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Thread: why are my ww casts frosty

  1. 01-08-2011, 04:06 PM #21
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    :Gunslinger, You know of course that "even blind hogs occaisionaly find an acorn".
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  2. 01-08-2011, 06:13 PM #22
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    Good point Im no longer concerned about frosty boolits
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  3. 01-08-2011, 11:44 PM #23
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    why are my ww smelt ingots frosty looking?
    The only time I have ever had shiny ingots was when smelting pure lead. Any other alloys always were a dull gray. If you want to call that frosty, well then they were frosty. Once, when using one Lyman ingot mold in rapid succession that got real hot, I had some ingots that looked like a poor job of zinc plating they were so frosty. It took 5 minutes for the last pour to solidify.

    As for boolits, I too shoot for the dull gray surface on my alloy boolits. I certainly don't care if anybody calls them frosty. All I know is they shoot!

    Quit worrying about frosty versus shiny, get on with casting good shooters.
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  4. 01-09-2011, 12:12 AM #24
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    Yeah, a lot of new guys overthink the wrong stuff; BHN, alloys, pressure v. velocity, etc. Just keep it consistent, change ONE thing at a time, and have fun.
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