How would you clean this mold?

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

It came to me this way, covered in a layer of LBT wondersticky mold lube.
It casts fine although a bit sticky on the alignment pins.
I no longer have use for it, and would like to sell, but I feel the "ugly" condition is rendering it the "fat girl at the dance"

Would boiling it soften the gunk enough to to toothbrush it off, or is there a trick I don't know?
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[crabo]

Soak it in Evaporust. You can get it at Tractor Supply. Let it soak over night, brush with stiff toothbrush, repeat as needed.

It will amaze you how it works.

I jumped the gun on this one. I thought I was looking at rust and this is an aluminum mold. However it woks great on steel molds and rust.

[Ben]

I'd 1st try soaking in brake cleaner. Then wet your toothbrush with the B'cleaner and give it a go with that also.

Ben

[waksupi]

Try a toothbrush, and some denatured alcohol, or mineral spirits. One of them will probably cut it.

[btroj]

I would even try an initial soak with a good bore solvent. That stuff tends to dissolve about any organic goo I have found. It will also easily clean off with brake cleaner or something like that.

[Marlin Junky]

First try denatured alcohol. Let the mold soak for a day or more. Make a trip to Home Depot or Lowes. The 91% Isopropyl from the drug store probably won't cut it. Using a bore solvent on an aluminum mold may harm the finish. Good thing the cavities seem to be clean.

MJ

[geargnasher]

Carburetor/choke cleaner. It won't harm the aluminum and contains xylene and MEK which cut varnish and burnt stuff better than just about anything you can get.

Gear

[shotman]

DONT try the anti rust on a AL mold , you wont have one
Kroil will clean it up

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

OK then, I have carb & brake cleaner, mineral spirits, alcohol all on hand.
I'll give it ago.

Yes, the cavities are pristine and it cast wonderfully. It just that brown crayon **** LBT sends with the molds.
Thanks for the info!

[Marlin Junky]

It just that brown crayon **** LBT sends with the molds.
Thanks for the info!

Yes, but it's burnt on; i.e., you may need to soak the mold blocks for a few days to loosen it.

MJ

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Be aware:
If you boil the mold, the Aluminum will discolor (maybe oxidation?)
anyway, it'll look even more awful, but will not effect casting.
Jon

[Norbrat]

What mold is it? If it's a 45 about 300gns, I would be interested in buying it from you, complete with brown gunk!

[RobS]

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser extra powder cleaning pad, hot water, and a bit of dish soap. You can go the carb/choke cleaner route and get alot of it and then come back with the Mr. Clean Eraser. Truely amazing how well they work on just about anything.

[JIMinPHX]

Try selling it as-is first. You might be surprised. Some people are happy to dance with the fat girl, to use your terminology.

What caliber & brand is that thing anyway?

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

Try selling it as-is first. You might be surprised. Some people are happy to dance with the fat girl, to use your terminology.

What caliber & brand is that thing anyway?

I had it for sale a while back, no bites at all.

I had a can of wax and grease remover for prepping car bodies for paint :idea:

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Jimin PHX, its a LBT 44 caliber mold, a 430-240-WFN, in the buy and sell now :mrgreen:

[JIMinPHX]

LBT is usually out of my price range. It looks like a real nice mold though. I'm a big fan of having all those extra vent lines & the big meplat is a plus in my opinion too.

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

it cast's beautifully Jim,

Jim?,

JIIIIIMMMMMMMM!:bigsmyl2:

[jblee10]

Sometimes the fat girls aren't bad looking!!!! She looks pretty good all cleaned up!

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

Sometimes the fat girls aren't bad looking!!!! She looks pretty good all cleaned up!


Yeah, and most are full functional & more than ready for test drive [smilie=2:

heh heh, that smiley and the big girl talk reminds me of a good joke.


What's a moped and a big gal got in common?
They're both fun to ride till your friends see ya on one :groner:

[GRid.1569]

There once was an ugly ducking.... Look at your swan now.... :mrgreen:

[captaint]

I wish more mold makers would vent the top of the mold the way Veral does. Mike

[shotman]

Soak it in Evaporust. You can get it at Tractor Supply. Let it soak over night, brush with stiff toothbrush, repeat as needed.

It will amaze you how it works.

I jumped the gun on this one. I thought I was looking at rust and this is an aluminum mold. However it woks great on steel molds and rust.

you wont have a mold if you do

[crabo]

Shotman, read my last paragraph.