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Nevmavrick · March 15, 2011, 01:13 PM

If you're using a 5gal bucket, you're gonna have to have more than 100 bullets to make a difference in water temperature...'course I'm only using those little 45 230gr LRN and .41 210gr bullets.
The danger of a DROP of water landing ON the melt is overrated. It'll poof into steam. It's when it gets INTO the melt that you have a problem. When I cast and WD, I put the water OVER one step away.
My cast table is set so I swing to the left from the pot. Next is a towel, or several, for about 3'. THEN is a 2-gal container of water. If water drops hit the mold, they're gone...The drops, not the mold, lol.
Have fun,
Gene

March 15, 2011, 01:13 PM	#12
Nevmavrick Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2010 Location: Sparks, Nevada, near Reno Posts: 183	If you're using a 5gal bucket, you're gonna have to have more than 100 bullets to make a difference in water temperature...'course I'm only using those little 45 230gr LRN and .41 210gr bullets. The danger of a DROP of water landing ON the melt is overrated. It'll poof into steam. It's when it gets INTO the melt that you have a problem. When I cast and WD, I put the water OVER one step away. My cast table is set so I swing to the left from the pot. Next is a towel, or several, for about 3'. THEN is a 2-gal container of water. If water drops hit the mold, they're gone...The drops, not the mold, lol. Have fun, Gene