Ugly mess this morning. Cast boolits yesterday afternoon. Refilled the pot when I finished, let it melt, but did not flux. Turned off overnight.
This morning I turned it on and went upstairs for breakfast and shower. Apparently the shut off valve was not completely seated and with the pressure of 20lbs molten it leaked, about 10lbs of the mix. I shut it off and cleared the mess outside the pot then turned it back on and cast the remaining 10lbs into ingots. The valve worked fine. Cleaned it up and put back in about 10lbs of the globs. Need to melt or cut up 2 blobs to get them into the pot. It is now shut off again and I will return to cast more boolits after lunch.
I've cast 10,000+/- boolits with this pot with only 2 empty/clean since new. Its clean now so I'll see what happens. Guess I won't heat up the pot in the future unless I'm present. I know I can put that time to work cleaning up a bit in my reloading room.
PJ