http://www.acousticprophecy.com/what-type-of-metal-is-best-for-melting-quickly-and-pouring-into-a-clay-mold Bible prophecy and prophetic music Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:50:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/what-type-of-metal-is-best-for-melting-quickly-and-pouring-into-a-clay-mold/comment-page-1#comment-10473 billy brite Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:40:20 +0000 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/what-type-of-metal-is-best-for-melting-quickly-and-pouring-into-a-clay-mold#comment-10473 Lead. Buy yourself a cheap cast iron frying pan. They make small ones for one egg. Just be sure to paint with a white magic marker a warning not to use it for food, when you are done pouring the lead into the clay mold. Also, be sure to warm the mold so the heat does not crack it. And, be prepared to move away quickly if the mold does break. Getting molten lead on your body will go right through you. Lead. Buy yourself a cheap cast iron frying pan. They make small ones for one egg. Just be sure to paint with a white magic marker a warning not to use it for food, when you are done pouring the lead into the clay mold. Also, be sure to warm the mold so the heat does not crack it. And, be prepared to move away quickly if the mold does break. Getting molten lead on your body will go right through you.

]]> http://www.acousticprophecy.com/what-type-of-metal-is-best-for-melting-quickly-and-pouring-into-a-clay-mold/comment-page-1#comment-10472 Anonymous Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:18:52 +0000 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/what-type-of-metal-is-best-for-melting-quickly-and-pouring-into-a-clay-mold#comment-10472 probably tin. Melting point is ca 450 F. Next would be pewter, melting point ca 750F. Make sure you have lead free pewter. Stay away from lead, too toxic. lead fumes are toxic too. You probably could melt it in a tin can - they are actually made out of steel these days, make sure you don't use one with plastic coating on the inside. I would use a propane torch to melt. Make sure you do this outside or somewhere where spilt hot metal will not lead to a fire, good ventilation is always best too. I would guess you clay mold will only work if it is fired or at least completely dry - stick into the oven for an hour (how long depends on size) at at least 220 F, so you know it's dry. Pouring hot metal on anything which still contains water is a really bad idea. The water will turn into steam very fast. This can either lead to hot metal flying into your face or in the better case very bad surface detail. Also before you start google for tin casting recommendations. probably tin. Melting point is ca 450 F.
Next would be pewter, melting point ca 750F. Make sure you have lead free pewter.
Stay away from lead, too toxic. lead fumes are toxic too.
You probably could melt it in a tin can – they are actually made out of steel these days, make sure you don’t use one with plastic coating on the inside. I would use a propane torch to melt. Make sure you do this outside or somewhere where spilt hot metal will not lead to a fire, good ventilation is always best too.
I would guess you clay mold will only work if it is fired or at least completely dry – stick into the oven for an hour (how long depends on size) at at least 220 F, so you know it’s dry. Pouring hot metal on anything which still contains water is a really bad idea. The water will turn into steam very fast. This can either lead to hot metal flying into your face or in the better case very bad surface detail.
Also before you start google for tin casting recommendations.

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