lubing mold top surface

[obssd1958]

If you did, you'd have to wash your hands...

 

[Mitty38]

I use regular 2 cycle oil not synthetic, just because that's what I had when I started, oh and after things heat up I touch some wax to the plate screw for just a second.
Seams to work ok for me, so far.

 

[richhodg66]

I've been using the stuff from the bottles NOE sells with their molds which I'm told is synthetic 2 cycle oil. Seems to work pretty well for me. This coat applied with a Q tip.

 

[fiver]

NOE sells bull plate.

i use nickle anti-seize on the aluminum molds, and the metal ones too, and sometimes a little 2-stroke.
soap stone will work i use it on the drip plate of my shot maker, but all that other stuff is right there on a q-tip already so on it goes.

 

[popper]

Guess it is #2 pencil, swiped from her desk. I ain't no carpenter.

 

[Glaciers]

Well I am a carpenter and I have about 500 pencils laying around, half have never been sharpened. Always have one in my pants pocket, use them till there a nub or broken. Looks like I will have to give them a try in the cast room.

 

[jonjon]

I use the "silvery Permatex stuff". Works good.

 

[Snakeoil]

I wonder what NOE puts in that little bottle? True syn oils can sustain much higher temps than fossil oil. So, I would guess syn oil of some type.

 

[Snakeoil]

I use the "silvery Permatex stuff". Works good.

Anti-seize.

 

[Brad]

I use ester 100 AC oil. Works well enough and a 4 oz bottle will last a few lifetimes.

 

[L Ross]

I've probably mentioned this before but, instead of rinsing out my synthetic 2 stroke oil bottles with a trickle of gasoline and dumping it in the gas can for my two stroke equipment, I drain the residue into a small dedicated bottle and save it. Even the small quantity that remains in a single 2.6 oz. bottle is enough for many many casting sessions. The accumulation over time is quite amazing. Even more amazing is how the stuff manages to escape from that little white bottle that came with NOE moulds should it get tipped over on the casting bench. I swear it wicks past the tightened cap.

 

[Winelover]

For many years I used nothing. However, I started casting with RCBS iron molds in the 70's. No internet back then. No mentors. I just kept a 0000 steel wool pad handy for what I couldn't remove with a swipe of a canvas glove or a bamboo skewer. Those molds are non the worse for wear. Wasn't till I started using brass and aluminum molds that I found the added benefits of sprue plate lube.

 

[smokeywolf]

With one exception, all my moulds are old Meehanite IDEAL and a couple of I think, Winchester. Never used sprue plate lube.

 

[STIHL]

Synthetic 2 stroke oil. Used beeswax for a while, but could over do it real quick and wrinkle bullets for a while afterwards. The 2 stroke oil works and doenst smell horrible.

 

[Walks]

I've been using the stuff from the bottles NOE sells with their molds which I'm told is synthetic 2 cycle oil. Seems to work pretty well for me. This coat applied with a Q tip.

Same with Me, A little dab will do Ya

 

[shuz]

Same here....synthetic 2 stroke oil.

 

[KeithB]

Still got some Bullplate.

 

[STIHL]

Blue plate, now we’re talking, wait, we are talking mayonnaise, right?