Any Babbitt flavor can possibly have too much copper to cast any kind of boolit using home equipment, and/or too much arsenic to be safe while being in the melted state at home. Whenever the smell of garlic is noticed at ANY time, that hot pot contains far too much arsenic. This composition MUST be cut with another lead mix known not to contain arsenic until there is no further smell in the mix being currently made. We are talking about a 100 percent dilution minimum, and possibly a repeat dilution or two to force the smell down to zero. On the other hand, too much copper in the mix is not dangerous, but makes the physical act of casting almost impossible due to extremely rapid cooling of the liquid edges into a gummy solid. This feature can be checked in advance by pouring the mix back and forth between wide containers (cookie trays) before making boolits. If sheeting is noticed, then the mix should be diluted in 25 percent increments until the sheeting effect is no longer obvious.
