I have 4 brass molds and all i did was clean them well and heat cycle them. Once at temp they drop boolits nicely. If you overheat them the boolits will tend to stick in the mold.
Yes, and never had problems with it.
Yes, but I have damaged a mold.
No.
No, because I damaged a mold.
I have 4 brass molds and all i did was clean them well and heat cycle them. Once at temp they drop boolits nicely. If you overheat them the boolits will tend to stick in the mold.
No, I just clean them (toothbrush and Dawn), heat them up in the mold oven to dry and get to temp, and start casting. They will patina themselves in time. I have well over a hundred brass molds (mostly HP's) and never had to heat-cycle any, and I have never used smoke or release on my molds. Get them to the right temp and the boolits will fall.
KE4GWE - - - - - - Colt 1860, it just feels right.
I just heat cycle 3-4 times and it puts some oxidation / patina on the mold...so far so good.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |