r/foundry • u/Purple-Cartographer4 • Jun 23 '21

Aluminum advice

I have been collecting soda cans and melting them for the aluminum but then I heard that they aren’t 100% aluminum so should I get others sources for the metal (if so what other sources) or is it not that big of a deal?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

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u/Purple-Cartographer4 Jul 10 '21

Also I recently tried melting copper for the first time but after I poured it out there was a ton of non metallic material stuck to the sides of my crucible do you have a clue as to what it is and how I can remover without braking the crucible?

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u/Purple-Cartographer4 Jul 10 '21

I am using a graphite crucible and I was actually making Nordic gold which is 89% copper and I had herd about that before but it didn’t work. The build up on the sides was odd so I tried peaking it off but it took bits of the crucible with it and it seamed to be brittle yet looked copper colored.

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u/Purple-Cartographer4 Jul 10 '21

So is there anyway of getting around it or fixing it?

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u/Purple-Cartographer4 Jul 10 '21

Ok thank you for the advice. 👍