armoredman
07-19-2015, 05:12 PM
I've been casting about 6-7 years now, same pot, flux it out with candle wax and a stainless steel spoon, (that never ever seems to heat up), and been using the same temp setting for probably close to the same time. I dumped some mixed ingots for some hi velocity handgun lead, (will be powder coated), and when I got ready to flux...I saw this.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/casting%20stuff/blue%20pot_zpsxefkazq8.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/armoredman/media/casting%20stuff/blue%20pot_zpsxefkazq8.jpg.html)
BTW, I know I need to wire wheel the thing clean, needs a scrub down. Still drops very nice lead. So I called LAGS, and he said the lead temp was too high ad the blue was pure lead that needed to be fluxed back in the melt. So I did, and had to several times during the pour. Ended up with some blue on the bottom of the pot when I was done.
Thoughts?
These were some of the results of the pour, so nothing went wrong, even with the cobalt hue getting involved.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/casting%20stuff/124gr%20lee%20TL_zps9t7oirfx.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/armoredman/media/casting%20stuff/124gr%20lee%20TL_zps9t7oirfx.jpg.html)
LAGS has been a great friend and helper with casting, just thought I'd share this one here.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/casting%20stuff/blue%20pot_zpsxefkazq8.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/armoredman/media/casting%20stuff/blue%20pot_zpsxefkazq8.jpg.html)
BTW, I know I need to wire wheel the thing clean, needs a scrub down. Still drops very nice lead. So I called LAGS, and he said the lead temp was too high ad the blue was pure lead that needed to be fluxed back in the melt. So I did, and had to several times during the pour. Ended up with some blue on the bottom of the pot when I was done.
Thoughts?
These were some of the results of the pour, so nothing went wrong, even with the cobalt hue getting involved.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/casting%20stuff/124gr%20lee%20TL_zps9t7oirfx.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/armoredman/media/casting%20stuff/124gr%20lee%20TL_zps9t7oirfx.jpg.html)
LAGS has been a great friend and helper with casting, just thought I'd share this one here.