What's your favourite metal?

[Bisjac]

Bisjac what is a efficient way to melt down aluminum cans to make ingots?

propane torch ONLY.
map gas will destroy aluminum faster then it can melt.

a standard pop can is only about 90%ish aluminum. you will have to slag out the junk iron,copper,magnesium,chromium and other junk with a stainless steel spoon.

then pour in some pure borax (sold at any grocery store for 4 bucks) to absorb some more invisible junk. then scoop that out as well.

i cant remember. aluminum melts at like 800-1200 F. really easy. just use a small plant pot and point the flame right at the can. no need to heat up the container itself.

or a stainless steel cooking pot. but it wont get hot enough on an electric range, you will need a gass one. the pot will get hot enough and SHOULD melt the cans.

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[Bisjac]

I got silvernitrate on my hands during last week's chemistry class.
It's still on there.

ill be making stuffloads of silver nitrate soon :D
regrowing silver crystals is perty

[MaroonCacti]

Thank you so much Bisjac

[TheArmyGuy]

ill be making stuffloads of silver nitrate soon :D
regrowing silver crystals is perty

Don't get it on your hands.
It makes irremovable brown stains.

[Kill All]

Magnesium, especially when it's on fire

[Tom Gunn]

Of course nobody will ever know about Bisjacs secret meth lab

right guys?

[TheArmyGuy]

Also magnesium on fire hurts my retina.

[Deathwish]

I must mention that should any aluminum can have any liquid inside them, the water will explosively boil on contact with molten metal and spray droplets of hot metal everywhere. If the metal's not molten yet then you'll have a horrible tarry mess afterwards. I only started wearing a welding mask, an apron and hefty gloves during melting after my ghetto melting pot spat a great deal lead all over the concrete I had it set up on because I'd failed to dry the pot after the latest bout of rain before chucking ribbons of roof flashing, tin wire and old buckshot in.

[ShadowsfeaR]

Prog/djent metal