Just got done cleaning the casting pots...

[DEVERS454]

I had a tall and short 20lb Lee pot in my garage that had seen better days.


I started out warming them up, one at a time, then draining all the lead out.

I let it cool off then removed all the screws and external hardware.

I then put on my mil surplus gas mask and put the 4" wire brush stripper on the cordless and began cleaning. I got it down to bare metal again and then wiped it all down with extra virgin olive oil.

After putting it back together, I admired my job.

Plugged it back in and warmed it up again. Put the cleaned alloy in from before and started casting some 158gr SWC with gas checks from Lee. I really do like this mold and it drops really nice shiny boolits. I used my old Lyman 310 tool and bullet sizer for 358 to seat the gas checks.

Now, off to find my Felix lube and get them ready for loading. My S&W model 28-2 has been begging for some SWC heat this summer. :twisted:

[montana_charlie]

I then put on my mil surplus gas mask and put the 4" wire brush stripper on the cordless and began cleaning. I got it down to bare metal again and then wiped it all down with extra virgin olive oil.
If you kept it oiled while running the brush, you wouldn't need the gas mask, and you wouldn't contaminate the mask's gas filters with lead oxides.
CM

[Storydude]

If you kept it oiled while running the brush, you wouldn't need the gas mask, and you wouldn't contaminate the mask's gas filters with lead oxides.
CM

Most gas masks will also stop Organic Vapors....which lead dust falls under.