Greetings all,
I recently purchased a new NOE mold (.311 4 cav fp gc)
Looks great, feels great - fits perfectly on my lee handles - no problems there.
Today I fired up the lead pot, smoked the mold as I do.
got the lead nice and warm (700) had the mold sitting on top of the pot to heat up - as I have done with all my other molds. Then I started to pour, I know the first few pours are usually ****. No problem 5-10 pours later I can usually expect to see good casts coming out of the mold.
Today not so much. Okay I think to myself, maybe the mold is not hot - I dip the corner into the pot, and it comes up clean - okay mold is definitely hot. Pour another 10 pours - still ****.
I try slow pours, angled pours, fast pours, front to back, and back to front ( bottom pour Lee Pot) - every single one of them was ****.
I turned the heat up - got it up to 800, still not 1 decent cast - pushed it up further to 900 - still ****.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Andrew