Is there a rule of thumb for cure time on lead

[lockinload]

Should your ingots sit for a certain time period before going into the casting pot?
I thought I read somewhere that the lead gets harder over time, like weeks.

[dilly]

Definitely not for ingots. Melting and casting will negate any hardness changes. People who worry about this do so only for boolits that I have seen.

[btroj]

Use the ingots when needed. Age hardening is eliminated as the lead melts. The lead has no "memory" of how hard it was.

[lockinload]

Makes sense but I was just making sure. I warned you guys I would bombard with questions.
In less than a week starting this endeavor, I have smelted about 100 lbs and casted 700 nines and 300 40s. Getting ready
to move into the Powder coating phase.