The last time I checked I had over 160 grams of what I would call scrap silver. When you consider it is worth around £100/$150 it certainly isn't something to throw away. Deciding the best way to use this scrap depends on what you want to do with it.
Little pieces of wire can be either be balled up or used as is and then soldered onto rings and bangles to create interesting designs with real texture.
Larger pieces could be melted in a crucible to form little nuggets or once in a molten state could be cast to form intricate designs. If I have any castings to make I would never consider using anything except waste silver. It just wouldn't be practical to use new wire or sheet silver this way.
It is possible to cast your waste silver into thick silver wire 3mm or thicker. If you have a set of casting rings and some delft clay all you have to do is fill your casting rings to the top, insert something cylinder in shape straifht down into the delt clay, cut a pouring funnel and pour in your melted scrap waste.
One tip, never ever try and sell your scrap to one of those cash for gold and silver companies as you will only ever be offered less than half price.
