I have watched all you videos at least once so I knew everything in the video already, but it's always fun to see more of!! Would melting in the furnace maybe go quicker if you left a little bit of molten metal in it before filling it with the next charge of cement silver?

[@nonopus3125]

Sreetips, can I ask, what got you into refining? What was it that captured your imagination? I’d love to have a crack at it but don’t have the circumstances right now. Best wishes.

[@elmatador6589]

Thanks for this video. Question: what's the best source for nitric acid and what's your preferred concentration? 67%?

[@elmatador6589]

I'm wondering if you'd like to put together a small group of refiners buying chems in bulk. I have a friend in Chungdu, China who runs a shipping company and I found a source for cheap chemicals. Nitric 68% a $300 a metric ton. 1 ton minimum. Any interest?

[@sreetips]

There’s is a company in Alabama that sells carboy nitric 14 gallons for less than $500

[@elmatador6589]

@@sreetips that's too expensive for me. If a metric ton is $300 and shipping is $200 a metric ton, a gallon from China would be $2.65, bought in bulk (68% nitric is 11.7 lbs). If muh maff Id correct...

[@FromGregg]

I have almost 4 ltrs of concentrated nitric acid with silver and contaminated with sea salt. The acid is still strong but it will instantly dissolve the silver into Silver chloride vs going into solution because the salt is dropping it out of solution. How do I refine my nitric acid and get the silver out without depleting the nitric acid? Do I distill what I have? Any advice would be appreciated ...love your videos

[@goldrefining]

Are you using homemade nitric sir?

[@FromGregg]

AQUILLA REFINING no, but I was early on. This is around 70% it might have some salt, silver and concentrated sulfuric acid and possibly some salts of nitrate. I was thinking of distilling it if that would give me highly concentrated nitric acid that’s at least cleaned up. But I don’t know what to do with what’s left in the boiling flask.

[@goldrefining]

@@FromGregg How did the salt come into play sir? If it's 69% you should be good.

[@FromGregg]

AQUILLA REFINING I was removing silver plate on copper bus bar with DC voltage in a Saltwater solution. I don’t think I rinsed it well and somehow I started adding silver to that beaker and was pouring in my good nitric acid

[@goldrefining]

@@FromGregg Then you need to go the chloride route. Kevin has a video on how to refine chlorides i believe. Look through his video feed. On the next one once the plating is removed make sure you rinse it very well with water BEFORE you add nitric. Using salt water the copper, or what ever it is plated to, will dissolve releasing the silver foils or powder in metallic form, once washed you can go to nitric and use copper to cement.

[@meettheworld6241]

Sreetips , where can I get a replacement coil for a very old Kerr electromelt? The connections at the ends of my coil wires corroded and I just need to order new insulation and coil and all. Where do I go?

[@sreetips]

I need on too. Let me know if you find one

[@Falcata1973]

Checking on you brother. Yall doing ok?

[@questionator2]

I hope more content is on the way, i can't take it much longer!

[@sreetips]

Working on one right now. Should post later today

[@brycemcmunn6752]

Can you use the cement silver in the anode basket instead of making it into shot firsy

[@sreetips]

Adding silver powder to the anode filter clogged it up and current flow dropped off rapidly.

[@travis728]

Can you use a battery tender in place of the power supply that you use?

[@azradoksomtaaw9420]

Do you not have any real problems with any slag (from the copper or dust) in your furnace or when you torch melt?

[@sreetips]

Not that I’ve noticed

[@jonathancampbell5523]

Can you explain why making silver shot is necessary for the silver cell? Why can’t the silver powder go straight to the silver cell?

[@sreetips]

It clogs up the filter

[@JohnGiles-r1c]

If you use sufferic acid to refine the silver can you mix the pour offs with nitric and then add the copper to cement out

[@sreetips]

I’ve never tried that. I don’t know.

[@lion9419]

Sir what you do with ur old electrolyte from silver cell how u recognise that electrolyte is to old pls share ur knowledge with us thank you

[@Reasonist]

Upvote, I have wondered this as well 🍻🙏🏼

[@sreetips]

