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Refining Dirty Sweeps From Your Studio Bucket

What a refining bucket of vacuum contents, sandpaper and filters returned, and how dirty sweeps differ from clean scrap.

Posted over 3 years ago • 1,452 likes • 820 comments
Comment “BLOG” to have my article on refining which includes refiners in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Spain (also happy to add more if you email me the info!!) So this most recent bucket didn’t have a huge amount of gold hence why it’s just under $100 but that’s still $94 I can reinvest into my business. This bucket was filled with the contents of my vacuum, spent sandpaper, bits and dirty filters. These are considered “dirty sweeps”, clean scraps can be recycled in studio or sent in for a higher % return. Hope this is helpful!!! #jewelrystudio #studiosweeps #refiningsilver #recyclingsilver