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Thread: Picked up a used pro melt, how to clean it?

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    Boolit Bub
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    Yeah, that is my plan. I am making a smelting pot from a stainless keg that I have, and I picked up a Lyman big dipper kit for cheap to do all my tin and pewter in.

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    I was doing a quick batch before dinner and I got a visit from the tinsel fairy a little cup must have had a double wall, heard a sizzle sound, took a set back and then ther was a pop and there was tin on the floor

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    I preheat everything before I put it in the pot.
    Or, fill a cold pot, then turn it on so the temp comes up slow enough to burn the moisture out.

    If the humidity is high enough, you can get Lead jumping out of there just by putting a cold ingot in a hot pot.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check