archmaker
05-30-2009, 09:36 AM
Well I cast up a few boolits using some ingots I had from 20yrs ago.
The thing is I am sure most of my lead back then was all WW and I also had some linotype. (I may have recieved some donated ingots, but do not remember)
Well to get to the point when I fired up my pot I put my ingots in, kept at it till it was almost full and was stirring fine except for 2 ingots. One of them eventually started to melt, but it looked more like the ends were having pockets melted out of it. The other never even looked like it was melting and I just removed them both.
Boolits cast up fine with no problem.
But it does make me wonder what the deal with those two were.
Any ideas?
The thing is I am sure most of my lead back then was all WW and I also had some linotype. (I may have recieved some donated ingots, but do not remember)
Well to get to the point when I fired up my pot I put my ingots in, kept at it till it was almost full and was stirring fine except for 2 ingots. One of them eventually started to melt, but it looked more like the ends were having pockets melted out of it. The other never even looked like it was melting and I just removed them both.
Boolits cast up fine with no problem.
But it does make me wonder what the deal with those two were.
Any ideas?