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Offline chrisflhtc

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Flame cleaning
« on: January 29, 2015, 01:16:49 PM »
I guess I got it a little too hot it was crisp and clear at one time

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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2015, 01:30:28 PM »
Yeah, it reached its critical temperature.  But its really clean :)
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2015, 05:47:41 PM »
Funny....dum,dum.dum,dummmm, dummm.... oops! DOH! (hehe)

No issue, as Keprha says, its REALLY clean.  Use it till its too thin (if you ever get there - thats probably 300+ gallons of 20PPM), sell it as silver scrap and buy another.

Exactly what are you suspending that thing with?  Is that steel or copper wire?  Or is that just something that wouldn't melt you used to flame clean the thing?  You should only be using silver wire as a "hanger" but then you already know this, right? Just mentioning it is all in case newer forum members see that photo and believe something other than silver can be used which it can't because you run the risk of contaminating your Ionic Silver under "construction" with ions from whatever other metal you might use and that would be bad.
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2015, 01:26:08 AM »
Its 99.999 platinum wire I don't believe it gives up any thing at the currents I use,even if it was in the water. I usually go for 3/4 depth.
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2015, 02:37:32 AM »
Yeah, you are safe with platinum. 
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2015, 03:19:16 AM »
Your wire is worth WAY more than your anode  :)

Pt is over $1200 per troy oz. now.
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2015, 12:43:59 PM »
I have a small handful of this scrap electrophoresis wire when I gather up enough I send it to Midwest refinery 
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2015, 07:53:35 PM »
Quote from: Kephra on January 29, 2015, 01:30:28 PM
Yeah, it reached its critical temperature.  But its really clean :)

I flamed my maple with a propane torch, and the black coating disappeared, and it looked shiny, but now that it has cooled, it has a sort of white milky haze to it.  Did I not get it hot enough? Or too hot? Or....?
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2015, 07:56:15 PM »
Nothing to worry about, the surface is just crystalline which makes it look dull.
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2015, 10:21:03 PM »
Cleaning with sodium bicarbonate is not a good method? I allways clean my silver wit sodium bicarbonate. The silver is clear and bright. Is that ok?
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2015, 10:34:18 PM »
Its ok as long as you rinse it well, but you are wasting silver which would be reclaimed by fire cleaning.  As cheap as silver is though, it hardly matters.
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2015, 02:59:59 AM »
So after you use the flame technique, afterwards, do you wipe any of that stuff off?
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2015, 03:11:23 AM »
No, its pure crystalline silver.  You can wipe it off if you want, but you don't have to.
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2015, 04:41:26 AM »
Ok, thank you
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Re: Flame cleaning
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2015, 10:01:33 PM »
Guys, how long on average does it take to flame clean? And sometimes I have black marks, when I hit them with the flame it causes another black mark somewhere else, what's going on here?
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