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Has anyone ever melted their copper finds?
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<blockquote data-quote="AtomRat" data-source="post: 208436" data-attributes="member: 3111"><p>I do it with copper and bronze ( most metals ) but you want a good fume system as a few nasty smokes and gasses can come off them. Especially brass, it tends to make what me n my mate call a 'witches cauldron'. Saly and sodium carb are a good flux for them. </p><p></p><p>Pure metals make enough fumes as it is and when you have something like class c copper covered in plastic and laminate, you need to find a solution to remove them before smelting it down in a furnace. Say for extension leads, I trim the ends, strip the wires and then dissolve the laminate in a solvent.</p><p></p><p>Depending on the mixture in the 'alloy' depends on what you want to do with it once its smelted. If you mean for scrap, its possible with the hard yards and supply <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>You need to make sure the recycling plant trust and will accept smelted ingots before you try to sell them too. They won't just take it off anyone. Hope it helped!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtomRat, post: 208436, member: 3111"] I do it with copper and bronze ( most metals ) but you want a good fume system as a few nasty smokes and gasses can come off them. Especially brass, it tends to make what me n my mate call a 'witches cauldron'. Saly and sodium carb are a good flux for them. Pure metals make enough fumes as it is and when you have something like class c copper covered in plastic and laminate, you need to find a solution to remove them before smelting it down in a furnace. Say for extension leads, I trim the ends, strip the wires and then dissolve the laminate in a solvent. Depending on the mixture in the 'alloy' depends on what you want to do with it once its smelted. If you mean for scrap, its possible with the hard yards and supply :) You need to make sure the recycling plant trust and will accept smelted ingots before you try to sell them too. They won't just take it off anyone. Hope it helped! [/QUOTE]
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