Is this that "praxis" I've been hearing so much about?
all of the comments are about how this has got to be super unsafe
The only thing I can think of it breathing in the plastic liners most cans have, but that should be fine in less-than-industrial amounts. People are talking about aluminum poisoning, but that little flame shouldn't be hot enough to boil the metal so as long as nobody drinks the molten aluminum it should be fine.
Then again I don't know anything please consult an expert before starting a maoist backyard aluminum smelter.
Cooking vessels with plastic residue in them probably isn't great
I don't think that cast aluminum can be easily anodized, so cooking anything acidic is going to leech aluminum into your food
Minute amounts only. Though you better avoid food that's too acidic, it'll get a taste.
I mean the stuff we're learning about microplastics only recently suggests that there's a lot of untold danger with this.
Western culture is so far separated from production that it becomes a spectacle.
Warning: Don't do this
Quick read of the comments indicates there could be a lot of health risks associated with this.
Don't do this without a mask. As some commenters rightly point out in the thread if you go deeper, the pans themselves are fine.
Making aluminum pots & pans :picard-annoyed:
Making aluminum riot shields :picard-pointing:
And AR15 parts? I’ve always wanted to try it, if not for usage then just as an experiment.
I don't think plastics are an issue. Any temperature you would melt aluminum at would burn off the volitile compounds. Cause what does aluminum melt at.. like half of steel right?
I can see the pans working well enouhh if you gst a good season on them. I dunno about how aluminum takes to a seasoning but it couldn't be very different.
