Hello All,

[Nuclearcricket]

Doug, I have read over the posts here and found a few things I dont agree with at all and hopefully I can suggest some changes that will or may prevent problems before they start. If you are using Iron molds, there is a good chance that you will not need to smoke your molds. Just make sure you have them good and clean and they should fill out just fine. If you do feel you want to smoke your molds DO NOT use a candle as that will deposit a waxy/oily film in your mold and it may very well be a bitch to clean out. The best thing to use to smoke a mold is a gas grill lighter or even a bic lighter as they just put off nice clean carbon and no oily film. With a smoked mold your bullets may look like they have a design on them or they may not come out nice and shiny and thats ok as long as they are fully filled out and the base is sharp. IF thats so then they should shoot well. As for a flux for your melt, there are a lot of choices out there, one that was recommended to me a long time ago by a well known mold maker is carnuba wax. You want the pure stuff preferably in flake form. Just a pinch will flux a pot and it doesn't smell bad. You should be able to find in on ebay at a reasonable price and a pound will go a long way. Another good cheap flux is powdered rosin. Sometimes you can find it in a shaker bottle at sporting goods stores or in a little bag at the bowling alley. Again it doesn't smell bad and a little will go a long way.
Best of luck
Sam