Powder coated and then storage?

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Hello folks,

I am just getting myself setup to start casting pistol bullets and would like to know if I powder coat them right away, will they be fine for long term storage? I ask as from time to time, my interests change within our hobby. (Spent last two years practicing and then playing the long range FTR game).

Now I would like to start building up a little inventory for doing some pistol/carbine courses again this summer and so I'd like feedback on whether coated bullets could have issues if they sat for a season. (Or possibly longer if work drops out).

Thanks for the help.
 
I've read at least one place that the PC'ing started to flake after a couple years for someone. I believe he admitted to not degreasing the bullets first so maybe that caused it? It seemed to be a very isolated case. I don't degrease my bullets either before PC'ing. Water dropped from the mold, dried on paper towels, and then tumbled and baked.

I have PC'ed bullets from about a year ago (not that old, I know) and they look identical to stuff done a day ago.
 
LUTNIT said:
I've read at least one place that the PC'ing started to flake after a couple years for someone. I believe he admitted to not degreasing the bullets first so maybe that caused it? It seemed to be a very isolated case. I don't degrease my bullets either before PC'ing. Water dropped from the mold, dried on paper towels, and then tumbled and baked.

I have PC'ed bullets from about a year ago (not that old, I know) and they look identical to stuff done a day ago.
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This is the method I had planned on using.

If you were to degrease them though, what is the quickest most efficient way?
 
Glass bowl, acetone and a sive. Put your bullets in the sive.pour acetone over them, let them drop dry, throw them on a clean surface for the rest of the acetone to evaporated. Put acetone back in container for futcher use.

I an working on making a basket that will fit into one of those huge jars withe the big mouths. That way I can fill jar full of acetone and "dip" clean my bullets. I will not have to handle the acetone much other than refiling. Throw the lid on the jar when done.

Use good ventilation.

No smoking. :onCrack:
 
I don't degrease my own recently cast bullets but have boiled the wax lube off a bunch of commercial bullets and then degreased with Methyl Hydrate ( plain ol' gas/air line de-icer, avail at any truck stop or bulk fuel dealer) and have had no problems getting PC to stick.

I have had "old cast" bullets show some oxidation (talking 6 or 8 yrs old) and if that happens I can see PC starting to flake but not much of a chance after only a yr or two I wouldn't think.

I have PC'd some of the old, oxidized bullets after a de-grease bath and have no problems with the powder sticking in the shaker or after cooking but at the most that was only 2 months ago so not long enough to judge anything by.
 
Almost 2 years for some of my pc bullets and coating is still not falling off.

I tend to pc my bullets same day they are cast, the times where i have left them for months then coated has made no difference that i can see.
 
f55 said:
Almost 2 years for some of my pc bullets and coating is still not falling off.

I tend to pc my bullets same day they are cast, the times where i have left them for months then coated has made no difference that i can see.
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Do you just store them open in a cardboard box or do you put them in some sort of sealed container?
 
If your referring to my post they weren't new cast bullets that I degreased. Some were commercially factory lubed bullets when I bought them. I boiled them to loosen the wax lube but I can't get them out of the water without a film of the lube remaining ,hence the degrease bath to remove the last little bit.

The other bullets I degreased weren't lubed but had a film of oxidation on them from long term storage. A brief swish in a pot of Methyl and they cleaned right up.
 
Today I coated for the first time using my first attempt at casting boolits. I will find out if this whole process worked in a few weeks when a buddy of mine tries them out through his Sig 226.

Here they are:

















I didn't manage to snap any pictures of the green ones before coating.
 
Get some cheap nitrile (not latex) gloves. Rub a bit of powder on your finger tips and have at 'er. Nitrile won't rub off the powder. I get mine from Princess Auto. They run about $15 per box of 100. Sometimes come on sale for $10.

Auggie D.
 
I also use nitrile gloves I purchased at Costco. No real great way to stand them up other picking up and plunking down on a nonstick foil sheet.

Powder purchased from Emerald Coatings.
 
What about dumping them out onto a screen and then baking them? Ive seen a few youtube videos with that method and they seemed to have turned out alright. When i was down in the states i bought a pound of harbor freight red and black for 5.99 a piece. The red has turned out wonderful, haven't gotten around to the black yet but ive heard it doesnt work very well at all. How much was the shipping from emerald coatings?
 
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