Cydrome Leader wrote:
erik litchy wrote:
Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Just took off the aluminum siding on the front of my house. I don't know if
it's worth the gasoline to drive it to the scrap metal dealer. I probably
have about 20 lbs.

Is this siding aluminum suitable for melting and casting?

Another question. My wife has three kilns. They go up to about 2000? F.
Can I just simply snip up a bunch of siding, place it in a cast iron skillet
and put it in one of her kilns? Just wondering.

Ivan Vegvary


its better to melt it in a ceramic container. the aluminum is caustic when its
molten and can eat through iron.

molten aluminum eats cast iron really fast. I tried using a nice Lodge
melting pot with molten aluminum, That was a bad idea.

I've had some success with stainless steel cookware (NOT from the
kitchen, nor in the oven
I assume this works because stainless protects itself with an inert
layer of oxide, which even the aluminium can't eat.