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Sterling silver is 92.5% silver - it generally comes as a block or, more commonly, as a coin or jewelry.

I suppose it could, in principal, be ground into a powder and put into a tin, although I don't know why. I'm not sure, even theoretically, if it could be put into a spray, and I don't know what you would do with it if it could - I don't think it would stick to anything.

On the assumption that you are looking to coat a base metal with a layer of silver (called "silver coated" if the layer is thin, and "silver plated" if it is thicker), you would use a process called electroplating, which requires an electrolyte solution, wire, a power source and a piece of silver.

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