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How to melt .999 silver?

gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
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Has anyone done this before? Lets assume for example I wanted to melt down foreign bullion coins of .999 fineness and pour them into 100 oz ingot molds. Do I need to use some type of flux, or is the metal pure enough? What about scaling? Any help is appreciated.

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  • SilverBaronSilverBaron Posts: 767 ✭
    Yes, I have.....

    I use an 110v furnace with graphite molds.....

    Place the mold in the furnace.... place the amount of silver you wish the bar to be in the mold...

    Run the temp. up to 2100F for 10 min. then turn off the furnace and let cool for 4 hrs.

    Presto.... Perfect weight bar[s] WITHOUT the danger of pouring hot metal....

    And their all shiny without the fumes of using flux!!



    Keep on stack'n!!
    Silver Baron
    ********************
    Silver is the mortar that binds the bricks of loyalty.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Lets assume for example I wanted to melt down foreign bullion coins of .999 fineness and pour them into 100 oz ingot molds. >>



    Why would you want to do this? Those unmarked bars would be difficult to sell without paying for an assay. Also, a bullion coin carries a higher premium than a large silver bar.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
    Thanks for the insight Baron. And Perry, maybe im not actually using .999 fine rounds to melt into bars. Perhaps I just dont want you to know what im REALLY up to!image
  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    "Perhaps I just dont want you to know what im REALLY up to!"

    Hummmmm, making bullets for vampires?

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"Perhaps I just dont want you to know what im REALLY up to!"

    Hummmmm, making bullets for vampires? >>



    Silver bullets only work for werewolves. image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    How do you know?
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    silverbaron has the best way from what i researched.
    use silver shot for ease always knowing it is .999 fine.

    otherwise get out the blowtorch and get dangerous.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How do you know? >>



    I've seen it on about a zillion horror movies and we know how accurate they are. image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭
    It must be all the Vampire movies on TV that's giving you all these ideas...
    ......Larry........image
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