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Old Photographic paper
Posted:
Sat Mar 05, 2016 4:43 pmby justoneguy
I just got about 800 sheets of photographic paper.
These are new, never developed.
I was wondering how to recover the silver from them?
any advice on these?
TIA
J1G
Re: Old Photographic paper
Posted:
Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:44 pmby galenrog
Not much silver there, but if you visit the Gold Refining Forum, you should be able to find several threads on silver recovery from photographic paper.
Re: Old Photographic paper
Posted:
Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:08 pmby TXSTARFIRE
I thought the silver was recovered from the negative or film not the paper.
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Re: Old Photographic paper
Posted:
Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:13 pmby galenrog
Follow the advice that I gave justoneguy. You may find that what you thought you knew on the matter might not be quite right. When I started learning about recovery of precious metals, I found that I was wrong in my assumptions far more than I was right.
Re: Old Photographic paper
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:06 amby knibloe
is it any good? Does it have value as paper?
Re: Old Photographic paper
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:47 amby Thogey
knibloe wrote:is it any good? Does it have value as paper?
Hell yes it does!. check e-bay completed sales
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... er&_sop=16
Re: Old Photographic paper
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:17 amby galenrog
Thogey is, of course, correct.
If undamaged, and usable, the photographic paper has far more value in resale than as scrap. My apologies for not mentioning that in my earlier post.
Time for coffee.
Re: Old Photographic paper
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:26 pmby justoneguy
while it does still turn pink/purple when out in the sun,
this is WW2 surplus, and the packages are in poor shape.
Think it's still sale-able?