Lead flux for casting
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Topic: Lead flux for casting
Posted By: d4570
Subject: Lead flux for casting
Date Posted: 23 February 2022 at 20:25
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Do any of you bullet casters use a flux? Sawdust I here works. Wax and grease works (?) but can smoke and take tin out of your mix. Can a person use powered Graphite? It's all carbon and that's what happens to sawdust. I'm going to try it. ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
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Posted By: deaddog
Date Posted: 24 February 2022 at 09:50
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Candle wax. Nothing scientific about my method or timing. ------------- Endeavor to persevere. |
Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 24 February 2022 at 12:58
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I have 5 pounds of graphite I use to tumble lead shot. It sounded like it's the carbon that is needed as a "Flux" SO I put in about a table spoon May be to much, of the graphite after the lead was melted and before it got "HOT". I ran it about 750* no smoke and NO slag on top. It seemed to work very well, the bullets came out looking great, I did 160, they cast right at 303/304 grains. I'll size them to .452 later and press on the gas checks. It's snowing again we may get an inch this time but it's BUT cold -10 right now and some wind.  - ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |