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It has been a long time since I cast any round balls and that was old school. So I bought a new electric bottom pour pot. For lead I had a mix of .50 balls and bullets that came with a rifle I no longer have, probably 140, about 40 heavily oxidized .50 balls that came with an old shooting pouch and maybe 150 Hornady swaged .50 and .58 balls. First in pot went shiny cast lead balls. Once melted, I added the Hornady balls. What happened was weird. The Hornady balls shed a "skin", like something the pod people would leave behind. Skimmed it off. After casting maybe 20 .530 balls I added the oxidized balls. It was amazing what built up on surface. I kept skimming a couple of times then paused to answer phone. In just a couple of minutes a thick hard layer had formed that I had to bust up with a spoon. Was about 1/8" thick and looked like a soil
sample brought back from some alien world. All of this gunk seemed excessive. Is the inside of a new pot covered with some factory sealant that could have added to the mess? The 60 balls I cast came out fine. Pics for reference and comment.