If you're learning how to refine silver plate, this is the video to watch. Removing silver from silver plated items is a great source of silver. In this video I'll show you how to remove the thin plating of silver from silver plated items and concentrate it up so that it can be collected and further refined into pure silver. Silver refining should be considered an art and I have included two years of my experience into this video.
Removing silver plate is an excellent way to get into silver refining and teach you the ins and outs of electro chemistry while making extra money as a hobby or as a business. I show step by step how to build, set up, and operate a reverse electro-plating cell using only salt and vinegar to remove the silver from silver plated items. I also demonstrate how to speed up the process while testing some new materials. Please enjoy and may all your days be blessed!
Skip to 30:17 not 30:55 as stated in the video for easiest method.
0:00-0:59 Intro
1:00-3:49 Preparing titanim and silver for acid test
3:50-5:45 Process explained
5:46-7:10 Making electrolyte for refining silver plate
7:11-9:42 Preparing cell for reverse electro-plating
9:43-11:38 Operating deplating cell to remover silver
11:39-13:55 Adding hydrochloric acid to speed up the process
13:56-15:50 Removing silver plated items from cell
15:51-17:07 Explaining function of the cathode
17:08-21:47 Using dacron filter to separate silver and copper
21:48-23:13 Running deplating cell simple set up
23:14-24:38 Cleaning out reverse electro-plating cell
24:39-30:08 Ideal set up for removing silver efficiently from silver plated items
30:09-31:41 Processing giant silver plated items, the easy method
31:42-34:18 Final results
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