Powder Coating

I have mine cooking for about 12-15 minutes at 400°. If you look at the areas where the pigment is lighter, you can still see the sheen of the clear base (on mine anyway).

Auggie D.
 
Peecos said:
Did my first batch with Phantom Gloss Black yesterday. 358 200gr FN RCBS. They were pretty patchy looking after first coat so did a second. Sounds like it maybe wasn’t required. So I’m curious as to your comment about pigment and clear coverage? What temperature and time are you using? Used 375F for 17 minutes for mine and they stuck together real good!
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Did you pre-heat the bullets? I use Phantom Gloss Black and typically get 95%+ coverage with pre-heating and then shake & bake. 15 minutes @ 375 degrees seems to do the trick. I heat the bullets in a metal tray on top of the the toaster oven and just warm them to the point where they are almost too hot to hold but no more. Then I swirl them in the plastic container to coat them. I'm a little OCD so I pick up each bullet and stand them on their base in the baking pan so so they are not touching. I find that when handling the bullets some of the PC comes off so I wear latex gloves and dip the fingertips in the PC so it's not bare latex touching the bullets. As I said, I get a minimum of 95% coverage and have never had to do a second coat with this technique.
 
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I really like the looks of PC bullets, plus when I shoot in the sun I wouldn't end up with messy fingers from the lube. I don't do my own casting and the cast bullets I shoot come from Jet Bullets. If I bought a used toaster oven and did the often mentioned "Shake and Bake" method, I suppose I would need to just note on my order "please don't lube" or similar?

Edit: None of the reloaders I know do casting or powder coating
 
ted_dent said:
Did you pre-heat the bullets? I use Phantom Gloss Black and typically get 95%+ coverage with pre-heating and then shake & bake. 15 minutes @ 375 degrees seems to do the trick. I heat the bullets in a metal tray on top of the the toaster oven and just warm them to the point where they are almost too hot to hold but no more. Then I swirl them in the plastic container to coat them. I'm a little OCD so I pick up each bullet and stand them on their base in the baking pan so so they are not touching. I find that when handling the bullets some of the PC comes off so I wear latex gloves and dip the fingertips in the PC so it's not bare latex touching the bullets. As I said, I get a minimum of 95% coverage and have never had to do a second coat with this technique.
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Exactly what I do but instead of grabbing the bullets with latex gloves I use tweezers and just grab in the lube grooves. The tweezers are bent at the end and really easy to set up a tray of bullets. I haven't tried the Phantom Gloss Black yet. I tried for the heck of it the Princess Auto black when it was on sale for 6 bucks a bottle, and since I live in Edmonton and it is very dry here, it works very well for me.
 
woodlotowner said:
I have been powder coating for a while now, but still not sure what the best powder chemistry is. Also, has anyone ever captured a pc bullet to see what remains of the coating?
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Recovered this one from the berm.

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Auggie D.
 
I posted these in the bullet making thread, but this might be okay too. Eastwood Silver Vein. My third attempt, using Reloadman method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5x4oj6YYwM

They are better in person than the pic:

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Are there any particular BB’s that work better than others?
A client of mine gave me a lb of metalic silver.
I call it stripper glitter.
It gets everywhere.
 
Powder coated using electrostatic gun and sized 730 230gr 452 RN-BB.
Smashed one to see if the powder coating held up.
I was a little bored.
The color is Metallic Silver.
It was given to me by a client with a warning that it gets everywhere.
I nicknamed it Stripper Glitter Silver.

Just finished powdercoating 200 45-285 FP-FB
I mixed Stripper Glitter Silver with Ford Blue and Princess Auto Blue.
I call it Melange A Trois

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I'm buying a Martini Henry, does anyone have first hand experience of PC'ing bullets for them? Save me the mess/hassle of lubing these big rounds

EDIT: I wasn't quick enough on the deal. So I'm back on the hunt :p
 
DiMP said:
I'm buying a Martini Henry, does anyone have first hand experience of PC'ing bullets for them? Save me the mess/hassle of lubing these big rounds

EDIT: I wasn't quick enough on the deal. So I'm back on the hunt :p
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PC'd or not, you will still need to lube IF you're shooting BP.(To keep the fouling soft)
 
Just ordered a couple lbs of Tool Blue from Emerald to try with a couple 38-55's . Would straight WW's be soft enough for hunting deer/moose?
 
mbogo3 said:
Just ordered a couple lbs of Tool Blue from Emerald to try with a couple 38-55's . Would straight WW's be soft enough for hunting deer/moose?
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There are two different wheel weight types. One is pure, too soft. The other is an alloy which is way to hard.

If you can go 50/50 with the two, you should be ok.
Ymmv
 
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