SMELTING.... my first effort

[Mad Mucus]

G'day fellas,

Here's a look at the results of my first smelting session, finished up with 34lb wheel weight & 24lb lead. Beer can moulds worked a treat except the ingots look a bit rough.

Comments please.....
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c110/Mucus01/furniture1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c110/Mucus01/furniture1008.jpg

Thanks for your guidance & encouragement,

Mucus

[dagamore]

from the looks of it, it almost looks like you put the lead/WW mix in to wet cans, did you wash and DRY them first?

[Mad Mucus]

Washed & dried cans days earlier.

Fluxed with beeswax... no flame and didn't set alight... ?

Mucus

[trooperdan]

Mad, those ingots look a bit off; any chance ou had a run-in with the dreaded zinc monster?

[LAH]

Hard to tell by the pics but the sides of the ingots look smooth? And the tops, are they even in texture and color?.........Creeker

[357maximum]

Looks to me like you might have poured em a tad on the cool side...try pouring while metal is hotter..

[454PB]

Yeah, if the beeswax didn't burst into flames, it's obvious that the temperature was too low.

[Springfield]

Hot or cold, it don't matter what ingots look like. Just don't cast bullets that look like the ingots!