Smelting Stick On Lead Weights?

[AndyC]

Yep. I am starting to cast because I want to learn to be more self sufficient. Reloading pistol and rifle ammo went well. Now, I am learning to cast boolits, slugs, and buckshot.

How do you dry it off in a situation like this? My plan was to simply let it air dry over a few weeks. My other idea was to put them in a cast iron skillet and hit them with the heat gun for a few minutes.

Mineral spirits is fairly volatile ie. it evaporates pretty fast. Personally I'd just chuck 'em in the dutch oven with the lid off and heat it a little over my turkey-fryer to evaporate the rest of the spirits for 15 mins or so before cranking it up to melt the lead.

[reloader28]

I just dump them in the pot and melt them uncleaned.
I also dont flux it. I want pure lead and I figure if I'm stirring stuff back in, its not pure lead. I just skim it until theres nothing more floating, then ladle it into ingots. It works perfect for me and measures .1+ on my Lee tester, so very soft (dont have a number)