Melting 30kg / 66lbs of Lead and pouring ingots 

Very busy, but good 😁👍

Busy busy, but all good 👍

I did that too years ago. That is basically how I got interested in melting metals.

Very busy but all good 👍 thanks for still being around 👊

Thanks buddy, I like the sharp angles on those ingots, to bad the steel is flimsy and warps. Maybe I'll learn welding and make some on my own ingot molds some day.

@@ralphmourik dude I love the waves in the too if the bars that the molds left .. makes the light pop 👊🏻

@@streetcopper1151 well that is true 😅👍

@@ralphmourik like Destro face from G.I. Joe👊🏻

Hey, thanks for watching and commenting. 👍 I live in the Netherlands, so the accent you hear is Dutch. I had someone comment I sound like the Terminator 🤣

Indeed, for lead that works better, I used to do it for Zinc like this, because in Zinc the steel bits don't float.

Might give that a try next time 😁👍

The ones that didn't come out were new unused molds, and therein lies the problem, the anti stick layer becomes sticky at to high temperatures, it kind of fuses to the metal, the older molds were used for Aluminium that melts at way higher temps so the layer burns of and it becomes oxidized, the bars come out very easily out of those. 1 of the big molds I had to completely destroy to get the ingot out.... my own fault but I got them really cheap so no big loss.

@@ralphmourik Thanks for the feedback

The ones that had trouble coming out are steel with a coating on it, the anti stick layer becomes sticky when it gets to hot. The ingot molds with the handle are cast iron, those work best. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