The electrolyte becomes depleted of silver as the cell operates. I can use the electrolyte twice, but only after adding about 200 grams of silver to it to raise the silver concentration of the electrolyte. I tried using it three times once. But it was so depleted of silver that the copper was plating out on top of the silver crystal in the cell. I drained the electrolyte and added some copper to cement the silver out of the 3rd-use electrolyte. It was so depleted that NO SILVER WOULD CEMENT OUT ON THE COPPER. So I added some HCl to form silver chloride. None would form. This is what made me a believer in silver cell electrolyte depletion. The silver gets depleted by plating out on the cathode as the cell operates. It usually happens right at the area where silver crystal and electrolyte touch each other. For this reason I never use the same electrolyte more than twice and never without adding some more silver to fortify the silver concentration of the used electrolyte. After two uses I drain the electrolyte into a big beaker and cement any remaining silver with copper. HOWEVER, if it’s green instead of ocean blue, I first add some DMG to remove any palladium before cementing on copper. If I skip removing the Pd then it (the Pd) could make it back into the cell and start building up in there. A little Pd in the cell is no problem. But as it builds up it could start to plate out with the silver and contaminate the pure silver crystal. If this happens then you will lose big-time because you’re selling silver with palladium in it. Palladium is one hundred times more valuable than silver!

[@lion9419]

@@sreetips thanks for sharing your knowledge sir

[@Reasonist]

sreetips thank you Sreetips 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼

[@FromGregg]

sreetips Thank you! What is DMG?

[@1988Mauritz]

if you still can get the coin rolls for free at the bank the ones made from paper you should be able to make preloaded packages for the electric smelter and just pop them in. Or would that that that contaminate the silver to much? sorry if my spelling is off english isnt my first languge and its early morning here :P

[@dingo23451]

Why do you need to form the silver shot for the cell? Is there a problem with the dust?

[@sreetips]

Adding silver powder to the anode filter clogged it up and current flow dropped off rapidly.

[@pdemarle]

I'm sure there is a good answer but why not put the cement silver into the cell? Is the shot cleaner than the cement silver?

[@alphaxanon]

@pdemarle I had that same question. Going through sreetips older videos, he says what Power 2 Weight says in a silver shot-making video from 2017 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTFhGd_rN6sZ5Ym

[@sreetips]

The pounder seems to clog the filter and stops the flow. I meant to address this and forgot.

[@alilionking2966]

Hello Based on your experience, approximately 10 kg of sterling silver or antique jewelry contains approximately as much gold, palladium and platinum. We certainly do not know the exact number. An answer that is somewhat acceptable. If you say for 1 kg, I can equate I look forward to the answer

[@sreetips]

I’ve never calculated these amounts. I don’t know. Sorry

[@Silver_Wiskey_Stones]

Next Step is Whispering everything you say, @Streetips. your foot is in the door for ASMR anyway.... you may as well commit. Love your content, Thank you for sharing!

[@alilionking2966]

Hello Have you ever recycled ceramic capacitors? If you have made such a video, please help and leave a link in the comment

[@sreetips]

I have not

[@VerdantImage]

Love the videos. Why do you only melt a small amount of silver cement at a time? Wouldnt it be more efficient to melt all of your stock at once and just knock it out? Also, where do you get your nitric? Been trying to source.

[@sreetips]

When I run out of ice I quit.

[@VerdantImage]

@sreetips makes sense. Also, do you have a link to where you get your nitric?

[@sreetips]

Gfs chemicals

[@VerdantImage]

@@sreetips thank you!!

[@amandapodeszwa8387]

Nice hat Sreetips! Your ol pal Mr.wormwood. dont know if you still remember me its been awhile.

[@sreetips]

Hello Wormwood!

[@mcplthivierge]

...kinda want to see a 'garage floor sweepings' refining series :)

[@FollowMe2aMillion]

No doubt, probably pretty good sweeps!

[@chrisstebbins2203]

REALLY sloppy dude😆😆😆

[@keithgilliam2598]

do you have a video on how to do the silver chloride process with lye and sugar ? please point me to the right video… thank you

[@sreetips]

Yes, it’s posted on my channel

[@carolavw]

Do you also recover the copper to reuse for sementing the silver?

[@sreetips]

No, I can buy clean copper cheap

[@marcg9602]

Im a hobby silversmith. I have silver dust and fillings and sweeps. should I refine it myself? or sub it out? to you lol.

[@aboahmed6723]

What do I do melting pots I have a lot of them there are minutes of molten gold How was it possible to extract this gold Please reply Thank you for all the advice and information

[@goldrefining]

You can soak the melting dishes or crucible in a stainless pot of hot water and the borax should release the gold pellets. If hot water does not work add a little nitric to the solution and heat. Do not use ar or you gold will go into solution and soak up into the crucible or dish. That's not good! Once the pellets are free and separated you can then refine them.

[@sreetips]

I had no idea. Good info! I must have 50 dishes full of tiny balls of gold and silver