Powder coating bullet

[yomomma]

If you actually think that it will get "absorbed" by the lead, you have been smoking too much of that funny stuff since it was made legal.

Another candidate for the ignore list

Hi-Tek uses very small amounts and the final coat is 0.5 to 1.5 thou depending on mixture used

 

[elusiveshapesandforms]

^^^^

ok yadayadayada

these are rejects.too many scars on it for what i like.3 coats on'em.you can see trough out the coating.tell me there's more than half a thou added to those bullets. you obviously don't even know what you're talking about.

 

[elusiveshapesandforms]

one coat.

 

[yomomma]

Ha...yadayadayada quote was from the manufacturer of hi-tek

 

[aakoksal]

I think the issue here is the terminology... There is indeed a bonding between the coating and the lead surface and in painting/coating terminology it is called "Mechanical Bonding". That is one of the reasons why we media blast surfaces and measure established surface profile before coating application, to make sure the coating will interlock with the surface and create that mechanical bonding...

Bonding between two layers of compatible painting systems will generally create a "Chemical" bond when applied within appropriate timing and is much stronger compared to mechanical bonding. This is, however, is not the case here...

If you actually think that it will get "absorbed" by the lead, you have been smoking too much of that funny stuff since it was made legal.

Another candidate for the ignore list

 

[yomomma]

The issue is knowledge and understanding...

I think the issue here is the terminology... There is indeed a bonding between the coating and the lead surface and in painting/coating terminology it is called "Mechanical Bonding". That is one of the reasons why we media blast surfaces and measure established surface profile before coating application, to make sure the coating will interlock with the surface and create that mechanical bonding...

Bonding between two layers of compatible painting systems will generally create a "Chemical" bond when applied within appropriate timing and is much stronger compared to mechanical bonding. This is, however, is not the case here...

 

[easyrider604]

....
I've been working with this sauce since it's inception, so your ''opinion'' is just that, an ''opinion'' based on next to nothing compared to what I, and thousands of others have experimented with it over the YEARS. and I can safely say that 3 layers of hi tek does not even add 1thou to the thickness and circumference of the projectile.....the hammer test tells the story ang yways.

I’d rather use a micrometer than a hammer, to measure if the hitek coatings increased the diameter of the projectiles.

 

[ginsingjones]

The hammer test is to insure that you have a good bond. I do the same when testing new powder coating. I can hammer the bullet into a pancake and the powder coat doesnt flake off.
elusiveshapesandforms comprehension about how both products work needs more work if anyone can take him seriously. By thinking that hi tek gets absorbed by the bullets and powder coating makes a loose capsule around the bullet he has perhaps been a little brainwashed by the inventor of hi tek with whome he apparently works very closely with haha.
Even him saying cooking your bullets will make them harder when the opposite actually happens makes me want to shake my head