Originally Posted By: SKB
I do not think scale is increased during the quench....

I think you're correct Steve. My thought was some of the scale is probably blown off in the quench. What I have noticed is when I dump my cover in with the rest of the quench material, it gets consumed relatively quicker than the crucible. Then again, I can't say I'm perceiving it correctly.

Thanks Demonwolf for your write up, follow up comments, and pictures.