I have never heard of anyone using talc for casting, and I hang with a lot of very good casters. But anyway, if it did not solve anything, there's your answer. Can you carefully photo the mould seam lines? That will tell you whether the mould was cut slightly off center.

does it stick on the same side most of the time?

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