Hoosegow Hank #21444 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I lost the address to order this flux. I have searched the web and got everything but where to order. Anybody out there have the address or website? Thanks Hoosegow Hank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 My GOOGLE foo ain't the best. From what I could see, I don't think it is being made any longer. OLG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) Nope, the usual suspects for Casting accessories no longer list it. If I remember right, Midway was where I got the can, ten years ago, that I hardly used because I found it was a very nasty sticky messy flux that did not do a good job. I would suggest that it is no longer being sold because it was never that good in the first place. I recommend one or more of the following VERY CHEAP fluxes: 1. Wood chips and shavings. My planer makes lots of pine chips quickly from old 2x4's 2. Paraffin wax or better yet, beeswax candle shavings. 3. 2 cycle motor (fuel-mix) oil. Some of the best stuff for bringing dross and dirt up out of a melting pot. 4. 20 MuleTeam Borax. Makes a little bit of a sticky flux if the melt is too hot, and will soak up atmospheric water, so you have to stir it in carefully. Yes, all of them (except borax) will smoke. A propane torch held next to the pot will let you burn off almost all the smoke. I've used Marvelux, available from Midway and Brownells, but I find it hardly any better than Buck Beavers, and it tended to accelerate rust on my casting tools. Good luck, GJ Edited February 1, 2017 by Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
July Smith Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) You can flux lead with almost anything. I simply use an ugly lubed bullet as flux. After lube sizing I always seem to have a few ugly bullets with defects I did not notice before sizing. Next casting session I simply throw in the reject bullets, stir, let the smoke clear, and start to cast. Edited February 1, 2017 by July Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I knew a commercial caster that put several bullets in the pot with the smokeless lube in them. He scooped the dross of and put it in a box. I remelted this dross with good flux and found 68% of his dross was lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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