First casting
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swimming pool tablet broken up and pushed to the bottom of the pot works really well for flushing the oxides out of the melt, BUT BE WARNED that the gas created is CLORINE gas and can harm you in lots of ways so wear a respirator (one rated for hazardous gasses) when plunging any kind of chemicals into hot molten metal.

There you been warned.

No sense trying to heat up the country side when all your after is to melt a little aluminum.

My furnace sits half way under the shed roof, that is about 6 feet up hasn't melted it yet, I knew one guy that did his melting inside of his 2 car garage with no problems to his gypsum board ceiling, if I remember correctly you have a really tall shop.
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First casting - by Pete O - 10-20-2016, 06:34 AM
RE: First casting - by Dr Stan - 10-20-2016, 12:11 PM
RE: First casting - by Roadracer_Al - 10-20-2016, 12:39 PM
RE: First casting - by Pete O - 10-20-2016, 04:44 PM
RE: First casting - by dallen - 10-20-2016, 05:32 PM
RE: First casting - by Pete O - 10-20-2016, 09:02 PM
RE: First casting - by Pete O - 10-20-2016, 10:57 PM
RE: First casting - by Dr Stan - 10-20-2016, 11:39 PM
RE: First casting - by Mayhem - 10-21-2016, 06:56 AM
RE: First casting - by dallen - 10-21-2016, 01:54 PM
RE: First casting - by Pete O - 10-21-2016, 06:32 PM
RE: First casting - by dallen - 10-21-2016, 06:55 PM
RE: First casting - by Pete O - 10-21-2016, 10:04 PM
RE: First casting - by awemawson - 10-22-2016, 01:53 AM
RE: First casting - by Dr Stan - 10-22-2016, 12:14 PM
RE: First casting - by EdK - 10-22-2016, 12:56 PM
RE: First casting - by dallen - 10-22-2016, 02:50 PM
RE: First casting - by oldskoolron - 10-24-2016, 07:51 PM
RE: First casting - by Pete O - 10-25-2016, 01:08 AM
RE: First casting - by oldskoolron - 10-25-2016, 01:38 AM
RE: First casting - by NormanV - 10-25-2016, 10:27 AM
RE: First casting - by oldskoolron - 10-25-2016, 04:01 PM
RE: First casting - by Pete O - 10-28-2016, 06:50 AM
RE: First casting - by Mayhem - 10-28-2016, 10:38 AM
RE: First casting - by dallen - 10-28-2016, 02:23 PM
RE: First casting - by Dr Stan - 10-31-2016, 11:00 PM
RE: First casting - by oldskoolron - 10-30-2016, 08:00 PM
RE: First casting - by Dr Stan - 10-31-2016, 02:29 PM



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