>After it drys I put it in the trash. Is this an adequate method for desilvering fixer? Brian we have 5gal pots here and toss a teaspoon of zinc granules in when it gets full. This is perhaps _slightly_ more "adequate". I've heard others use the steel wool. Back in the days of the Hunt nightmare there was some electrical "silver magnet?" and I wish I would have picked one up. You end up with some close-to pure silver. Why trash the sed(posted 9301 days ago)