I bought a 2 cav. Lyman 35863 Wadcutter bullet mould. The photos that I looked at BEFORE I decided to buy the mould clearly showed rust in the mould cavities ( and all over the outside of the mould also. . I knew what I was buying. The seller didn't try to hide anything. I felt that I was buying a " Fixer Upper ." I was able to buy the 2 cav. mould for $35.00
I saw some rust remover a few months ago in a hardware store. I bought a bottle just for this kind of job.
Here it is ;
Here is a link to the product :
http://www.amazon.com/KRUD-KUTTER-MR...+must+for+rust
I disassembled the mould and put the mould halves into a glass jar. Covered the halves with gasoline to de-grease the mould halves and allowed them to sit for 15 minutes totally submerged in the gasoline.
Then I removed them and blew them off with an air hose.
Then I submerged the mould blocks in the rust remover ( the green liquid in the glass jar in the photo below ) :
The blocks were allowed to sit in the rust remover for about 20 minutes ( as per the directions with the product )
A bit of rubbing with 0000 steel wool and the mold blocks cleaned up really well. I lost the original Lyman bluing, but at least all the rust is gone now. I suppose that I could cold blue the blocks when they are warm and oil free ?
I think it cleaned up real well.
The mold cast real well :
Here are the bullets as they fall from the mould :
The mould cast great now ! !
I saw some rust remover a few months ago in a hardware store. I bought a bottle just for this kind of job.
Here it is ;
Here is a link to the product :
http://www.amazon.com/KRUD-KUTTER-MR...+must+for+rust
I disassembled the mould and put the mould halves into a glass jar. Covered the halves with gasoline to de-grease the mould halves and allowed them to sit for 15 minutes totally submerged in the gasoline.
Then I removed them and blew them off with an air hose.
Then I submerged the mould blocks in the rust remover ( the green liquid in the glass jar in the photo below ) :
The blocks were allowed to sit in the rust remover for about 20 minutes ( as per the directions with the product )
A bit of rubbing with 0000 steel wool and the mold blocks cleaned up really well. I lost the original Lyman bluing, but at least all the rust is gone now. I suppose that I could cold blue the blocks when they are warm and oil free ?
I think it cleaned up real well.
The mold cast real well :
Here are the bullets as they fall from the mould :
The mould cast great now ! !
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