GregH
02-17-2009, 08:53 PM
I am new to casting. The results look fine but while I am casting, I get layer of dry greyish red material on top of melted lead.
I have used small amounts (perhaps two pea sized drops in an hour) of paraffin and lyman bullet lube for flux but I am seemingly getting more "rust" material then anything I am putting into the pot. The lead is "hardball" and linotype from Midway. The pot is from Lee and it is not a bottom pour.
I have just been scrapping the material out with my ladle and discarding it. My concern is that I am discarding some alloy because I am not using the right flux or not fluxing often enough
thanks
I have used small amounts (perhaps two pea sized drops in an hour) of paraffin and lyman bullet lube for flux but I am seemingly getting more "rust" material then anything I am putting into the pot. The lead is "hardball" and linotype from Midway. The pot is from Lee and it is not a bottom pour.
I have just been scrapping the material out with my ladle and discarding it. My concern is that I am discarding some alloy because I am not using the right flux or not fluxing often enough
thanks