Pouring sterling silver bars from scrap silver

[universalcurrency]

I was wondering if any one has experimented with pouring bars and silver casts from scrap 925 silver?  What happens with the impurities, do they form a tricky to remove oxide layer for example...

[Petra]

Impurities are usually easy enough to remove off the outside, helps if you don’t pour all out. Remember you will still end up with .925.

[stefffana]

If the original scrap is hallmarked, leave it like this. Will sell easier than a poured 925 bar without hallmark.

If your silver is in too bad condition, you can play fire games and improve your skills.😊

[Petra]

The idea is that you do something with it and then get it hallmarked 

[DarkChameleon]

On 18/01/2022 at 15:46, Petra said:

The idea is that you do something with it and then get it hallmarked 

Ask backtardbullion about the cost for that, here in U.S we don't worry about that, trust is all it takes...reason for so many scams.

[Parhelion]

If you're interested in melting it to make something out it, it's reasonably easy to make little ingots using borax flux to remove impurities. 

There are loads of resources out there for people interested in making silver jewellery that cover melting and casting metal. For instance, I find this jeweller's videos on youtube really informative and easy to follow.

As Stefffana said, it's best to keep hallmarked scrap whole if there's a chance you'll be selling it on. Mystery ingots are too much of a risk for most people. Even if you manage to sell them you won't get as much as you'd have got for the scrap. If I were doing a one off, I'd try to find a friendly jeweller (or silver pouring forum member) and agree a price to get my item included in a batch that they are sending in (if the assay offices allow this)

Definitely look into hallmarking if you want to make anything to sell on. I think assay offices might let members of the public submit pieces for testing, but the price is much much higher than what they charge their members. Membership's not too pricey if you're actually making this into a business, and once you are submitting items in batches the cost per item is low.