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BarbreJ · December 11, 2010, 11:03 PM

I melted my first WW a couple of weeks ago. Melted the lead on a Turkey frier. When it was all liquid I scoped out trash, added flux (toliet ring wax-about 1/2" cube) it melted, caught fire. Stirred it with a spoon scraping the sides and bottom for a couple of minutes. scooped out the brown/black stuff. repeated.

It seemed like there was always a ring of brown/black around the edges, and when I would scope it always seemed like i had brown/black dross on the top of the ingot. As the lead would get low it would get a skin on top as fast as I could dross it off.

Is this ok, am I doing it wrong? Are these ingots ok to use to cast with?

Thanks,
John

December 11, 2010, 11:03 PM	#1
BarbreJ Member Join Date: June 5, 2010 Location: St. Louis Posts: 59	Am I fluxing right? I melted my first WW a couple of weeks ago. Melted the lead on a Turkey frier. When it was all liquid I scoped out trash, added flux (toliet ring wax-about 1/2" cube) it melted, caught fire. Stirred it with a spoon scraping the sides and bottom for a couple of minutes. scooped out the brown/black stuff. repeated. It seemed like there was always a ring of brown/black around the edges, and when I would scope it always seemed like i had brown/black dross on the top of the ingot. As the lead would get low it would get a skin on top as fast as I could dross it off. Is this ok, am I doing it wrong? Are these ingots ok to use to cast with? Thanks, John