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Joined: 13 June 2003
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Posted: 13 June 2003 at 01:03
I clean, smoke, then lube. I clean with carbourator cleaner and a swab. The cleaner the better, otherwise you'll have a hell of a time getting the bullets to fill out properly. Smoke the molds with matches, don't try candles. Candles will leave an oily residue, and you go back to cleaning. I have been useing Midway's Drop-Out lately with very good results....better than smoke. Then preheat your mold by dipping it into the pot. After it is heated up, I use a knife blade to apply bullet lube to the "V"s and sprue cutter pivot. With a properly heated mold, you should get god bullets by the third or fourth pour.
"...A moral compass needs a butt end.Whatever direction France is pointing-towards collaboration with Nazis, accomodation with communists,...we can go the other way with a quiet conscience"-O'Rourke
Joined: 13 June 2003
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Posted: 15 June 2003 at 10:02
I've used rubbing alcohol for mold cleaning and it works fine. Carb cleaner is a bit more aggresive cleaner, that's all.
"...A moral compass needs a butt end.Whatever direction France is pointing-towards collaboration with Nazis, accomodation with communists,...we can go the other way with a quiet conscience"-O'Rourke
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