Hey everyone,
I should have bought a lottery ticket on the day I ordered my 2 new Lee molds. I got a 358-105 SWC and a 401-175 TC. I followed all the steps I've learned from you all for cleaning, de-blurring and heat cycling and both molds dropped beautiful bullets by the 3rd pour. I let the sprue change color, cut, flipped the mold over, opened the handles and the bullets dropped out with zero sticking. That was the most fun I've had casting. I've only been at it for under a year and it was great having things work so well.
I have 2 new molds from a custom mold shop that are fighting me tooth and nail. To have these $45 dollar Lees perform like they do makes me think I shouldn't even have bothered with the customs (at $83 each not counting handles). Oh well, live and learn.
Thanks to all of you who have taught me to cast!