How to Cast Brass
Gather your materials., Don your protective gear., Get your melted brass.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Gather your materials.
You’ll need rubber, sand, clay, cornstarch, cold water, and tongs.
You should have clay equivalent to a quarter of the amount of sand you have, and cornstarch equivalent to one percent of the amount of sand you have.
You should be able to buy these materials at a home improvement store. -
Step 2: Don your protective gear.
Anytime you are near or handling hot metal you need to be very careful.
Wear heat-safe clothing, not just heat-resistant clothing.
That means you’ll need to buy heat-safe clothing online or at a local industrial supply store.
This isn’t cheap, but it is a necessity. , It is assumed you have already melted your brass before you are preparing to make it into something.
You melt brass by putting it in a furnace in an iron pan, but it’s a complicated process.
Learn how to melt brass before you attempt to cast anything.
To melt brass, you'll need a metal melting furnace and brass items to melt.
You also will need a crucible, which is the piece of equipment that holds the melted brass in the furnace, and a skimmer spoon which is used to transport the material.
Put your crucible in your furnace following the instructions of your particular furnace model, light your furnace, and then start to fill your crucible with brass after fifteen minutes or so.
Keep the furnace going until your brass has completely melted.
Once you start to see discolored material on top of the molten brass then you'll know your brass has melted.
Remove the discolored material using your skimmer spoon and discard it in a box of sand or a heat safe trash can. -
Step 3: Get your melted brass.
Detailed Guide
You’ll need rubber, sand, clay, cornstarch, cold water, and tongs.
You should have clay equivalent to a quarter of the amount of sand you have, and cornstarch equivalent to one percent of the amount of sand you have.
You should be able to buy these materials at a home improvement store.
Anytime you are near or handling hot metal you need to be very careful.
Wear heat-safe clothing, not just heat-resistant clothing.
That means you’ll need to buy heat-safe clothing online or at a local industrial supply store.
This isn’t cheap, but it is a necessity. , It is assumed you have already melted your brass before you are preparing to make it into something.
You melt brass by putting it in a furnace in an iron pan, but it’s a complicated process.
Learn how to melt brass before you attempt to cast anything.
To melt brass, you'll need a metal melting furnace and brass items to melt.
You also will need a crucible, which is the piece of equipment that holds the melted brass in the furnace, and a skimmer spoon which is used to transport the material.
Put your crucible in your furnace following the instructions of your particular furnace model, light your furnace, and then start to fill your crucible with brass after fifteen minutes or so.
Keep the furnace going until your brass has completely melted.
Once you start to see discolored material on top of the molten brass then you'll know your brass has melted.
Remove the discolored material using your skimmer spoon and discard it in a box of sand or a heat safe trash can.
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