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View Poll Results: Do you artificially patina your brass molds?

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  • Yes, and never had problems with it.

    9 23.68%
  • Yes, but I have damaged a mold.

    0 0%
  • No.

    29 76.32%
  • No, because I damaged a mold.

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Thread: Do you artificially patina your brass molds?

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    I have 4 brass molds and all i did was clean them well and heat cycle them. Once at temp they drop boolits nicely. If you overheat them the boolits will tend to stick in the mold.

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    No, I just clean them (toothbrush and Dawn), heat them up in the mold oven to dry and get to temp, and start casting. They will patina themselves in time. I have well over a hundred brass molds (mostly HP's) and never had to heat-cycle any, and I have never used smoke or release on my molds. Get them to the right temp and the boolits will fall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beagle333 View Post
    No, I just clean them (toothbrush and Dawn), heat them up in the mold oven to dry and get to temp, and start casting. They will patina themselves in time. I have well over a hundred brass molds (mostly HP's) and never had to heat-cycle any, and I have never used smoke or release on my molds. Get them to the right temp and the boolits will fall.
    How do you keep that many stored and organized?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cosmic_Charlie View Post
    How do you keep that many stored and organized?
    Oh, they're in cabinets and drawers and shelves and big plastic bins. But they're NOT organized. They're only grouped by caliber.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beagle333 View Post
    Oh, they're in cabinets and drawers and shelves and big plastic bins. But they're NOT organized. They're only grouped by caliber.
    My hero! That's the system I use, sort of.
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    I just heat cycle 3-4 times and it puts some oxidation / patina on the mold...so far so good.

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