Precious Metal `Clay`

[YT2095]

erm yes, she heard it pop and felt it land on her!

I`ve fixed it now anyway, told the truth, but by then it had already gone near black, and she was laughing saying that I owe her a new blouse. I put nitric acid on a water soaked peice of rockwool and the black vanished (although the last bits after a top up of nitric did make the fabric go a bit yellow) then put it in cold water with washing powder in it, they`re both hanging out to dry now (mine and hers).

so far so good, and no black stains, her arms and face just yet? I don`t know, but no black at the moment! )

[aommaster]

lol! Don't try the same remedy on her like you did with the clothes though! By the way, how did it pop out?

[YT2095]

just plain and simple local heating at the base of the boiling tube, a droplet of water must have slid down, instantly turned to steam and as it did, ejected as much solid matter as it could

[budullewraagh]

it's sad how there's a society of american silversmiths...

[YT2095]

Why?

[aommaster]

Yeah, why?

[budullewraagh]

eh i dunno it sounds awfully random. kinda like the brotherhood of american electricians

[aommaster]

What do you mean by awfullly random? What's so random about it?

[YT2095]

we`re the SFN comunity, I guess that would probably sound weird to someone outside of it, but I don`t feel weird about it, so I guess by the same token they don`t either

besides, if they have a Silversmith comunity and sit and share ideas and techniques over a beer or 2, fair play to them, I`m all for it

[budullewraagh]

yeah, we are odd; that's universally known. i have nothing against the society of american silversmiths. in fact, i support their smithing of silver and such.

[aommaster]

we`re the SFN comunity, I guess that would probably sound weird to someone outside of it, but I don`t feel weird about it, so I guess by the same token they don`t either

besides, if they have a Silversmith comunity and sit and share ideas and techniques over a beer or 2, fair play to them, I`m all for it

 

I think that is also the reason. If I told my mother about it, she would say "What rubbish!"

[Crash]

I dont think it would be silver due to the Cl2 gas as said above, im gonna go away and dig for awnser's.

How much does silver sell for? the blowtorch part makes me think it is ionic and rather strong...how long od you have to blow torch it for?

[budullewraagh]

perhaps you missed the above post; it's not AgCl; it's:

it`s not silver cloride at all, it`s pure silver and a binder, it`s the binder that gives it white color DOH! (though I`ve still yet to find out what it is)?

[aommaster]

I don't think he read the whole thread!

[Crash]

TLDR, skimmed

[YT2095]

I`m still waiting for the AgCl to dry though, I`m still going to try my original idea using it, if it fails there`s nothing lost, and Data gained

besides I can easily reclaim all the silver again, it`s hardly difficult!

[Lance]

How will you reclaim the silver on your wife?

[YT2095]

well sadly I couldn`t

but since the silver was for free in the 1`st place I wasn`t too worried

 

and no, she didn`t develop purple/black spots on her, it was caught in time and was already silver chloride when it hit her (if it were the Nitrate, that would have been different!), so all`s cool in Lab now

[Guest nomesie]

Im a jewellery maker who uses PMC. As i understand it, it is very fine silver particle suspended in an organic binder. The binder can be moulded like clay. When fired the binder burns away leaving only the silver particles which are fused together in firing.

 

search for "precious metal clay" or "art clay silver" to see more about it.

 

Hope this helps guys

Naomi