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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:08 pm 

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Any one know what kind of metal this is?


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:01 am 

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Thats a silver mylar. Very similar to the one in computer key boards. Boardsort doesn't buy silver mylar. You can sell that on ebay but there's not much money to be made. I sold more than 50 computer key board mylars for $10 including shipping. So not worth even savings them.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:21 pm 
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rebekah1268 wrote:
Any one know what kind of metal this is?

Local yard may buy it as silver flat wire or general flat wire. Mine all do.


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:47 am 
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I did the math a while back and you will need around 200 keyboards to get an ounce of silver. My math was based off of getting a quarter of a gram of silver per pair of mylars. Factor in time plus cost of chemicals and safe disposal of waste materials and determine if refining is worth it to you.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:38 am 

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On keyboard mylar the silver is generally integral to the sheet. I believe that may be the type of keypad that the silver discs can easily be separated from the backing. If so, I'd remove them and toss into a film canister or something similar. When it's full and silver goes to $50 an ounce, I'd sell them on Ebay.


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