SILVER POURING

[StackSellRepeat]

Hi there guys,

 

So I've been dreaming of pouring my own bars as a hobby for several years & today I finally popped my cherry, been looking at @BackyardBullion videos on YouTube & he sure makes it look easy. I guess he’s had a little more practice than me ?. So when BYB mentions you get that nasty slack right at the end of the pour he weren’t sugar coating it...... I need a lot of practice & I hope I get there one day! ?

 

Here are a few pictures of the bars/rounds I poured today, need some better moulds as mine where purchased years ago & I don’t think there spot on with the surface area etc....

 

ENJOY & PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK, BYB FANS PLEASE TAKE IT EASY ON ME ? (THE BOTTOM THREE ARE THE RUNT OF THE LITTER)

 

 

[Roy]

I guess the moulds need bead blasting?

Nice ripples! 

[BackyardBullion]

Great first attempts! 

Try getting some "P7000" sandpaper and some malt vinegar on those graphite areas and it should clean it up. Leave them in the vinegar overnight and it should loosen the graphite up a bit.

Otherwise they look mighty fine bars! Lovely ripples, what weights are they!?

[Bullionbilly]

Very nice ripples indeed.

Great 1st try ?

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3 minutes ago, Roy said:

I guess the moulds need bead blasting?

Nice ripples! 

I’ve never heard that term before, I’ll have to search it up  

[jonrms]

Great first try. Keep it up and keep those bottom 3 because you will always be able to remember your first! I hope to see more.

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4 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

Great first attempts! 

Try getting some "P7000" sandpaper and some malt vinegar on those graphite areas and it should clean it up. Leave them in the vinegar overnight and it should loosen the graphite up a bit.

Otherwise they look mighty fine bars! Lovely ripples, what weights are they!?

Thanks buddy means a lot coming from the BYB himself lol, appreciate the info. Will give your tip ago just need to wait for the crucible to cool down ?

 

I believe all the bars are just over an ounce & have been tested at 99.99 on my sigma tester ?

 

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6 minutes ago, Bullionbilly said:

Very nice ripples indeed.

Great 1st try ?

Thanks mate really appreciate the feedback, I was actually thinking of remelting them ?

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4 minutes ago, jonrms said:

Great first try. Keep it up and keep those bottom 3 because you will always be able to remember your first! I hope to see more.

Hmmm that’s an awesome idea ???

[BackyardBullion]

5 minutes ago, StackSellRepeat said:

Hmmm that’s an awesome idea ???

I agree, keep the first pour, it is special

The one in my thumbnail is the first one out of my furnace - not the first ever pour though 

[Roy]

10 minutes ago, StackSellRepeat said:

I’ve never heard that term before, I’ll have to search it up  

I thought they were steel moulds. Just to remove rust/cack

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12 minutes ago, jonrms said:

Great first try. Keep it up and keep those bottom 3 because you will always be able to remember your first! I hope to see more.

Those three actually where poured after the top lot, was experimenting with weights & had a few miscalculations ? 

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3 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

I agree, keep the first pour, it is special

The one in my thumbnail is the first one out of my furnace - not the first ever pour though 

Mate does borax help? As the silver is pure I’m assuming won’t make much difference as the issue is the graphite crucible.

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4 minutes ago, Roy said:

I thought they were steel moulds. Just to remove rust/cack

Lol using steel moulds for my first try, these graphite moulds already have me looking for every penny under the sofa. Just checked it out, looks a little harch for graphite but defo will give BYBs tip a go ?

[BackyardBullion]

8 minutes ago, StackSellRepeat said:

Mate does borax help? As the silver is pure I’m assuming won’t make much difference as the issue is the graphite crucible.

Borax is to draw out impurities in less than pure silver so it will be useless on 999 silver. And you will end up with a glassy bead on the top of your silver!

[Bullionaire]

Very nice @StackSellRepeat. Some deep ripples there. 

[Goldmick]

Nice first go m8 i would be happy with them

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16 minutes ago, Bullionaire said:

Very nice @StackSellRepeat. Some deep ripples there. 

The deeper the better I say ?

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13 minutes ago, Goldmick said:

Nice first go m8 i would be happy with them

I’m a perfectionist currently fighting off those whispers. (Meltpot)

[Peacemaker]

@StackSellRepeat ive wanted to do this for a while but dont fancy the price of a kiln, what method of smelting do you use?

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Mate I don’t smelt, it’s more of a hobby but if it was a business you’d save a few quid smelting ?

[SilverS]

Nice results - You should be well happy with those bars, the ripple surface looks good ?

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Just now, SilverS said:

Nice results - You should be well happy with those bars, the ripple surface looks good ?

Thanks mate, just need to get better moulds as these a pretty rough around the edges or it’s just me over pouring haha (seeing molten silver gets a man excited in a way I didn’t no was possible) ??

[Peacemaker]

12 hours ago, StackSellRepeat said:

Mate I don’t smelt, it’s more of a hobby but if it was a business you’d save a few quid smelting ?

What do you use to melt the silver?

[boon]

Great first attempts mate- something more difficult than some folk (massively including mr @BackyardBullion in this comment!) make it look on the internet!

As others have said nice ripples, and keep us posted on your progress ? I’m even tempted to raid your for sale thread now as the funds may contribute towards your progress ?

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16 minutes ago, boon said:

Great first attempts mate- something more difficult than some folk (massively including mr @BackyardBullion in this comment!) make it look on the internet!

As others have said nice ripples, and keep us posted on your progress ? I’m even tempted to raid your for sale thread now as the funds may contribute towards your progress ?

Mate appreciate the kind words, loving all the feedback you guys are comming with as I peronally no I can do better.... time will tell for sure ? Pal if any of the items on my sales thread float your boat give us a shout as I do definitely need some new moulds cheers ?