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Oldtimers used Beef Tallow (rendered beef fat) but it is smoky, smelly, and generally funky. Hardwood sawdust is the best but, beeswax works real well especially during smelting. A ready source of beeswax ls wax toilet rings they are cheap, and available at the corner hardware store. A common error is to use too much flux and to not stir the melt to assure full fluxing of the metal.

Jumping Frog wrote:

george wrote:The cover also helps when you accidentally get an unfired .22 round in the mix.

That is always exciting!

As is a drop of water!