Casting question

[BUFF7MM]

Yes... It is a blend of 60% Alox and 40% Johnson's Liquid Wax. I add a little to a plastic container with the cast boolits and swirl it around to coat them all and then stand them up on a sheet of wax paper and let them dry overnight (or at least a few hours). The lube will dry all the way, only takes a very little and it works great for me!

You can heat the Alox in hot water to thin it out a bit to mix it up, makes it easier to pour in, then I just put the blend in a squirt bottle to dispense into the container with boolits.

Here is a link to the thread...

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?259285-NEW-!-!-T-L-Liquid-Lube

Thanks, I've been heating my alox since I started using it, but I'm definately interested in one that drys to non tacky/sticky.

 

[Jmorrismetal]

I fill my pot before I turn off the machine, it's faster to remelt that way and helps prevent my pot from rusting on the inside.

This is the setup I built.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2U1ujg_nzo

 

[trickg]

To answer the original post, I have yet to get into casting bullets, but my Dad, who I considered to be pretty well versed in it (He'd been rolling his own and casting bullets since the mid 1950s) never emptied the pot. He cast bullets over a propane stove with a cast iron cauldron, and he'd just turn off the burner. I don't see that any harm would come from leaving the lead in the pot on that kind of set up. Maybe an electric one, but certainly not a cast iron pot.

 

[John from MD]

I have the same pot and I just turn it off when I'm done, the only time I drain it out into ingot molds is if I'm changing from an alloy mix to cast pure lead slugs.

Same with me. Emptying the pot just increases the time it takes to start casting.

John

 

[noylj]

Never emptied my pot.

 

[ted76]

I have always left my bottom pour Lee pot full when I'm done casting. I always use the same alloy, which is wheel weights that were already broken down in a larger cast iron melt pot.