The invention discloses a metal melting protective agent with chloride as a body and a preparing method of the metal melting protective agent and relates to metal melting protective agents. The metal melting protective agent comprises, by mass percentage, 30%-70% of sodium chloride, 20%-60% of potassium chloride, 1%-20% of lithium chloride and x% of accessory, and the total mass is 100%. The preparing method includes the steps that all the components are evenly mixed according to the proportion, and a mixture is obtained; the mixture is put into a container to be heated, and a molten mixture is obtained after melting; and the molten mixture is cooled and then smashed and dried, and the metal melting protective agent with chloride as the body is obtained. The protective agent exists in the manner of low-density ion liquid in a high-temperature state, the density of the protective agent is far lower than that of molten metal, and continuous batch charging in the production process is facilitated. The metal melting protective agent can be used for melting technologies of other metal, except lead, or alloy, with the melting point in the range of 200-800 DEG C, metal raw materials can be effectively saved, production cost is reduced, economic benefits are increased, and pollution can also be reduced.