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[@trackerbacker]

This dude is the Bob Ross of metal refining, love his videos

[@aaronkeet8238]

Best description of this channel lmfao. I can watch this all day

[@Tybolt1]

Wonder what upfront and overhead costs are to produce this kind of yield

[@PriorUniform721]

Happy little crystals.

[@sirlancer23]

I have been watching you channel for years and you have inspired me to make a gold and platinum plated chess set for my Dad

[@arnedalbakk6315]

What a great gift. Kind of you sir🌹

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Careful with the platinum. Platinosis is a terrible way to die.

[@steeldriver1776]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 you can clear coat them with polyurethane to seal in chemicals and materials.

[@aga5897]

Is there a sreetips Platinum Plating video i missed ? Please link me in. Sounds interesting.

[@gororgelester985]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 why is it i cant find any information about platinosis

[@taylerwiens]

You can’t tell me this guy isn’t a wizard. Never heard of crystallized silver. Sorcery 😂 Absolutely love this

[@bjpcorp]

Everything in the material realm is a crystal at some level.

[@innerlichtotig9325]

@@bjpcorp "Material realm" Yeah this dude is a wizard too

[@EvolQ]

Wizardy, chemistry... what's the difference?

[@innerlichtotig9325]

@@EvolQ basically the same thing to me who hasn’t studied chem in years

[@davidhooper259]

Take an upper class college level chemistry class. Most chemistry major students chose chemistry because they like tangible outcomes (unlike physics which deals a lot in theory despite the niche of physics)-meaning they are wicked smart…and they are only the students. Masters, PHD candidates and professors are on par with this alchemist which is next level creative and mastery in ingenuity not just a solid understanding of bench chemistry

[@FluxLabsRAIker]

I'm really glad you are here sharing your knowledge with the world. I really wish there were more content creators like you out there. Please keep the videos coming!

[@MickeysCorner]

There are many more out there like him. Probably 50,000 creators...You just have to find them in the 51,000,000 channels.

[@sreetips]

I’m going out on a limb here; but I’d have to say that my videos of precious metals refining are the best, most comprehensive, and easiest to understand, on the entire internet.

[@TacBlades]

I can appriacate the sheer amount of work that goes into the process but you are a real life metalmagician, its facinating.

[@danvanmuizenberg6650]

You should emphasise the idea that you run a few kilos of shot through a few hundred grams of electrolyte, it seems to be a really efficient system, great video as always.

[@KUSHxKiNG]

4:08 I would love to see the step’s involved in recovering those other metals that get left behind in the basket. I’m sure other people would love to see that process to

[@MATTER767]

SREETIPS HAS ALREADY DONE VIDEOS ON THE SILVER SLIMES PRECIOUS METALS RECOVERY AND REFINING IN THE PLAYLIST VIDEOS ON HIS KZbin CHANNEL

[@joy_is_purple]

Have I already seen those videos? Yes! Will I watch new ones covering the subject yet again? Absolutely yes!

[@bigdaddympd]

PGM refining are much more difficult chemistry than go;d and silver. I seem to remember Sreetips admitting it isn’t something he does often, so separating the PGMs is not a skill he has developed via repetition and incremental improvement.

[@Ozhull]

​@@MATTER767 WHY ARE YOU YELLING

[@timthetiny7538]

Man, that is a lot of silver left in that used electrolyte. If our growing copper shortage manifests, it'll be interesting to see if copper becomes worth enough to start trying to recover

[@okgroomer1966]

I dunno about this type of recovery but it's definitely worth gathering up to sell. I probably average 10k a year in scrap I gather up. Working in the trades helps but anyone can make a few grand a year with minimal effort.

[@ospjp4]

@@okgroomer1966 dude shhhhh dont blow up the game

[@okgroomer1966]

@@ospjp4 Don't worry, most people are to lazy or think they're above pulling things out of the trash. I've tried to get many into scrapping and the number one excuse is they're to embarrassed to dig in trash.

[@wardsdotnet]

I love that you use vintage Corningware and kitchen Pyrex products alongside your lab equipment

[@johnmccormick650]

Love these silver cell videos, they never fail to fascinate me. Thanks for sharing your wonderful hobby with everyone.

