Muffin tin prep

[zymguy]

Do I need to do anything to my muffin tin before filling it with molten wheel weights?
Thanks
Ben

[Rcmaveric]

I had problems with a few muffin tins. I ended up scoring it really good then let it sit outside till it started to rust. The layer of corrosion prevents the ingots from sticking. In my experience a lot of those muffin tins are tin plated. When you pour that melt in it will solder itself in. Scouring helps break up and removed the tin coating and letting it rust acts like mold release agent.

[rancher1913]

I only use stainless steel pans, no prep needed and they fall right out.

[Beerd]

Aluminum ones are OK as is.
The tinned steel ones are to be avoided.
Stainless sounds good, I may have to try one.
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[reddog81]

Mark it to ensure it doesn't get used for food again. Make sure it's heavy duty enough to handle lead. Lead weighs a lot more than muffin mix. Each of my muffin ingots weighs about 2.5 pounds and a tray of 9 ingots is a lot more weight than the a cheap pan will handle.

[Ed_Shot]

I'm still using the W-mart non-stick muffing pans (4 total) I bought years ago. They have made more than a couple of tons of muffins over the years and they'll probably outlast me. No prep and no maintenance but you do have to be careful not to bend them up when you empty them.

[gwpercle]

If it is a uncoated aluminum pan ( Wilton makes them) no.
I have two and the aluminum drops them right out. If you have a coated steel pan you might run into some difficulties.
The ones I have are the Wilton Aluminum Mini-Muffin an old one that has 12 muffins and a new one that has 24 muffins.
Wilton also has some aluminum mini loaf pans that would make great ingot moulds , small little rectangles would probably be easier to stack than the round mini muffins.
I got the muffin pans at wally mart , but you can order any of them now off the net .
Gary

[William Yanda]

Are you talking cast iron? No. Aluminum, cast or stamped,no again. Now if you're asking about a steel muffin pan with a coating of some sort, that is different. Please get a good coat of rust on it before you try to make ingots in it. Without the rust, the lead will solder itself to the cups and you will learn a new vocabulary trying to get them out.

[Kitika]

I've been using the non stick coated pans for awhile and they work great. No prep needed just got to be careful not to bend them when picking them up to empty them out.

[Mitch]

I heat the new steel coted pans ove my smelting burner till the are dis colored then put them outside in the yard and wait on them to rust a bit.then they work just fine
the heating seems to speep the rusting a little.good luck