I say Monoatomic gold. (ORMES) 👽

LOL commies stealing catalytic converters - do this lol 😂 It's okay to do it in the kitchen 😂!

I am sure the FBI is going to raid your house after they have found something at Trump.

Give me some

Is that all he got out of all those cats ?

well... its really easy all things considered... paladium is around 60-80us$ per gram and he got 6grams there, from what? looks like 3-4 catalic converters. now theres also platinum and rhodium in those converters (he didnt show how to extract those in this video tho) ... platinum i think is around 30-40us$ per gram and rhodium is like 500-700us$ per gram... those catalic converters sell on the streets (and or internet) for like 100-1000each depending on the models and they usually contain if my memory is correct, somewhere between 2-8gram of platinum 1-5gram paladium and 0.5-3gram rhodium... something like that so if you do the maths... even if you do very conservative estimate and say that you have to pay atleast 300 for the cheapest//least metal rich converters (wich isnt the case, like i said if you know where to look, theres lowlife criminals who steals them and resell them for even less than 150-200 each lol) so lets say u pay 300 atleast and they contain only lets say 2gram of platinum 2 gram paladium and 1gram rhodium, thats 2x35+2x70+1x600= 810$ of metals... I have a friend who buy some specific models of those from lowlifes, only the models with the highest concentration of platinum group metals in them, from specific cars (ive heard the ford-f series pickup trucks and the dodge rams series converters are the ones with like 4-5+gram of platinum and paladium and 2+gram rhodium in them...) if my memories serves me right he pays something like 600-800 each for those and he told me that just the rhodium pays for that and then some... the platinum and paladium is the profit... it was something stupid like 600-800price he pays and 1500-2000+ is what he gets out of it... lol he says his bottleneck is finding more sellers hahaha

@@carmenmorissette3591 Lol they dont contain a gram of rhodium. It takes 200 converters to get 1 ounce of rhodium. The majority of the metal in a converter is Palladium. It takes about 7 mid grade converters to get an ounce of Palladium. So each converter should have 3-5 grams of palladium. The reason he had such a low yield was because the converters that he was using were all low grade garbage. Some converters have close to an ounce of Palladium in them alone. the converters that I saw in this video were mostly aftermarket and early 90s stuff.

@@carmenmorissette3591 your "friend" (or are talking about yourself) is a POS who is contributing to the vandalism and theft from hard working people. SMH "I have a friend who buy some specific models of those from lowlifes, only the models with the highest concentration of platinum group metals in them, from specific cars "

I found a cat converter off a volvo sitting by the dumpster of a racing shop in my city.. its been rolling around in the bed of my truck ever since.. I want to make a ring out of the platinum and maybe sell the other metals. Think its worth doing?

I do like his voice commentary style. It’s like his biometric signature which is in some ways addictive to listen to.

@@johnh8615 I'm one of those people that don't like watching long instructional videos. These are great!

I agree! Could use some sound tho

I agree, I'd just like to add that a voiceover would be better than the subs but probably more work I'm sure

Id say he just needs to combine the two a little. The long videos contain too much fluff and are frustratingly long and drawn out but these could do with being a it more detailed.

Especially that blue... 🤪🤣😊

The palladium reactions from red to blue to yellow were fantastic to watch.

Dam. So that little pebble is my weeks salary? 😵

my new catalytic converter was $4k wtf

It’s $32/gram right now, so about $200

More mileage from some older videos

I bet you could watch it 40 times mire and still miss the "how not to be killed" part

Don’t feel like that! I still can’t believe that I was able to pull it off. I just used the next logical step in the sequence based on my experience.

in think its about 2 years old

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I get the chucks crumbling too powder when I do the jewelers scrap. If it’s too bad then I filter the gold powder, melt into a button, test the karat with acid and inquart from there. Usually solves it.

@@sreetips Thanks Sreetips.

Getting High purity palladium is never quick and easy.

@@sreetips didn't mean to be critical, just observational. You do incredible refining. 👍

No foul

The hardest part is getting away with the catalytic converter without getting caught.