[@rickschramski548]

Absolutely beautiful.....still gets me each time!(been a subscriber for 7 years)I appreciate your time, effort, and dialog for each VIDEO. Keep them coming and your amazing work. 👏

[@ruzziasht349]

How much $$$ did you make?

[@hogweedblitz8739]

Wow, more people should be saving all the precious metals that we throw out everyday. Such a waste, people like you can teach the rest of us how to preserve our precious resources, and stop wasting them. Thanks for sharing your really great work!

[@Sakattack2023]

What are you talking about? What idiot throws away precious metals?

[@sunburnedbeachfeet1128]

What do we throw away? How are we throwing precious metals away?

[@evilmonkey2184]

how did i just watch 30 mins of silver electrolysis. i was actually super fascinated by the creation of the the silver electrolyte, its really smart using the pure silver you already collected to make it, sense you get about a 2:1 return ratio, not to mention you can use it for 2 sessions, meaning its closer to a 4:1 return. there's no waisted material and its a self contained system, i love how simple it all is in practice, even if the science can look daunting at first glance.

[@evilmonkey2184]

@AC haha no dude I'm a real guy, I just get excited by weird stuff is all, looking at the comment though it really does kind of like a bot, thanks for the laugh man

[@xylaandabria5617]

I’m really shocked they let you show us this. I want to try this but I feel like I’d screw it up. I’ve been taking notes. I watch all your videos btw

[@sreetips]

Make sure and do it in a fume hood.

[@coykehoe8865]

i had amaon cart full of sweat shop merchandise to make the cell untill i realized i needed 100 dollars of scrap silver to turn into 100 dollar glob of silver

[@coffeemixer4292]

That silver cell looks super cools regardless of its value. Take a high quality photo of the silver in the blue liquid; it would make an incredible desktop background❤

[@dawnmarie2645]

The copper in the silver nitrate, sure is better than watching a Lava Lamp😂

[@DirtyPlumbus]

Still fun to watch and I still enjoy the silver crystal I bought from you.

[@denniswhaley22]

Come on now Daboo 7 , we know it's you. 😂😂😂

[@samos_sainz]

7:50 Awesome timelapse! 😍 It feels like coral reefs growing under the sea... or an undersea volcano, I love it. 🥰

[@Antonowskyfly]

Another visually pleasing and mentally stimulating upload, Thank you Sir!👍👍🤟

[@HardCharger17]

Awesome video! I’m a silver bug and in the pipeline industry as a Cathodic Protection technician. This hits home for me, well done.

[@Crispinvich]

So that is where my little Tupperware containers went! 😂

[@myzanaplays]

Watching the crystals form and fall was a very satisfying asmr video I think u should a Timelapse no talking I would totally watch that!

[@MrPmtmedic]

Lmao. “I got gigged”. Lucky they didn’t ask for your demerit card. Lmao!

[@MrPmtmedic]

😅

[@bigguix]

if the crystals were a little bit more solid, you could cast that bowl in epoxy and turn it. that would be soooo nice !

[@tiffanyhouze1886]

That's a sweet idea

[@masoneveritt4011]

The most intrigued I’ve been watching a KZbin video since like 2016 instant subscription

[@sreetips]

Welcome and thank you!

[@mcnorcan]

Love your content. You make electrochemistry understandable to everyone.

[@ethanleon8934]

this one is so clear i was dissapointed in my silver bullion purchases untill i watched this one

[@JWnFlorida]

In his other rooms he has gold, platinum and 4 Frankensteins growing 😂😂😂 great video, great transfer of usable information. Thank you for sharing and educating people. The world needs more of you in it.

[@AvantHorizon]

Werewolves been real quiet since this dropped

[@bryanbrazeau6742]

I wonder if you changed the shape of the anode bar, whether you might get more current due to a higher amount of contact points. I'm thinking either a u-shape, or L-shape you could insert into the basket. Just a thought..

[@apveening]

The anode bar should not come into contact with the solution, otherwise it will dissolve. The bar is just there to conduct electricity to the impure silver shot in the basket and it is the shot which is in contact with the solution to dissolve. As the conductivity of the shot is high enough, there is no use for more contact points.

