Run a roll of black and white film through some fixer solution (hypo). It will disolve the silver-based film emulsion. If you know a photographer who uses black and white film ask for a bottle of exhausted fixer solution. You might even get some from a commerical, custom film processor. > > I've mailed my chemicals shop 'bout the prices for silver chloride and > silver nitrate and they put quite the dampener on the idea anyway. While > it is probably very sparingly used it is still not cheap. Also, the layer > is probably very, very thin. I guess it would be more economical if one > would use "junk" silver and convert it into silver chloride with > electrodes or to silver nitrate with acid. I guess plumbing solder is > really the most economical way. > > ST >
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Making Your Own Silver
2005-12-03 by bob_ledoux
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