Cranked up a new Lee Pro 4/20 this past week ..also broke out 2 new LEE molds ...454. round ball and .375 round ball
First session I followed LEE's "mold start up" sugggestions ..I'm not new to casting but I am to bottom pour furnaces and aluminum molds ..cheap aluminum molds ..
Well I had my second session today ..but before the second session I heated the molds and got some Q-tips and tip dipped them in the wet lid of some synthetic 2 cycle oil and cleaned up/off the stink'in bees wax Lee suggested ..got the bottom of the sprue cutter cleaned up and re-lubed the pins, cutter plate pivot screw and lubed and then wiped off the bottom of the cutter plate and the top of the mold
Away we go right ...to my next problem ..this afternoon I started to build paper cartridges for all of my Colt open tops
What I cast today honestly looked like perfect shiny steel ball bearings ..you had to hunt for the sprue ..ok a bit of an exaggeration OK?
The problem is I have yet to find a glue that will stick to these pure lead "ball bearings" i just cast
Has anyone had this experience ?? maybe some ageing of the lead will get it more receptive to some kind/brand of stick glue working??
Bear