Stainless steel condiment cups

[kendall yates]

Has anyone used the little stainless steel condiment cups they sell at walmart for ingots?? They are in packs of 4 and less than 2 dollars. Any thoughts?

[sargenv]

I haven't but man that sounds like a good idea.. I'm sure someone will chime in at some point..

[madcaster]

You can find them at Dollar Tree also,in packs of 4 I think?

[arcticbreeze]

I did when I first started before I got an ingot mold. I did not have very good luck with them. I had to remelt the lead out of them because i could not get the lead to drop. I was brand new and thought it was going to work great. Maybe I did something wrong but it did not work for me.

[Lead melter]

I use them for melt-dip lubing and dipping boolits in LLA according to the Ranch Dog methop. Work great for these.

[Gerry N.]

The problem with stainless alloys is that anything resembling solder sticks to most of them like sh*t to a wool blanket. I put stainless steel liners in dozens of custom reefer boxes in various Yachts over the years. Soldering sheet stainless is even easier than soldering sheet copper. Hell, if I can do it, it's got to be easy.

If you want cheap ingot molds, the tried and true alumin(i)um muffin tin is impossible to beat. I saw some tiny ones at a kitchen shop about Christmas time. The cups were about 1 1/4" across.

Gerry N.

[GP100man]

angle iron welded together & a little draft tapped out on the ends .
alittle imagination & a few welding rods , the possibilities are endless!!!!


GP100man

[Fire_stick]

I use the ss condoment cups I picked up from Bed and Bath. They work great! I usually fill to about 1" from the top and get 2.5# to 3# ingots.