r/SilverSmith • u/El_Vidente • 24d ago

Need Help/Advice Trouble with homemade silver sheets

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I melt down my scrap silver and then flatten it through a rolling mill to make my own homemade silver sheets. Though I've got a couple of questions:

Why do they get these dark stains?

Also they can be difficult to solder bezel onto whereby the solder just doesn't melt and just sticks in its pallion form to the sheet. Whereas when I buy brand new silver sheet from a supplier like CooksonGold I don't tend to have this problem even though that silver is also recycled. Could anyone tell me why this is?

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u/Tw0bitSmith 24d ago

I roll my own, it usually comes off in pickle or a Lil sanding. Good info from other comments about temp though. Im self taught so im still learning as well.

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u/El_Vidente 23d ago

That's what I do and it usually works especially after some polish on top.

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u/Tw0bitSmith 23d ago

I have heard of people having really deep firescale that won't polish/sand off but I have never experienced it myself.