My molds do talk to me....the skull scares me a little.

One trick I learned is to make the molds very hot before I pour. It seems like the ripples are best then.

I pour, put the cruicible in the furnace, then empty the mold, then i carefully pick up the silver and drop it in a coffee cup full of cold water.

The water briefly boils. Then I take out the silver with my bare hands and gaze at its beauty.