Mold storage

[Mitty38]

Well, I dunno about science but my molds are stored thus . . .

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These containers are food storage boxes with a silicone gasket in the lid. Stacked here by caliber with 2-3 molds in each container and the containers stacks are two and three rows deep. This is a shelf under my casting bench. I use a bicycle inner tube cut into rubber bands to hold the blocks together during storage, They are stored dry with the mold description on top of the container.

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bet you could keep 3x5 cards in there too, with mould notes on them.

 

[Rally]

Well motors are electric, but don't tell that to GM!

 

[fiver]

and hydraulic.

I just throw mine in a drawer or leave it on top of the pot.
the magma molds go in the little wood trays they sell, inside a drawer.
seein as how our average humidity is below 35% I don't worry about it too much.

 

[Ian]

Generators produce direct current directly, but don't tell that to GM either because they call their three-phase, AC alternators "generators". The reasoning I was given is they have internal rectifiers which output DC. I use the English spelling as both a verb and noun because Ideal almost always has (1905 Sears, Roebuck & Co catalog has Ideal moulds spelled both ways in the same page, go figure) and it easily differentiates bullet making tools from the stuff that grows on old cheese. I also abbreviate the Alliant Reloder series of powders "RX-(number)" because the Lyman manuals do and those are what I reference the most.

 

[JonB]

While I store all my Lee molds in the original boxes, I have similar storage containers as Rick shows for all my other molds. I figured they'd be sealed enough, that I wouldn't need to oil coat the Iron molds or the steel sprue plates of NOE molds and similar. I was wrong, MN gets high humidity in summer and surface rust started to form. So now I have reverted back to coating any steel/Iron mold/sprues with oil for storage...I use Kroil.

FYI, to me, a mold is a mold is a mould.

 

[Winelover]

Mine are stored similar to Ricks but I include a couple of desiccant pouches, inside. Amazon sells them by the bag full.

 

[RBHarter]

My understanding since I was a wee pup was that mould was a form or multipart chamber to contain a liquid or semi liquid until it was a solid or semi solid and mold grew on cheese , bread and fruit that stayed around too long . Of course I lived with people that would raze a barn , so they could raise a barn , in the rays of the sun , and had seen and driven Stingrays both skates and Chevy's .

Gesundheit American English !

 

[Glaciers]

I use the English spelling as both a verb and noun because Ideal almost always has (1905 Sears, Roebuck & Co catalog has Ideal moulds spelled both ways in the same page, go figure) and it easily differentiates bullet making tools from the stuff that grows on old cheese.

Brad take note here that if a 115 year old publication has mold and mould, it's a recognized correct both ways. Sears can't be wrong, just because they are out of business has nothing to do with it.

 

[Mitty38]

seein as how our average humidity is below 35% I don't worry about it too much.

Our average humidity. I my Neck of Ohio, is usually around 75 summer and 52 winter. Might get a 30% every once and a while.
What can I say, I live deep in the Wayne National Forest. Shade and fresh water springs, creeks, ponds, marshland, everywhere.
So humidity and moisture is kinda of an issue here.

 

[MW65]

Currently use a few drops of light machine oil when i'm done casting with the rcbs/ideal moulds.... lee i don't do a thing. PNW is a mite bit moist, and things like to grow moss (or rust) anywhere it can.

Rick --> really like your storage idea!!!!

 

[StrawHat]

Well, I dunno about science but my molds are stored thus . . .

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These containers are food storage boxes with a silicone gasket in the lid. Stacked here by caliber with 2-3 molds in each container and the containers stacks are two and three rows deep. This is a shelf under my casting bench. I use a bicycle inner tube cut into rubber bands to hold the blocks together during storage, They are stored dry with the mold description on top of the container.

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Rick,

Are those hard sided bins or soft sided?

Kevin

 

[Rick]

Well, not sure what you mean by hard or soft. They are plastic boxes with the clip on lids. They are a bit flexible but i wouldn't call then soft.

 

[StrawHat]

I have some soft sided ones with the silicone seal lid that expand to nearly double height. I would think the hard side would be easier for storage.

Kevin

 

[fiver]

I think he means 5$ rubbermaids or 2$ sterilite's.

I'm surprised at our average being that low too.
it seems to generally hover around 40%, but maybe gets up to 80% when it rains.
we have a lot of water around some areas but the majority of our plant life is sagebrush and cedar trees.
go up 200 feet and it's grass hill sides and pine tree draws.