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U water quench?

@@jefferyboring4410 yes

I normally powder coat...in my opinion it cuts back a little on the lead fouling. I usually use Eastwood powders.

Man...you should have seen the look on my neighbor's face when they walked out in the middle of me fluxing with candle wax...I felt bad. It does keep down on the smell...

Not enough to worry about

That would be BR 16.6

Thanks for the response. As far as trying to melt the antimony and tin first....I have not tried that. With the amount of tin that is needed, seems there wouldn't be enough to render down the antimony. That is why it is better to do the lead first. Kinda like makin a soup ( so to speak)...get your base and then add ingredients. The tin is there to help the antimony alloy with the lead. Btw, I agree with your other comments. People are way to complacent with the state of our society. That's why I am an avid believer in situational awareness and making sure my family and I have the means to protect each other. Comes down to taking care of each other. I also have other videos to put up as well. Just overwhelmed right now. Making knives as well. Think it will be a good addition. Thank you so much for responding. I ask to bare with the small amount of content right now...haha. Stay safe.... Keep solid morals.... 👍

@@thefreedomchannel8896 hell yeah! Now all I've got to do is find me a nice plot of land in the middle of no where 🤔😂 My main thought with the metals is getting the harder to mix metal warm first and then kinda drown it in hot led while that all melts on top of it. Though it would probably leave you with a clump or two of antimony floating on top. So I do believe your method is more sound. I know I'm stoked to get out and shoot my first castings this weekend. 🤔 I do have a feeling it'll be a bit soft but it'll be fun none the less. Do you powder coat your bullets of traditional lubing?

Lots of tin throw it in and see how it goes

I use the antimony to harden my lead for casting. I use Frankfurt arsenal flux and then I use saw dust which aids in keeping the surface from oxidizing and pulls the impurities out of the lead

Thank you for the response. I just used chicken wire for the make shift basket and a piece of metal hanger for the rod. Will be doing another one talking a little bit more about antimony and casting, hopefully soon. I am redoing my channel to include knifemaking as well. Hope that will interest you. There will more bullet casting as well. Thank you again..stay safe..

A very brittle metallic element , although it is very hard , if dropped it would shatter however it Is very hard to scratch

Sorry for the waaay late response. I do powder coat. I use the tumbling method. What calibers...9mm, .223, .40, .38/.357, .556.

I have not dealt with birdshot yet, but i know a few people who have. if you are looking for lead to smelt for it....honestly i just went to junkyards and found old lead pipe and used antimony to harden to harden depending on application. I wish I had the answer to your question. But I will talk to the reloaders I know.

Appreciate the response. Thanks for watching

marios85cy once the alloy is formed they create a new, lower melting point. The Antimony will never separate out of the alloy, it would need to be chemically reprocessed. However, if you poured 1200F liquid antimony, into 700F liquid lead, the antimony could freeze out before it becomes integrated into the new alloy. So no, once it’s mixed, it can’t be melted out, ever.

Rusty Shackleford hello, have a question if you smelt all metals at the same rate, will antimony melt? Antimony has a higher melting point then lead, so how do you integrate them?

@@georgeecheverri5452 the antimony dissolves in the lead, its analogous to how salt dissolves in water despite having an extremely high melting point

carlos mehicano thanks, after while researching I figured that out!

I fluxed with sawdust first, then frankford Arsenal flux and then finished with a piece of candle wax. I found that it works best for me.

I use borax, cheap and effective.

@@I-am-not-a-number yes sir....i started of casting using what was suggested to me. The frankfurt arsenal is pricy. Now when I flux, I use sawdust ( my woodworking makes it readily available..😬.) Haven't used borax though. When I cast dirty lead, I will use all three. But once I cast my clean ingots, I just use sawdust and may just let it sit on top to keep down oxidation. Thank you for the response..

hello , hope you're doing good. Iuse this particular allow to cast bullets with. thank you for your response.

I kept the pot between 625°F-650°F. The thing I realized about the Lee pots is that they tend to jump around as far as temp goes. Each piece of antimony took about 20 min to dissolve. Thank you for the response.

Ok thanks. I wasn’t sure since Rotometal says it melts at 1100F. I have about 50lbs of pure lead I’d like to try alloying so I might try this. Thanks for posting the video.

@@bretparkhill2415 yes ... antimony does have a melting point of 1100, but the lead and tin helps it alloy at lower temps. Just be careful when handling. Latex gloves and a good respirator. I used dust masks as well. The antimony dust is what you really need to pay attention to. From what I researched, most exposure happens when the dust is inhaled. Very brittle as well. You don't need much to break it up. Your welcome by the way. Have fun and pass on the knowledge..👍

@@thefreedomchannel8896 How do you know for sure that all the antimony is dissolved ? I was shipped small nuggets, easy to weigh but not sure if it is all dissolved, maybe will feel it when stirring ? I saw one video where the guy wrapped the larger pieces of alimony in a wire basket and he could see if it was all dissolved. Is the 20 minute timing at 640 degrees a surety ? Thank you very much for your video .

@@jimwins2 I did the same....made a small basket out of wire mesh material and encased it. Kept it closed up with a hook made out of clothes hanger. You can always tell if all the antimony is completely melted....it will always float to the top if you have unmixed antimony. Hence, the wire basket. I had to clip the free end of the" hanger" hook to the side of my melting pot and with the other end hook onto the wire mesh...that kept it submerged. Long story short.....find some way to keep the antimony submerged...