Melting Silver Problem

[Mirza]

Hi,

I’m new to melting silver down and wanted to practice before I start casting it for jewellery. I bought an electric furnace and for my first try I put the silver in and heated it then when it became liquid I put borax to remove any impurities. When I pour the silver into water it comes out discoloured what am I doing wrong? Or is it the silver?

Edited February 5 by Mirza
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[SilverDrum]

@BackyardBullion @SilverAngel @LiquidMetalsUK anyone able to help?  

[BackyardBullion]

Presumably this is sterling silver?

Sterling oxidizes with the air when poured so you have to clean and polish it before it's shiny.

999 silver you don't need a flux or borax just pour and go!

[RiverbankSilver]

Using a pickling solution is the easiest way to remove borax and fire scale from sterling silver. Photo below ⬇️ 

[SilverAngel]

2 hours ago, BackyardBullion said:

Presumably this is sterling silver?

Sterling oxidizes with the air when poured so you have to clean and polish it before it's shiny.

999 silver you don't need a flux or borax just pour and go!

i agree with this, it doesn't look like .999 plus it looks as though too much borax has been used as it has a "glassy" look to it