How to melt cans at home - melting metal aluminium can into ingots

[@danaedwards5464]

that was a unique cool down on those ingots they took time to get through the wax

[@meltingipswich]

Yeah I think I let them cool a little to long 👍

[@empirefinds]

That went awesome in comparison to my melt brother awesome catch up with you in the next episode

[@meltingipswich]

Thanks mate I’ll give you melt a watch in a bit I haven’t had a chance just yet 👍

[@mcjdubpower]

Gud vid, love stuff that melts. 💯💪

[@meltingipswich]

Thank you 👍

[@rixismetals]

Great video mate , some nice bars , what size moulds are those your using ?

[@meltingipswich]

Hi there. Thank you. The mould size is 7.1”x3.94”x1.97”

[@nathancase6485]

The wax didn't catch fire. How odd.

[@meltingipswich]

Yeah I think I let them cool a lot to long but it was still satisfying to watch 😂

[@briansmythe3000]

Do you wash the cans out before you melt them Bro ? or don"t it Matter

[@meltingipswich]

It don’t matter but I rinse every can as they go mouldy if you don’t

[@allenkuns6552]

Waste of time, takes a lot of cans and a lot of slag to make an ingot. Then it's the softest aluminum you can get, not suitable for machining. I get old bike parts from a shop and make great machinable ingots

[@meltingipswich]

Ok that’s great for what you want to do. And this is great for what I want to do with it.
Thank you for watching 👍

[@RJM1011]

I have a few thousand cans here that I am going to weigh in for the Air Ambulance soon. 😎 👍🚁

[@meltingipswich]

Nice little good deed good for you hope you get a good price for them 👍

[@RJM1011]

​@@meltingipswich40,000 cans is £250.00

[@meltingipswich]

@@RJM1011 wow 🤩

[@mattyal9347]

In my experience melting aluminum i find melting can is the least interesting and the least profitable . Still it is relaxing.

[@meltingipswich]

Yeah but I can’t turn them around or even throw them away I have a lot more cans to melt around 3000cans

[@meltingipswich]

Thanks for watching

[@mattyal9347]

@@meltingipswich i saw a video of this guy melting cans using a forge but the lis was a cone shape that spiraled in his crucible. He was able to put many cans in the cone and while the cans fell into the crucible , the others were being preheated. It looked very efficient.

[@meltingipswich]

@@mattyal9347 that’s a good idea

[@mattyal9347]

@@meltingipswich well if you're melting that many cans then it may be worth a place on your to do list

[@kivet0n]

Do you tally how much gas you’re using? Subtract that from your yield value and I bet you are barely breaking even. Don’t get me wrong it’s a cool hobby, but it seems unlikely you are going to break the bank smelting pop cans

[@meltingipswich]

Hi there I don’t pay for gas but if I did as you say it would not be worth it but on the other hand everyone’s hobby normally cost money rather than make money. It’s something I really enjoy doing. Thank you for watching 👍