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Best thing to do to avoid that is mix your chemicals properly. Use only known concentration chemicals, use proper graduated cylinders. If no graduated cylinders, use weight. Look up the density online. If you have a unknown volume of 2 acids mixed, theres no real good way to determine the concentration of each. Do it right the first time and avoid mistakes. If your vacuum is too high, then get a valve and a gauge to regulate the vacuum. Going to the extra expense to use the proper equipment and supplies saves not only time and money but is much safer overall. Your dealing with some pretty nasty chemicals, so if you dont know what your doing, might I suggest you either go to school or find something else to do. Your life and health could be in serious jeopardy otherwise. And please remember to dispose of your waste properly. This crap is all very toxic to the environment. Dont go pouring it down the drain or dumping it in the woods, stream or someones back yard.

Beginners shouldn't be trying this at home. Period.

@@joshua.snyder All beginners use drain cleaners at home. Your advise should be to get proper tools equipment and safety practises before attempting these experiments

@@toomuchdebt5669 Most won't use a fume hood, nor understand just how dangerous these acids, reagents, etc are, especially when they start mixing them, either. AR is nasty stuff.

Thanks for the the very thoughtful replies. All the information I was referring to is already in sreetips videos. Fyi. I was just giving him an idea for new content. Content that I think he could put together in a very informative and entertaining way.

Using their meth lab?

@@user-bu3zz2po6nlooks like the theives are smarter then you lmao their meth lab smh if they were cooking meth they wouldn’t be stealing cats that’s how their customers make their money🤣

it wasnt pure palladium... its mixed with platinum and rhodium... total value is maybe $400 at todays value. He probably spent more on chemicals and man hours than what he got out

yes! every colour of the rainbow on this one :D

Especially precious metals chemistry.😁

Short version remake of an older set of videos

@@sreetips crap! you’re the still the 🐐 though

Was that from 4 converters? No wonder my '99 jeep Cherokee lost it's the other night.

@@markcummins6571 man i hate thieves! Ugh….You know, I didn’t remember the count on how many he started with… good question actually. Maybe he’ll chime in.

About 10 or 12 plus some beads

This is why hardfacing welding rods are so expensive. I hunt catalytic converter thieves. Bounty isn't much but they make great fertilizer. Buzzards got to eat. Same with worms.

@@sreetips That was from 10 or 12 catalytic converters? So, at the spot price, roughly $30 from each cat? I guess there are other metals in there too, so the combination of metals makes it worthwhile for junkies to damage vehicles.

I noticed that during editing. The original videos are listed in the description block. Two parts and nearly 2.5 hours long.

I plan to continue my regular length videos and post these abbreviated versions also.

@@sreetips nice. Thanks for the reply sreetips, I know you’re a busy man these days. Keep it up.

That’s doubtful

Yeah but I guess if you do it gets you high

I was just going to say the exact same thing. Sreetips does very good voice overs and I miss it from the video.

Links to full video in the description

I mow my neighbor’s lawns. Why would I take converters from their cars? That don’t make sense.

@@sreetips joke

I was being facetious

@@sreetips mow my lawn for a catalytic converter

@@davidscollectibles8397 so the moral of the story is cut converters while the lawn mower is going?

Cats contain rhodium - $900 per gram. I don’t blame you for being upset. I would be too.

@@sreetips average cost to replace a catalytic converter is $1400 on a passenger car or truck. Insurance does not cover it. On a big motorhome, it can be up to $4000. Muffler shops out here are inscribing the cats with numbers and holding the records for police if they get stolen again. Other shops are building cages around them so they can't get stolen. It's a real mess.

Agree, the world is a dangerous and costly place to live.

Shoot the thieves

@@donnielemaster3667 they're to smart fro that. In this case they came in after hours after dark. Plus, it takes them about a minute, two minutes per cat. Never even heard of any of them getting caught.

When I originally did this video, catalytic converter theft wasn’t heard of much. It’s the rhodium ($600 per gram) that has influenced the increase in thefts.

Not to worry, I’m making a full length video right now. These shorts are from long past videos.

@@sreetips i knew it cuz I did watched that whole video! And I really appreciate your answer! You gave me hours and hours of entertaining Haha. By the way if I could ask... do you think is possible to refine sterling silver with hidrocloric acid or hidrocloric acid with hydrogen peroxide instead nitric?

No, hydrochloric forms a passive layer of silver chloride that acts like armor to protect the remaining metal from the acid.

