I stumbled upon an easy flux for the pot.
I took muriatic acid, mixed 10% acid, 90% water.
No smell, smoke, and the zinc I had in my "blend" rose directly to the top. I suspect I also took some out of solution metals also.
I got a nice clean mix. Typical oxides on the top, nice purple colour, no yellow. The blend also is easier to stir under heat.
I got the idea from going to ACE Hardware and getting some liquid flux. It is merely diluted HCL.
I tried it and it seems to work well. Supposedly non corrosive.
Much less smoke than beeswax.
Actually, no smoke at all. Wife is not whining.