[@omicron0mega]

Thanks for the content Sreetips.

[@firstnlast]

Absolutely love watching your process. So consistent and detailed!

[@T-rock_chr0n1c]

Thanks for explaining in so much detail awesome vid

[@ShinyPreciousMetals]

I love watching these videos. I wish I'd learned and continued this at school.

[@michaeljames8408]

IN CANADA -- It cost $42.80 to buy an ounce of Physical Silver here in the Eastern Provinces.. You American have it Made when it comes to Buying Gold and Silver... OH,,, and Gold is $2869.00 Canadian for a Physical Ounce... April 25 2023

[@jeffd3660]

Thanks sreetips for another .999 fine video 👍👍 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

[@weslegna]

Just too cool man.. alchemy is alive and well. Really interesting, inspiring and insightful! Thank you it was well done too!

[@josephcormier5974]

Thank you sir for another awesome and informative video six stars

[@itzrednando]

It is high purity, three 9 fine, pure, elemental Silver indeed 🥶

[@jphillips4371]

I would love to see you melt silver into the biggest bar you ever made. Like a gigantic bar of silver.

[@sreetips]

That would be awesome. I don’t have the right equipment. I’m just a hobbyist.

[@tank014]

EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@busbey61]

Excellent timing Sreetips! My day was sh!t now it has done a 180 and now it is great!

[@morgan7443]

This man is no conjurer of cheap tricks

[@54WantingMore]

That weight worked out to roughly 41.5 ounces which at today's value rounded off to $26 an ounce, that one run yielded about $1000. Very cool. Great video.

[@FourT6and22]

Not exactly. He used 650 grams of silver to "seed" his electrolyte. So his yield was actually only 529 grams. Price of silver is currently $0.75/gram = $396.75

[@sreetips]

I use the electrolyte twice. I reserve about 400g from each harvest to make electrolyte for future runs of the silver cell. I harvest average 1.5 kilos of per silver from each run. So two runs gives me 3 kilos of pure silver. I reserve 800g (400g from each run) to make new electrolyte. The net gain is 3 kilos minus 0.8 kilos (800g) equals 2.2 kilos. So that’s 2.2 kilos that get deposited into my savings. My savings are NOT in paper dollars. My savings is held in PURE SILVER.

[@zzbudzz]

@@sreetips As a silver bug ,I'm am completely jealous of you sir!

[@sreetips]

Isn't that one of the seven deadly sins?

[@zzbudzz]

@@sreetips yeah , but it was a joke 😁

[@floydsallee2041]

Man I love watching the videos you make

[@Lancelot.666]

As a silver investor I am inspired immensely with your work as you continue to produce a quality product..👍👍

[@Lancelot.666]

@@coxy623 what are you saying?

[@Lancelot.666]

@@coxy623 what's your problem?

[@Lancelot.666]

@@coxy623 you got your name right coz your a DICK !!! 😂😂😂

[@Lancelot.666]

@@coxy623 get a life... 😉

[@DavidDavis-OU814]

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Hello David. The spring here in Norway is coming soon. Cant wait to take my detector out. I have also 700 gram silver to melt 😊 I like the bars rustic. Have a lovley day my friend. Arne

[@DavidDavis-OU814]

@@arnedalbakk6315 Hello Arne! Spring is my favorite season of the year, but there really isn't much of a spring here in Dade City, Florida. Hurricane season is right around the corner. I spent most my life, 50 years, living in Kansas City where all four seasons were distinct. Winters could get as low as -15°F and summers reached 110°F. I also have a metal detector! I'm a master at finding rusty nails and aluminum pull tabs lol. I use to have 40oz of silver but have gifted out to friends over the years as gifts.

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Haha. That was good David. I find muth trash i also. Hihi. You are a good person David. Nice talkink whit you. God bless you, and your famely🙏 Arne

[@arnedalbakk6315]

@@DavidDavis-OU814 I truly belive you coming to find gold, silver..... And offcourse lot of rusty nails😂. Hope the weather is kind to you, where you live David.

