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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.   
      
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