Preparing to move

[LAH]

Decided to take yesterday and get some moulds ready for storeage. I brushed them down well with a bronze brush, used a scribe on the vent lines and just generally tried to get clean surfaces. I removed the sprue plates and covered all with "Drop Out". These will be placed in a dry place till once again I can cast.

I'm not sure how many moulds are considered "A Lot" but having never counted mine I found yesterday I'm the owner of 51. Certainly enough to do in one day. HEE HEE

[rugerman1]

LAH,You bring up a good topic of long term mould storage.A while back I bought some of these on Ebay.Anti Corrosion VCI Zip Lock Bags (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3685140071)
Is VCI a good storage medium for bullet moulds?How many different chemicals qualify as a VCI?Anyone ever use these for long periods? I've only had my moulds in these for just a couple months. :???:

[David R]

I have had some molds for 18 years. Everybody told me "Never use oil on a mold". I was told to just leave the boolits in the mold. NOW after wire brushing the rust off, I spray them down with OIL Lots of it. When I want to use them, I clean them off with electical cleaner or brakleen. The oil comes off, they cast beutiful boolits. The ones that did rust leave a "textured" look to the boolits. No more will rust for me.

[kenjuudo]

LAH,You bring up a good topic of long term mould storage.A while back I bought some of these on Ebay.Anti Corrosion VCI Zip Lock Bags (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3685140071)
Is VCI a good storage medium for bullet moulds?How many different chemicals qualify as a VCI?Anyone ever use these for long periods? I've only had my moulds in these for just a couple months. :???:

Been using the Cortec brand for a couple of years, seem to work as advertised,price was under fifty cents a piece. Store mostly delicate machined parts in them, my molds get a healthy dose of oil.

[buck1]

I store with oil to. I have a buddy that washes his molds with hoppies first, dryes then stores in a small card board box. Never any rust.... Buck

[7br]

We moved in May of this year. I would rather take a beating than move again because beatings eventually stop. Next move is either going to be to the mortuary or the nursing home. I have my reloading bench up, but the press and lubrizer are still in storage. I needed to remodel two rooms in the basement and should finish up the second next weekend. After that it is installing the second garage door opener and painting the interior. Dear lord, please let it stop before hunting season.

[Scrounger]

We moved in May of this year. I would rather take a beating than move again because beatings eventually stop. Next move is either going to be to the mortuary or the nursing home. I have my reloading bench up, but the press and lubrizer are still in storage. I needed to remodel two rooms in the basement and should finish up the second next weekend. After that it is installing the second garage door opener and painting the interior. Dear lord, please let it stop before hunting season.

I moved in November 2003 and I'm about the same place you are as far as getting set up to reload. Building a garage accounts for a major portion of the delay, family problems taking up my time and using up my mental resources is another culprit. Getting old and going in a totally different direction created some problems too. Due to age, lack of energy, and constant weather problems, my shooting volume is going to drastically decrease from what it was 2 years ago. Life is change. So be it.

[BlueMoon]

I usually just spray my iron molds with WD-40. Is this not right? I don't have any drop-out but could get some from Midway. I'm not talking about longterm but things happen and you never know.

Bill

[D.Mack]

Bluemoon be wary of WD40, its great stuff for what it is designed for, but the W D stands for water displacement, its water soluable, and after you have displaced the water, it can reabsorb moisture and hold it in place, end result, rust. I use it for all kinds of stuff, but for long term storage it can do damage to your molds.

[Frank46]

Kenjuudo, and others. LPS makes a great rust preventative spray. Its either LPS #1 or #2. Can't remember which. Since my lathe is in the garage thats what I use. Just spray all metal parts and after three years no rust. Great stuff. Comes in spray cans and one gallon cans also. Frank

[Maineboy]

I've recently moved too, but my reloading/casting stuff is pretty well unpacked and ready for use. I used to store everything in the basement at the old place, but since we don't have a basement here, it is in the unheated garage. My mould blocks have always been stored are in 50 cal. ammo cans without any treatment added and I'm not doing anything different here. So far, no problems.

[moodyholler]

LAH, where are you moving to? Still in WV? moodyholler