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Noxx

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Hey guys,

I've been a big fan of electric skillets since using them as hot plates.

But a few weeks ago I was tired of waiting for my silver powder to dry in my large beaker and did this:

Put slurry in the skillet:



Stir like you're cooking something



Final result!





It was very fast and did not harm the skillet since it is Teflon coated.
 
I especially like the part where it looks like it you have more powder in the end than when you started :lol: probably just from spreading it around.
good to know. I'll be interested in what my roommates have to say about my new "cooking".
 
Great idea... but forgive my next comment.
Indeed it's a small quantity compared to whats in the skillet, but you will have a tough time recovering silver embedded in the wooden paddle.
 
Indeed it will, but as I ask again, please forgive my comment...
He wouldn't need to incinerate anything, if he used a glass rod or perhaps a stainless steel spoon.
 
Rodger Hamilton said:
Indeed it will, but as I ask again, please forgive my comment...
He wouldn't need to incinerate anything, if he used a glass rod or perhaps a stainless steel spoon.


This is true but then he will run the rick of scratching the PTFE coating on the skillet. I use a pyrex pan on a burner to do mine. not sue which way I would like best. It seems like a cumbersome way to remove your silver from the pan lifting the whole thing up. will have to try.

the amount of silver in the spoon is not a real issue silver powder ways nothing and is only around a $1.00 a gram which is a lot of powder.

Eric
 
if you dont mind paying the price, they make a teflon spatula. ive seen sets that seem pretty pricey to me but i was in the mindset of flipping eggs and not stirring silver.
 

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