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Can you recycle PMC?
Hello All,
I've unearthed some dodgy PMC creations I must have made about ten years ago!
Now if they were sterling pieces, I'd melt them down to reuse the metal, so I am wondering if there is anything that can be done to 'recycle' old or unwanted PMC pieces.
I mostly just work with sterling silver and wire now (I'm a chainmaille addict ), but I remember when PMC first arrived on the scene there seemed to be a bit of snobbery about it - like it was just a bit of a toy or novelty, and made jewellery creation too easy. These weren't opinions I shared but I did get put off using it by this kind of attitude. I can see that PMC has come a long way since it first came out, and some of the creations are just fantastic, but I wonder if any of you that use PMC think these attitudes are still out there?
Many thanks.
Scooch
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PMC is just fine silver once fired properly, so yes you can recycle it!
Lucinda
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Alllright! there's a saving!
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So can you just add it to your sterling scrap or would you keep it separate?
Linda
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I'm not sure if you can mix metals in your scrap pot, I try to keep mine seperate but I did notice on my last return to Cooksons that they had paid me for some fine and some sterling, so I am assuming you can at least mix silver, but don't quite me on that! It is something I have wondered about though...
Lucinda
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well, if you put fine silver in with your sterling, it will reduce the purity of the fine and improve the purity of your sterling - so I imagine that the result will be of a non-specific purity?
Di x
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Hi
We need silver in one scrap pot and gold/platinum in another, but within each of those pots you can mix different grades of alloys.
Rob
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