Help with Brewer's Pitch for wooden canteen (question)

[Armando]

So I used this small cooking pot I picked up at the Salvation Army to melt down some Brewer's pitch to line the inside of my wooden cheesebox canteen.
Everything was going well and melting on my propane camp stove in the garage and just as I was fixing to pour the melted pitch I noticed the pot was Teflon and it was all melting off and floating in the melted wax.

I decided to abort because I don't think it would be healthy to have large flakes of Teflon in the lining of my canteen (as I know that at high temperatures that stuff can be hazardous).

Was I correct to stop my process or am I being over cautious? Don't know if I can "spoon out" the stuff floating the melted pitch and try to still salvage it or should I start all over with something uncoated (like the coffee can that Townsend's recommends).

What do you guys think?

 

[Black Powder Guy]

Hi Armando. I would do it all over.

 

[hawkeye2]

Throw it out and start with new. Don't take a chance with a health issue or poor results after all it's only money.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Yes, and you should be heating up the canteen too. Put it in the oven, and then pour in the pitch so it will flow even and thin, otherwise when it hits the room temp canteen when poured, you get a nice chunk of pitch at the bottom and not the entire insides.

LD