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|    Bob La Londe to Snag    |
|    Re: dripping lead pot and evaporust    |
|    25 Oct 25 18:38:50    |
      From: none@none.com99              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.              --       Bob La Londe       CNC Molds N Stuff              --       This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software.       www.avg.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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