Anybody out there use kitty litter in their melting pot to reduce the contact of the lead with air?
If so what brand works well. I just found one that doesn't and gumed things up.
Probably the stuff added to reduce the smell causing problems so maybe the cheapest is the best.
John
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I've never used it in my lead pot, but I would think floor dry oil absorbent would be the ticket. It is just plain dried clay, or in other words, kitty litter without the additives to cover up Morris the cat's waste odors.
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I think the old cheap clay based plain jane stuff is what to use. This trick was reccommended many years ago before the clump-n-dump stuff was invented.
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Diatomaceous Earth
This is the only thing that ever really worked for me, other than charcoal.
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I use the cheap clay little from the $1 store, works great.
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i use oil dry ... cheap by the bag from tractor supply ... weird to use dipper, but it seems to float to the top and not go into casting ...
ken
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Thanks to all for your suggestions.
It always works to just use what the cat did --- until it didn't and the new stuff made a mess. Now I have three different materials to try.
John
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I use corn meal, both to flux and to cover.
Corn meal still has some corn oil in it to act as a flux, the bits of beeswax candles are a help.
Farm boy from Illinois, living in the magical Pacific Northwest
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I use ground up corn cobs. it keep the smell to it is ok and flux good. It works for me and use it also for tumble my brass after I size and deprime.
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speaking of ground corn cobs, i use that for fillers, also dacron puffs ... in the rare occasions i am trying something silly. ok, not so rare.
so far so good ... anybody else use ground corncobs for filler ? i think it keeps the barrel shiny, but may be an answer without a question ...
ken
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Silly, but I have used old case tumbler corn cobs for filler in a Trapdoor. Fifty grains of FF black and filler enough to compress when thumb seating the bullet. Didn't shine the barrel up (too many pits) but kept powder fouling down.
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