Kevin Stenberg
Well-Known Member
My question as asked above. With what do you re-fill your casting pot? I use to use warmed ingots. But in the time my melt would get back to casting temp. my molds would be cooled and I would have to rewarm them. Even having put them on a hot plate.
Lately I have been having a second hot plate. Pre-melting ingots which by the time my pot needs filling. Are liquefied close to my melt temp. If I keep a layer of charred sawdust on top of my pre-melt lead will I add some contaminants from the charred wood to my pot. When I pour from the premelt container I hold all of the charred wood back away from the lead being poured out.
Or should I use a layer of candle wax on the premelt lead like I use in my casting pot?
I find it takes just minutes to get casting again rather than 15/20
Lately I have been having a second hot plate. Pre-melting ingots which by the time my pot needs filling. Are liquefied close to my melt temp. If I keep a layer of charred sawdust on top of my pre-melt lead will I add some contaminants from the charred wood to my pot. When I pour from the premelt container I hold all of the charred wood back away from the lead being poured out.
Or should I use a layer of candle wax on the premelt lead like I use in my casting pot?
I find it takes just minutes to get casting again rather than 15/20