Charlie Horse
10-20-2007, 06:34 PM
Several years back a friend gave me a small nail barrel full of ingots. The ingots came from a Lyman mould so I assume they came from a boolit caster.
Anyway, the ingots were packed in straw. Not a lot of straw. It didn't cover the ingots, but it was mixed in. It didn't seem to be there by mistake.
There was no oxidation on these ingots. I've seen oxidation on lead that has been stored. Could the straw have been there to keep oxidation from happening? Maybe there was some other reason for it to be there? Anyone ever heard of doing this?
The reason I'm asking is that I'll be boxing up several hundred lbs of lino as a stash. I've seen lino that had formed a white powdery coating. Do you suppose the old timers did this to reduce oxidation?
Any thoughts?
Anyway, the ingots were packed in straw. Not a lot of straw. It didn't cover the ingots, but it was mixed in. It didn't seem to be there by mistake.
There was no oxidation on these ingots. I've seen oxidation on lead that has been stored. Could the straw have been there to keep oxidation from happening? Maybe there was some other reason for it to be there? Anyone ever heard of doing this?
The reason I'm asking is that I'll be boxing up several hundred lbs of lino as a stash. I've seen lino that had formed a white powdery coating. Do you suppose the old timers did this to reduce oxidation?
Any thoughts?