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I’ve been taught that one gram of metal dissolved in 20ml of solution is critical. The metal won’t precipitate with ammonium chloride properly unless this concentration is maintained. Platinum likes to precipitate from a concentrated solution. But too concentrated can cause problems also.

I’ll continue with regular length videos. These are shorts from previous videos

While you all are loving the video , has anyone actually tried it themselves and what kind of results did they get?

Not many will try this. Of the six sister metals, palladium is the easiest to refine. But I relied heavily on my years of refining experience to pull this off. Refining platinum group metals is too dangerous for the backyard refiner.

I think 10% HCl

I’ve never used potassium hydroxide.

Most "scrap metal guys" would use this sort of knowledge to cook crystal meth so.....

I can’t remember

I’m not familiar with rhodium yet. I know that it’s in my stock pots. But I don’t know how to get it.

Rhodium is in converters also. It's worth way more. U get more if you scrap the whole thing...

I’ve got rhodium in my filters. I just don’t know how to isolate it yet

Yes!

Blame the refiner for stolen cars. There’s only a hand full of people who could do this. Thieves couldn’t possibly pull this off.

Platinum and palladium, no problem. The other four are a mystery to me.

Allen, it’s was time consuming and I sold the metals. I can’t remember. These are not safe for the back yard refiner, especially someone new to refining.

@@sreetips I know you are right but I have been watching you and other and my lab is coming along. I have a large water tank of plastic that the farmers use to make a hood out of it and I have the beakers and most of the equipment I see you using. I have been in industry manufacturing of machines and homes every aspect chemicals have always been a part of it. I have full suits from the military for chemical biological warfare. Smelting, cupeling. I see the danger and wish you would explain more about setting up a lab but what can I say you are an inspiring teacher. Anything you do that I attempt I watched it many times and others before I do it. I had lab in school but it Biology. My Dad was in labs much of his life, kinda in the blood. I have found small amounts PGM I need to refine them from rocks. It is a very long and difficult process to separate them all out. If I can just concentrate them together I think for now will be enough and just get one of the more prominent out to pay for it. I you had a way I would show you pictures.

That depends on the weight of the platinum. The chemicals used in these processes are probably a fair bit cheaper than liters of nitric

Palladium is $1,800 per ounce Platinum is $952 per ounce Rhodium is $14,000 per ounce

@@scrappydoo7887 Time is the main factor in my opinion. Any person worth their salt is worth a minimum of $25 an hour. That plus raw materials, plus chemicals, plus filming, plus editing and publishing. Hopefully he gets decent ad revenue. Which he deserves. I can't possibly imagine this was very profitable.

@@intothecalm420 well yea if you see it that way it won't be profitable but if you stick to the process and result it's not a bad way to pass some time. I suppose it all depends on your outlook

@@scrappydoo7887 Absolutely. I have been following this channel since it was tiny. Less than 1000 subs. He certain has learned alot and taught alot since then. He definitely enjoys the process. All I was saying is that tiny piece of metal by itself isn't worth the effort monetarily without potential KZfaq revenue. I personally have no idea what KZfaq pays But whatever it is he deserves every cent.

Waste treatment

I’d dissolve a small amount in nitric, then I’d try DMG to separate the palladium. If the wire was mine.

@@sreetips the problem is that I have 200 kilos of these wires and there is a lot of nitric to dissolve everything ... I need to find another way to remove the palladium ... if you allow me, I can send you photos and videos by email or whatsapp for you to analyze

Unfortunately I don’t offer that kind of service. This is my hobby and I only work on my own material that my wife and I find at local sales.

@@sreetips ok my brother, thanks for your answers, and thank you very much for the very instructive channel

I think they all do

sreetips = not normal!

It has several meaning. But what I’m referring to is pointing a flame at the graphite mold and keeping it there as I pour in the molten metal. This shield the metal from outside air coming in contact with the metal as it freezes in the mold.

That’s what I’d do, blame it on the refiner.

Palladium is soluble in nitric acid. The only one of the six sister metals in the platinum group that is. So it can be recovered from class rings easily.

Waste treatment

I don’t remember. It was a long time ago.

Raquel, the metals used in catalytic converters are rare and highly valuable. Extracting them is difficult and dangerous. Purifying to get high purity platinum group metals even more so. I did this strictly for the video. Only a hand full of people can do it. I did it with no formal training in chemistry or refining. I guess I did it to be a show-off. Sorry.