Quick Casting Question

[Broc]

I have a coffee can with roughly 100 535g bullets that were lubed with SPG, and at one point I dropped, the box opened and they rolled around in some dirt. I tried cleaning them but now they are a sticky mess, so I threw them in a coffee can thinking one day I would melt them and re-cast.

My question is ... do you think the lube could cause issues mixing with the lead and cause me to cast sh*t bullets?

100 rounds won't break the bank, so I dont mind not re-casting them.

I will be mixing them with clean lead, ready to cast.

Need opinions.

@pastera
@Michael J. Spangler

 

[moojpg2]

the lube will either burn off or float to the top

 

[whatluck]

any reason you can't treat them with zep purple degreaser, wash with soap and water, and relube?

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

I have a coffee can with roughly 100 535g bullets that were lubed with SPG, and at one point I dropped, the box opened and they rolled around in some dirt. I tried cleaning them but now they are a sticky mess, so I threw them in a coffee can thinking one day I would melt them and re-cast.

My question is ... do you think the lube could cause issues mixing with the lead and cause me to cast sh*t bullets?

100 rounds won't break the bank, so I dont mind not re-casting them.

I will be mixing them with clean lead, ready to cast.

Need opinions.

@pastera
@Michael J. Spangler

Lube will melt. It will reduce any oxides back into the melt. I use lubed rejects for that regularly.

 

[Broc]

any reason you can't treat them with zep purple degreaser, wash with soap and water, and relube?

I didnt think of that, but will keep thwt in mind. Seems like too much work, they are about to get melted.

 

[pastera]

Boil the lube off and relube if you have a lubrisizer
Otherwise, melt them down as it - the lube will burn off before the lead is fully melted

 

[Broc]

Boil the lube off and relube if you have a lubrisizer
Otherwise, melt them down as it - the lube will burn off before the lead is fully melted

I melted them, 4 at a time ... holy smoke. LOL. I used them when casting with some range lead.

 

[pastera]

I melted them, 4 at a time ... holy smoke. LOL. I used them when casting with some range lead.

That's why I have a cover for my pot
Toss some wax in and light it with a torch - will burn off the lube fast and without smoke

 

[Road_Clam]

I wouldnt risk debris contaminated bullets potentially gouging a barrel. Just melt em down and recast. Wax in molten lead actually attracts contaminents purifying your lead. Skim the crusty caked wax off the surface and you are gtg. I also use wood saw dust.

 

[mac1911]

I have a coffee can with roughly 100 535g bullets that were lubed with SPG, and at one point I dropped, the box opened and they rolled around in some dirt. I tried cleaning them but now they are a sticky mess, so I threw them in a coffee can thinking one day I would melt them and re-cast.

My question is ... do you think the lube could cause issues mixing with the lead and cause me to cast sh*t bullets?

100 rounds won't break the bank, so I dont mind not re-casting them.

I will be mixing them with clean lead, ready to cast.

Need opinions.

@pastera
@Michael J. Spangler

Pre fluxed scrap, melt away.

 

[45BPCR]

Just melt them, SPG makes a great albeit expensive flux.
Ask me how I know.

 

[mac1911]

I have a coffee can with roughly 100 535g bullets that were lubed with SPG, and at one point I dropped, the box opened and they rolled around in some dirt. I tried cleaning them but now they are a sticky mess, so I threw them in a coffee can thinking one day I would melt them and re-cast.

My question is ... do you think the lube could cause issues mixing with the lead and cause me to cast sh*t bullets?

100 rounds won't break the bank, so I dont mind not re-casting them.

I will be mixing them with clean lead, ready to cast.

Need opinions.

@pastera
@Michael J. Spangler

If your worried about any dirt,?
Boil them and either relube them or melt them
Or treat it like any other scrap lead. Melt , flux and carry on.

 

[gerrycaruso]

I know you already melted the last batch but if it happens again, you can throw them in a pot with water and boil the lube off. If you decide to do this, keep 2 things in mind. If you use a pot that your wife cooks with, you're gonna be in a world of shit and make sure the water doesn't boil off or the bullets will melt.

 

[mac1911]

I know you already melted the last batch but if it happens again, you can throw them in a pot with water and boil the lube off. If you decide to do this, keep 2 things in mind. If you use a pot that your wife cooks with, you're gonna be in a world of shit and make sure the water doesn't boil off or the bullets will melt.

Also another tid bit, my “friend” did this.
Dont decide to sit down while you have “home made” lube melting down on the stove top and then nod off. Smells something aweful

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

I bet your friends wife was pissed at you!

 

[mac1911]

I bet your friends wife was pissed at you!

Hard to tell “his” wife is always pissed off

 

[Broc]

Also another tid bit, my “friend” did this.
Dont decide to sit down while you have “home made” lube melting down on the stove top and then nod off. Smells something aweful

I used to melt SPG in a tuna can on the stove when my hot plate broke.

Now I bought a luber and I am never going back.

 

[Fixxah]

I used to melt SPG in a tuna can on the stove when my hot plate broke.

Now I bought a luber and I am never going back.

Which did you buy? Star?

 

[Broc]

Which did you buy? Star?

I have a star, but I bought an RCBS.

 

[Fixxah]

I have a star, but I bought an RCBS.

I have a lubrisizer that needs a home.

 

[Broc]

I have a lubrisizer that needs a home.

@Michael J. Spangler

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

I have a lubrisizer that needs a home.

All ears

 

[MadatMarek]

I saw this and thought Broc was casting for a porn movie

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

I saw this and thought Broc was casting for a porn movie

That’s a different thread. I think the GQ one