It's cool that you had Melanie king on your show! I love her channel. Also, it's great that you didn't just claim an Idea and share it as your own, but you spotlighted what Melanie is doing and had her on to share. Really great way to honor that and give credit where credits due. Thanks for this video. I wish Melanie the best in this process and it's lean more and more into the realm of the scientific.
@@ribsy silvers not as bad as say lead, which is extremely toxic and has literally killed millions of people through pollution, but any heavy metal, especially when dissolved in water, needs to be disposed of properly. No judgement to those who haven't, but I would implore you to in the future.
Thanks Ribsy. Your timing is perfect. Because of my age, I will get paid to do nothing from 2022 on. The ominous phrase is retirement. But I don't plan to get tired again. My first project is to finally develop the films that are waiting in a -25 freezer. Your video made it clear I can start when I have found a solution for the fixer. Does anyone have an idea what I can do this in Switzerland?
I'm looking into where I can take slide film to have the silver removed and used by someone else. Seems crazy to throw it out when someone can make a bit of cash from it and others' old slides as well.
Humm, not really... Just 2-3g of silver per film, so at most an ounce (30 ish grams) for 10 films (B&W, color has much less silver). But it's nice anyways...
@@Ryan-lc4bl As of today the going rate of silver is about .74¢ per gram. I've blixed about 12 color rolls with my present chemistry. At 3 grams of silver per roll, that equates to 36 grams total. So 36 x .74 will give me $26.64. I could by a shit ton of Ramen noodles with that. 😂
If I melt my old negatives or photos from instant cameras pics from the 80's and 90's are they even worth stripping the silver from or do they even have such a thing? Thank you :)
It's cool that you had Melanie king on your show! I love her channel. Also, it's great that you didn't just claim an Idea and share it as your own, but you spotlighted what Melanie is doing and had her on to share. Really great way to honor that and give credit where credits due. Thanks for this video. I wish Melanie the best in this process and it's lean more and more into the realm of the scientific.
Yea she’s got so much knowledge to share! Glad she was able to join
Thanks for inviting me to chat! 😊
Of course! Thank YOU!
Just a reminder, NEVER dump fixer down the drain.
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@@ribsy silvers not as bad as say lead, which is extremely toxic and has literally killed millions of people through pollution, but any heavy metal, especially when dissolved in water, needs to be disposed of properly. No judgement to those who haven't, but I would implore you to in the future.
Thanks Ribsy. Your timing is perfect. Because of my age, I will get paid to do nothing from 2022 on. The ominous phrase is retirement. But I don't plan to get tired again. My first project is to finally develop the films that are waiting in a -25 freezer. Your video made it clear I can start when I have found a solution for the fixer.
Does anyone have an idea what I can do this in Switzerland?
Amazing! You can put that new freedom to good use. No clue about Switzerland
I'm looking into where I can take slide film to have the silver removed and used by someone else. Seems crazy to throw it out when someone can make a bit of cash from it and others' old slides as well.
Reach out to the person in my video
So cool, great video 👌
indeed! thanks for watching
I kinda want to reclaim the silver now, I have 500 ml sitting in a jug.
Def look into it!
damn that's cool. Someone needs to make this a consumer product.
i agree! i would gladly push lots of traffic their way
When the dollar collapses, I'll pay for groceries with my 750ml bottle of blix. Lol
Humm, not really...
Just 2-3g of silver per film, so at most an ounce (30 ish grams) for 10 films (B&W, color has much less silver).
But it's nice anyways...
@@Ryan-lc4bl As of today the going rate of silver is about .74¢ per gram. I've blixed about 12 color rolls with my present chemistry. At 3 grams of silver per roll, that equates to 36 grams total. So 36 x .74 will give me $26.64. I could by a shit ton of Ramen noodles with that. 😂
@@atroche1978
Cool 😂
Hahaha you are better off just investing your money ahead of that
I was just thinking about silver reclamation earlier today!
Ahh yes. It’s very intriguing
If I melt my old negatives or photos from instant cameras pics from the 80's and 90's are they even worth stripping the silver from or do they even have such a thing? Thank you :)
i have no idea! i don't think whats on your negatives is normal silver
Now if you are really serious you will use your reclaimed silver to make silver nitrate for your wet plate needs😏
Haha very true!
fascinating!
Right?! So damn cool
you can never get a understandable answer from da bri'ish
Lol