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Sorry if any of this is redundant. Get a leather apron for a few bucks at Harbor Freight. Don't turn off the heat until you check your cast balls so you recast the culls. I dropped my castings into a half filled 5 gal bucket with a towel at the bottom. For a little extra money you can get 1 lb ingots from Rotometals. Yes you can get larger ingots cheaper but the aggravation cutting them up to fit the pot wasn;'t worth it to me. You can also use a BIC lighter to carbon up the mold. Just hold the mold well into the flame like your smooshing it to get the most black. LASTLY: if you ever end up with older balls that get that whitish powdery look, the best way to get it off is to seat it on top of 60g 3f and at send it at 1400 fps. It comes right off

<blockquote data-quote="morehops52" data-source="post: 2804041" data-attributes="member: 52114"><p>Sorry if any of this is redundant. Get a leather apron for a few bucks at Harbor Freight. Don&#039;t turn off the heat until you check your cast balls so you recast the culls. I dropped my castings into a half filled 5 gal bucket with a towel at the bottom. For a little extra money you can get 1 lb ingots from Rotometals. Yes you can get larger ingots cheaper but the aggravation cutting them up to fit the pot wasn;&#039;t worth it to me. You can also use a BIC lighter to carbon up the mold. Just hold the mold well into the flame like your smooshing it to get the most black.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LASTLY: if you ever end up with older balls that get that whitish powdery look, the best way to get it off is to seat it on top of 60g 3f and at send it at 1400 fps. It comes right off <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="morehops52, post: 2804041, member: 52114"] Sorry if any of this is redundant. Get a leather apron for a few bucks at Harbor Freight. Don't turn off the heat until you check your cast balls so you recast the culls. I dropped my castings into a half filled 5 gal bucket with a towel at the bottom. For a little extra money you can get 1 lb ingots from Rotometals. Yes you can get larger ingots cheaper but the aggravation cutting them up to fit the pot wasn;'t worth it to me. You can also use a BIC lighter to carbon up the mold. Just hold the mold well into the flame like your smooshing it to get the most black. LASTLY: if you ever end up with older balls that get that whitish powdery look, the best way to get it off is to seat it on top of 60g 3f and at send it at 1400 fps. It comes right off :D [/QUOTE]

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