Serious question, has anyone else seen a big drop in sand quality from the local supplier?

We used to get our molding sand from Valley Supply for years and it was solid. Over the last two months, the green strength has tanked. I'm seeing way more surface defects and we had a whole batch of cores collapse last Thursday. The foreman says they changed their source pit. Anyone else dealing with this or know a good supplier in the Toledo area?

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joseph_roberts1mo ago

Sounds like a bad batch, but maybe they'll fix it. Could just be a temporary thing lol.

veramiller1mo ago

My third batch had the same problem.

mason84720d ago

My buddy runs a coffee shop and he once got a whole pallet of cups that started leaking after a week. He called the supplier and they sent out a whole new batch no questions asked, so maybe worth reaching out to them directly. Sometimes stuff gets messed up in shipping and it's not even the company's fault.