JWFilips
Well-Known Member
Hi Guys,
Had a rough time this past two weeks. Before then I was golden; plain basing my moulds. Finally decided to go for it on my last mould ( a NOE 8 mm Ranch Dog) Again I pulled it off rather well but not exact so the Devil inside told me to try a fix it ( which it didn't really need) well I aligned it again an favored the mis-cut side...again I would have been golden..... but since it was already drilled I did not experience the "when to stop point!". Needless to say I took out the lower lube groove that time!
Again not a disaster. I was in the middle of casting up some test boolits quickly with this new cut and somehow got oil in the mould... instant wrinkles! But could not wait to burn off so I gave the cavity a spray of Brake Cleaner! Yes the banned in California type! Chloro ...what's its name!
Cleaned the problem ..cast some more then put it away with cavities filled.
Tonight I tried to open it up...it was frozen!.... a few hard wraps then it opened and I had to extract the PB boolit from it! Massive oxidation and pitting! Very nasty.
Spent the evening trying to hone out the cavity with white diamond compound on a few boolits!
So word of warning no Brake cleaner on a hot Aluminum mold!
Had a rough time this past two weeks. Before then I was golden; plain basing my moulds. Finally decided to go for it on my last mould ( a NOE 8 mm Ranch Dog) Again I pulled it off rather well but not exact so the Devil inside told me to try a fix it ( which it didn't really need) well I aligned it again an favored the mis-cut side...again I would have been golden..... but since it was already drilled I did not experience the "when to stop point!". Needless to say I took out the lower lube groove that time!
Again not a disaster. I was in the middle of casting up some test boolits quickly with this new cut and somehow got oil in the mould... instant wrinkles! But could not wait to burn off so I gave the cavity a spray of Brake Cleaner! Yes the banned in California type! Chloro ...what's its name!
Cleaned the problem ..cast some more then put it away with cavities filled.
Tonight I tried to open it up...it was frozen!.... a few hard wraps then it opened and I had to extract the PB boolit from it! Massive oxidation and pitting! Very nasty.
Spent the evening trying to hone out the cavity with white diamond compound on a few boolits!
So word of warning no Brake cleaner on a hot Aluminum mold!