[@sreetips]

Goooood (afternoon 19 hours later) can’t keep up with all the comments,

[@Ottawajames]

Did you really get 1100g of pure silver if you had to start with 700g of pure silver? Isn't 400g a far more accurate measurement?

[@van1ty821]

I am curious what the recovery rate is how many grams of shot equal how many grams of crystal?

[@apveening]

Roughly 98 to 99 grams of crystal per 100 grams of shot (that shot is 98% to 99% pure silver).

[@KickRocksClowns]

​@@apveening how? Is it run through multiple times? Seemed like the spent shot removed from the cell was around 60% of the amount that went in. If 90+% of it is silver shouldn't it almost completely dissolve?

[@apveening]

@@KickRocksClowns You overlooked the refills.

[@KickRocksClowns]

@@apveening As in the spent shot is run again? Multiple times?

[@apveening]

@@KickRocksClowns No, more shot is added to replace dissolved shot.

[@Le_Petit_Lapin]

That copper pipe in the blue electrolyte was a neat trick, was amazed how quickly it was occurring.

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Love the look of silver crystal!❤

[@theoriginalaceofspades7829]

That pie pan Constellation. Sreetips knows vintage watches.

[@goodvibes923]

I want to drink the forbidden Blue Gatorade so bad

[@sreetips]

Not recommended

[@idontknowyouthatsmypurse]

Hahaha!

[@stuntcore]

I don't know why, but this video makes me want to see Breaking Bad all over again! :D

[@shieldwolffalcontrainer9040]

I mean pack the unpure silver granules into the filter and basket.

[@roi354]

I'd love to see a quick shot of your glassware and chemical storage. I can imagine there's a ton of both!

[@sreetips]

Can never have too much glass

[@sreetips]

I bought all my glassware on eBay.

[@oraz.]

It looks so cool in the blue water

[@WhereDoesMyHorseHurt]

It's really so beautiful

[@SKYNCVLT]

so, theoretically, you could take all the little sterling silver balls out of the bottoms of “antique” glass and put them into this, on average those balls are about a couple grams to an oz depending on the vase/piece.

[@sreetips]

I prefer using sterling flatware. It’s solid 90% silver, fairly clean too.

[@SKYNCVLT]

@@sreetips interesting, that makes sense thanks mang

[@johannesdesloper8434]

I've seen you dissolve also Silver shot when you proces the Anode slimes. I think washing the Anode bag Silver shot with distilled water and add it back to the Silver cell wouldn't influence quality of the produced Silver crystal, but I think it would save you a lot of work and Nitric acid. I think you can recover the slimes from the washwater by filtering.

[@sreetips]

I tried rinsing the silver in those filters but it didn’t work very well. I could soak the slimes then try to strain the silver shot out and run it through the cell.

[@johannesdesloper8434]

@@sreetips yeah sounds good. probably the slimes will also settle well in the washwater. Seems to me as a more efficient proces.

[@daviiidavo5100]

I just heard that a werewolf is roaming near a village down my road, im using this video for reference

[@bfd1565]

It's a never ended circle of elements going into solution and coming out of solution. The brilliant color solutions during the processes of refining precious metals are mind boggling chrisp. Fun stuff Sreetips. See ya on the next one. P.S. Please do a video on the material left in your waste. Dry it. Throw it in your largest crucible. Melt and pour it into a mold. Send it to your refiner as a triple check that nothing of value is sneaking by you.

[@williamfoote2888]

His waste stream is copper metal, rust and a salt solution of sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and sodium nitrate. His precious metal recovery is quantitative…

[@orionseal117]

The same person who got after You about calling it a wrench probably calls his ratchets "Socket Wrenches".... Either that or they only know the name of the tool, nothing about using it🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂

[@adamcoffee]

Hey sreetips, great video! I always love your stuff. If I can make a suggestion - consider adding some audio compression (and then normalization) to reduce the difference in volume between your live and voice-over sections. Sometimes I have to turn the volume up to hear the live portions, but then a voice-over section will be very loud. Anyways, keep up the awesome work! :)

[@sreetips]

I’ll adjust the voice over to get them better match.

[@adamantiumbomb]

I'll bet this is what 'The Silver Surfer' eats for breakfast? 🤔

[@themyceliumnetwork]

wait.... what ?? Only Thirty Seven Ounces of SILVER ??

[@sreetips]

This was second run of the electrolyte. And the anode filter was clogged with slimes. That’s all I can come up with for the shortage.

[@themyceliumnetwork]

@@sreetips the algorithm loves comments. it also likes when you like & heart your own comments

[@ultraclipsyt3544]

I was thinking of making some jewelry out of this but have no idea how... Maybe resin? I'd want it directly out of that container though, not after it is shipped haha.

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

Is this like nurdrage. Is that how you pronounce it? I remember that channel. That channel helped me make some crazy stuff back in the day

[@sreetips]

I think nurdrage was a chemist. I’m am not a chemist.

[@Steeger007]

650g of silver crystal in the electrolyte to make about ~2200g of silver crystal over two runs.

[@johnmyers379]

Yeah but take some of the silver nitrate electrolyte and let it evaporated on a single crystal of silver and watch it grow

[@busbey61]

So, it seems like you use alot of high purity silver for this process. Are you recovering enough silver out of the solution and shots to make the high purity crystals feasible justifiable?? This seem like you are taking 2 steps forward and 3 steps back... counterproductive and not cost effective..... If high purity silver is your contribution, your ROI doesn't seem too high... I hope this makes sense....

[@justynpratt4223]

Exactly, how many Troy ounces of pure silver are consumed to produce the 73+ ounces of pure silver you produced?

[@sreetips]

I use 800g of pure silver crystal dissolved in nitric for two runs of the silver cell. I got 1.5 kilos then 1.1 kilos for a total yield of (2600g - 800g) 1.8 kilos out the door. I bought the sterling at estate sales. Price doesn’t matter. I just pay the sellers ask. With silver prices so low, I can’t go wrong. It’s a no-brainer.

[@sreetips]

I used 800g of electrolyte to yield 2600g of pure silver crystal. 1.8 kilos of high purity silver in my savings account.

[@washboardman7435]

Hear me out: do the stoichometry for your reactions and measure out the chemicals like a cook doing prep before turning on the stove. My guesstimate is you'd need something around 550mL of 67% nitric acid to dissolve 653.8g of elemental silver. It's a very slight excess: you can use 3mL less to put the silver in excess. Hopefully, it saves you some time and money.

[@WexMajor82]

And now with a blowtorch (1400C are not easy to reach) you can make a tiny ingot!

[@johnhawley4595]

Have you ever used pure silver that you've recovered as an ingredient for your inquartation? I'd be interested to see how a refining, if it was faster/less waste during the process.

[@sreetips]

No for two reasons: 1) using pure silver to inquart is a step in the wrong direction because it’s already been through the silver cell. 2) I have much sterling silver and the first step in refining it is to dissolve in hot dilute nitric. Finally, sterling silver has copper and it makes a wonderful color indicator that lets me know when I’ve got it all out of the gold.

[@leroyc179]

your volume level is like a roller coaster ride. Due to sever hearing loss I must use headphones and when it goes from very low to very loud volume its like a massive blast from a bull horn directly into the inner ear, basically it hurts like HELL

[@sreetips]

Sorry, I’ll try to get it evened out.

[@leroyc179]

@@sreetips Thank you

[@BastrdMcQueen]

Check out that ol' pie pan constellation 23:23 Nice!

[@arnedalbakk6315]

I find this very interesting.... Every human has gold in the body.. In the blood i think. Not muth.. 0,02mg😊

[@sreetips]

I heard that on a video about gold.

[@arnedalbakk6315]

But as whe now sir... Gold is everywhere 😊... Tiny. Tiny

[@phelan8385]

This is awesome, never heard of such a contraption

[@busymountain]

Is there a video or could you give a short synopsis of how this works and how someone could do this themselves. Also knowing your expenses vs profits would be helpful

[@sreetips]

I’ve made many silver cell videos and included as much detail as I could. I don’t track expenses for each batch. This is my hobby. My profit is in pure silver metal, not paper dollars.

