It might. Have you smoked the inside of the mold? If not take a candle, turn mold over and soot up the inside where head is. Also pour hole. Need to have mold kinda warm also. Start out pouring a few with out hooks. Pour and just let it sit for a few minutes then dump and try again. That's also a good way to see how they are pouring. Might take your dipper and bend in a small pour spout and try that. Remember you have air in the mold that has to come out so a smaller stream will help.