How do you store your bullet/ball molds/moulds?

[Danaidh]

I am looking for some ideas for a better way for me to store my molds. I have and currently kept them in a couple of plastic tool boxes. they keep fine this way but when I need one, it is always on the bottom of the second tool box. I need a cabinet or something where I can spread them out and label them for better/quicker access.

What do y'all do with your molds?

 

[Bearded Phil]

Right now because I only have... 6? moulds I keep them in the drawer of a section of salvaged cabinetry that a friend up the street had laying around.

I put it in my woodshed where I cast, it's got 2 lower sections with around 12" x 20" swing doors and there are 2 pullout drawers above those.

So moulds on handles go on one side, Sn/Sb solder and other accessories in the other drawer.

Below on the left I keep stuff for Hitek coating and my ingots get pilled into the other section on the right.

 

[Englishmn]

Ammo cans with desiccant.
Do have to dig down sometimes.

 

[.38 Special]

Shoeboxes. The iron ones get hosed down with Ballistol/WD-40/whatever is handy. The rest just get tossed into the box. It's worked for 40 years so far...

 

[Show Me]

Original box ,card board or plastic. On a shelf. Aluminum dry. Iron sprayed

 

[WeekendReloader]

I have LEE aluminum molds. I store them in the original cardboard boxes and set them on a shelf in the shop. Nothing special.

 

[lightman]

I keep mine in a large dry box. Either an MTM or Plano, don't really remember which. I spray mine with whichever oil that I currently use on my guns and wrap them in an oily rag. I do have to dig through them to find the one that I want.

I've seen where a few casters use mechanics tool boxes with drawers. It seems to work well for them.

 

[AJC1]

I just keep them in their original boxes in a drawer in the garage. The two steel molds are kept inside the house. The aluminum and brass (my preference) don't have issues. My first mould was steel before I knew better, and I was gifted the second. I won't be buying more.

 

[reddog81]

I built a little mold cabinet out of scrap plywood. Maybe 18” tall 24” wide and 6” deep. It has 2 shelves that run horizontal along with the bottom, so 3 tiers of storage. It keeps the molds in order and didn’t really cost anything. It looks like a POS but works.

 

[41 Mag]

I saw a video and loved the little storage boxes the fellow had. After contacting him I picked up some and they are awesome. Here is a link to the video,
VR; Walter Bunning (DIE STORAGE BOXES)

They aren't cheap, but neither are the MP molds I store in them or so.e of the H&G.

They stack nicely on a shelf or lay nice in a toolbox drawer.

 

[SlowFuse]

I have a wall of molds. Standard peg board with 2 inch hooks to hang. I oil all of the molds on the outside, leave a bullet in the cavity and wrap a hair tie around it to keep it closed. Takes up a bit of space, but there's no digging. If I had like 10 molds or less I would look at a tool box with multiple shallow drawers or something similar.

 

[J-Bar]

I use a cheap kitchen drawer organizer with compartments big enough for each mold, on a shelf in the garage with the rest of my casting stuff. The molds don't contact anything but the organizer, good protection, no banging around.