help with sinkers

[the cod one]

y is my mould just doing half a sinker when a i make sum i heat the mould up boil the lead. still the same any idear what i am doing wrong thanks lads

 

[Alanh]

Hi,sounds like you are not pouring the lead into the mould fast enough.

 

[cookie1992]

if its a dca mould i used to have same problem leave the mould on the flame for about 10 mins make sure lead is up to max heat when the lead is melted leave it to heat up for another 10 mins that will work make sure all dirt is out of lead and clean your mould

 

[the cod one]

ok m8 give it a go

 

[bandit]

if its a dca mould i used to have same problem leave the mould on the flame for about 10 mins make sure lead is up to max heat when the lead is melted leave it to heat up for another 10 mins that will work make sure all dirt is out of lead and clean your mould

If you try this and still have problems try a smaller melting pot and melt smaller amounts of lead, I had this problem once found the pan which I was melting the lead in was to big and although the lead was melting it still wasn't hot enough pour

 

[the cod one]

smaller pot clean mould job done thanks lads had my head done in

 

[Lance mcvey]

help with sinkers

When heating led up make sure the led has a blue tint also heat the mold but not a long time as you can warp your mold and heating mold gets rid of any moisture

 

[PETER]

I Use 2 pans one with a few kilo of lead melting away keep topped up and another smaller pan to pour me leads probly enough lead to make 6 at a time keep the flame up on second pan till blue tinge like already said jobs a good un

 

[dale19]

sinker mould

sinker mould

used to have the same problem before I started to heat the mould up before putting in the lead seemed to be ok after that.
I now tend just to buy a few sinkers of a local lad then you don't have to fanny around trying to obtain lead gas and other odds and ends.

 

[Pete from shields]

I had the same problems mate, realised I'm not good with traditional methods (I'm a chef not an iron monger lol) so I asked santi for a lee lead melter for xmas, its solved all my problems. This was my first batch of leads using it the other week