[@airdima]

this is fascinating. i've stumbled across this completely by mistake. and after watching though the entire vid, i must ask. considering the time and resources spent, is the output worth the hassle in terms of pure profit?

[@sreetips]

I’m converting paper dollars to pure silver metal. Even with a one for one straight ahead trade, it’s worth it all day long. You see, I’m on the gold standard. You don’t have to wait for a government to put you on one. You can put yourself on the gold standard. My savings are in pure silver, not paper dollars. If I need a little paper to buy food or pay bills, then I sell a little of my metal.

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Hello friends. Hello Mrs and Mr sreetips. The silver crysyal is hard to describe... Yust stunning. Thanks for sharing that whit us Sir. Whis everybody a nice day/evening/night/morning. God bless you. Arne

[@sreetips]

Thanks Arne!

[@scotthultin7769]

First 👍's up sreetips thank you for sharing

[@FurryEskimo]

How much more valuable is the silver? Seems like you could do this fairly easily with many other metals, and scale up operations, if you have the money.

[@sreetips]

I only work with gold and silver (and some platinum group metals). Only precious metals, no base metals.

[@WaltWW]

KZbin category “Cooking”

[@zebatov]

Is this of the same value as silver you would purchase at market? Doesn’t simply creating more drive the cost down due to an increased supply?

[@sreetips]

Every investment grade silver bar or coin on the planet began as pure silver crystal, just like you see here.

[@zebatov]

I understand.

[@gogotrololo]

Watching that cementing process will never get old to me lol

[@SadisticPicker]

Holy shite man that’s soooo cool!!

[@WarblyWark]

I know you've pondered this, but maybe high purity silver that was recently produced with electrolyte re purified with high purity silver nitrate? I mean, just for sharts and waffles?

[@apveening]

Not worth it to him as that silver cell is taking care of the silver waste of his gold refining.

[@sreetips]

I ran pure silver crystal back through the cell a second time with fresh electrolyte once. Sent a sample off for analysis. Came back greater than five nines fine. That’s 99,999 parts per one hundred thousand pure silver. I have a video of it posted on my channel,

[@digitalcynicism]

I have a bunch of heavy silver plated metal things of all types, could I extract the silver via a process like this? Could i send it to you?

[@sreetips]

I’ve never tried de-plating silver from silver plated items. I wouldn’t know how to do it. Plus, this is my hobby and I only refine my own material that my wife and I find at local sales.

[@johnsmotorcyclechannel2243]

Who are you who are so wise in the ways of alchemy?

[@texaslibertyadvocatenetwork]

How do I turn copper granules to gold? I think passing positively charged Argon gas works from what I remember reading...

[@dorianmode69]

Do a time lapse of crystal formation!!

[@stefflus08]

Very nice! However I don't see the need to use precious distilled water for anything but the last rinse?

[@stefflus08]

The video was longer than I thought initially. What I am talking about is that I was of the impression that the rinse from cleaning the finished 999 would be chucked out, and the distilled water was to keep the 999 clean. And I guess I stand by that guess because there wouldn't be much to retrieve in the few milliliters of sooution clinging to the 999

[@sreetips]

It takes about six distilled water rinses to get all the silver nitrate off the pure silver crystal. I save the rinse water and use it to dilute my silver nitrate.

[@bluegizmo1983]

I think the real question is, do you actually make any profit off this? Or once you figure in all the time, electricity, chemicals, etc, you spent doing this do you just end up breaking even or losing money?

[@sreetips]

Yes, but my profit is in pure silver, not dollars.

[@TindolsMetals]

I’ve got to learn how to do this. I have nothing but time and The want to. Just have a question where do you get the junk to refine? Do you buy it from a place is it just wondering where do you buy the material to refine?

[@sreetips]

We buy sterling from local sales. But you got to get up early and be there first or else all the metal will be long gone.

[@dorivalgemmi3548]

WOW😮 VERY GOOD WORK MAN I'M INTERESTED😮

[@ericbeeman8717]

Some of those crystal shards look really cool

[@thecoffiehigh]

How many pounds of silver do you need to make a pound

[@sreetips]

One

[@thecoffiehigh]

@@sreetips so it takes a pound to make a pound???