Thread: Lee Instruction Confusion

Originally Posted by shooternz

You need to lube the base plug that makes the hollow base, Best practise is sit it on a hot plate and get it as hot as you can before you start casting
it will cool down as you cast, at the start you will get a lot of frosty bases, Cast fairly slow when they come out looking good the mould heats up very quickly
and starts leaking you need to find a rhyme and just cruise along one a minute is a good start, have a damp cloth handy to cool the mould.

Thanks @shooternz. I did lube the whole plug with beeswax, might look at a alternative to beeswax because it creates a mess in the mold. I might of gone a bit fast and let the mold get too hot because after casting I noticed some had daggs coming off the base of the slugs.