UtopiaTexasG19
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About how long does it take the small one pound poured lead ingots too cool enough to dump them out of the molds and re-pour a second and third time. In other words ....how long is the cooling cycle? Thanks
I have about 20 single cavity ingot molds made out of angle iron. On the first pour the lead alloy will cool quickly and fall out when dumped. After a short time, the molds will begin to get hot, take longer for the alloy to harden and longer to cool enough not to stick in the mold. The answer in such an event is to have as many ingot molds as you can manage to scrounge up. You are not likely to get or have too many.I have some bulk lead coming in and wondered if I needed two sets of molds so I could fill one while the other cools to speed up the process.