When melting lead for bullet casting, what is the purpose of "Fluxing"?
Well, I recieved all my bullet casting gear, melter, molds, etc,. Built my dedicated casting bench. I'll post pictures of it once I start casting. The only thing that has kept me from casting has been the extreme cold temperatures, I have to cast in the garage and it is unheated, so I'm waiting for temperatures to rise out of the 20's...
Temps are forecast to warm this week, so I'll probably start tomorrow. I've got a handle on how to do everything, just don't understand "Why" the fluxing. Instructions for my lead melter say to melt your pot of lead, then add a pea sized ball of wax to the melted lead, stir it in, then start casting. They call this "Fluxing". What does this fluxing do?
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