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   Message 214,908 of 215,367   
   Snag to Bob La Londe   
   Re: dripping lead pot and evaporust   
   25 Oct 25 21:25:01   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/25/2025 8:38 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 10/25/2025 6:12 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>    My $30 yard sale bottom pour lead pot drips . A lot . I've cleaned   
   >> up the stopper rod with no noticeable slowing . The bottom of the hole   
   >> has some crusty rust That I haven't been successful at removing . I   
   >> see 2 options - try to match the taper of the bottom of the hole   
   >> (drill bit isn't the same) with a dowel and lap it clean or try using   
   >> Evaporust to clean it up .   
   >>    If anybody has other options I'd like to hear 'em . I'd really like   
   >> to use this over the dipper and pot , I've started casting balls and   
   >> bullets for some of my neighbors and this is faster and less spillage .   
   >   
   >   
   > Buy more molds and go so fast it doesn't matter?   
   >   
   >   
   > There are a lot of people that just put a catch pan under the spout. Its   
   > a never ending battle.   
   >   
      
      Yeah , well this one is dumping 4 bullets/balls worth in the time it   
   takes me to dump the mold . Gotta do something about it . If it was a   
   drop every 3 or 4 seconds I wouldn't be trying to fix it .   
   --   
   Snag   
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