Hey Lags
I tried melting boolit alloy in a stainless pot one time - dunno what happened there but I did not like what I was seeing in the pot at all - thought maybe some of the chromium or nickel was trying to alloy with the mix? Anyways I heaved the pot and remelted the metal in cast iron did a few fluxing and stirrings and it was ok - banned stainless cook pots for melting lead at my place because of the look of that mix ..........................
I had made a dandy little melting pot from steel - a piece of five inch pipe with a 1/8 plate bottom welded on then I gave it to my son - then forgot where I put it
Now I use a cast iron pot for casting - holds about 40 pounds