NobleMetalWorks
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Does anyone have any experience with silver clay? Also called PMC or precious metal silver clay?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_clay
http://www.ehow.com/how_5365045_make-silver-clay.html
The reason I ask is that I am interested in taking what I refine to the next step, and creating some usable product out of it so I can appeal to a wider market. It's hard not to notice how much more you can get for what you refine if you just take it one more small step forward. A good example would be to point out jewelry, as soon as a precious metal has been put into the form of something artistic, it is worth far more than as the lump of metal itself.
So my question is if anyone has any experience using it, mixing it, a solution for the other 10% of the mixture that does what it's suppose to do, packaging material like this so it doesn't degrade over time, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also I am curious to know about other forms that reclaimed precious metals can be put into, for another example I am looking into what form gold would need to be in, to supply 3D printers made to print gold, require. If I can create this same mixture then not only can I sell it for use by others, but I can also spend the money for the equipment and print gold in 3D. But I think that each person who has some type of process for putting any precious metal into a more readily usable form, should create a specific post for just that process. I would like to keep this thread about what I wrote, but I am really curious about other processes also, anything that can be accomplished by a small refiner.
Scott
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_clay
http://www.ehow.com/how_5365045_make-silver-clay.html
The reason I ask is that I am interested in taking what I refine to the next step, and creating some usable product out of it so I can appeal to a wider market. It's hard not to notice how much more you can get for what you refine if you just take it one more small step forward. A good example would be to point out jewelry, as soon as a precious metal has been put into the form of something artistic, it is worth far more than as the lump of metal itself.
So my question is if anyone has any experience using it, mixing it, a solution for the other 10% of the mixture that does what it's suppose to do, packaging material like this so it doesn't degrade over time, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also I am curious to know about other forms that reclaimed precious metals can be put into, for another example I am looking into what form gold would need to be in, to supply 3D printers made to print gold, require. If I can create this same mixture then not only can I sell it for use by others, but I can also spend the money for the equipment and print gold in 3D. But I think that each person who has some type of process for putting any precious metal into a more readily usable form, should create a specific post for just that process. I would like to keep this thread about what I wrote, but I am really curious about other processes also, anything that can be accomplished by a small refiner.
Scott
