There is one getting around here where I live. A lot of people have seen it. I saw it just off the edge of the road one night. A dog disappears every now and then. Cats too. road kill Roos normally keep him fed. We put it down to the Yowie
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There is one getting around here where I live. A lot of people have seen it. I saw it just off the edge of the road one night. A dog disappears every now and then. Cats too. road kill Roos normally keep him fed. We put it down to the Yowie
Amazing!!!!!!!!
My wife and a friend of hers were on their way to work one night and saw a tall harry creature standing on the side of the road. They swear it wasn't a bear. I've always thought it was some guy trying out his new camouflage Gillie suit.
Trev
Tried your suggestion about bright sunlight and the blue.
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They still look a more black. Looks like coating too thick on SWC. This is three coats.
Trying to get back on this but two family members going back and forth to the Doctor this week.
Going to shake up/ stir up the powder dilute with more acetone and have another go at it. I don't think I can reduce temp or time because I was getting a little color on test after bake.
Hello, this is my first post on Castboolits, I have been using Candy Apple Red, and Red Copper, for awhile now with great success, but am having a problem with the new Dark Blue, it keeps turning green, like the green pictured by Ausglock.
I am using 20gms of powder to 150ml of acetone, 3 thin coats and have tried baking anywhere form 10-12 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
All bullets pass both the smash and wipe test and shoot great, but the color is wrong. I am normally pretty good at figuring out what I did wrong but this one has me puzzled.
Thanks for the help
Warhead
I'm working on this color too. Noticed the green look after the first bake. But just put it down to seeing the lead through the coating. The color kept getting darker for me and left the green look. I smash test on a white paper towel sitting on the anvil of my bench vice. After 10 min. bake a little of the color was coming off on the towel. It was blue. And I had gotten a little bit of color on the wipe test also blue. There are two reasons I can think of for this color coming off. Bake time and temp would be one and the other would be an improper mix of color and catalyst in the powder. So I tried a longer bake at 12 min. same results. This tells me that the coating on the bullets is actually blue after cure but it looks almost black on my bullets.
Since it has been noted in the past that the powder can settle out with the catalyst settling to the bottom (I think) during shipping I was going to stir and shake up the powder, dilute the mixture more with the acetone and go to the open tumble. And have another go at it to see if I could resolve the color coming of during wipe and smash test and maybe lighten up the color. Wish this color was lighter maybe Joe can do something to lighten it up. As time allows I might try mixing colors to see if I can lighten it up. I have some larger .44s that might give me a better look as far as color. The others were for the 38 and 357.
Will work on it again but tied up right now with other matters.
By the way welcome to the forum Warhead.
Dennis
G'day Warhead.
Mate. Welcome to the funhouse..
The dark Blue can be problematic.As Avenger stated... The powder can settle during transport. When you get it, remove the lid and stir the powder with a wire etc. I use a welding rod. The green colour tells me that it has settled. The dark blue is extremely dark (almost black).
Bake time of 12 minutes with a mix of 20gms to 150lms works for me in a benchtop oven. In my modified wall oven, 7 1/2 mins gets the job done.
You state that it passes the wipe and smash tests and shoots fine. This tells me you are doing everything right. just try stirring the powder.
Remember to shake the hell out of the coating before actually coating the bullets. this coating darkens the longer you swirl. try a longer swirl too.
Get back to us?
How would storing my mix (powder and acetone) stand up to this silicone sealed jar? Been reading that the acetone may eat the silicone seal.
Marhsalls has a 4pack of 8.5oz glass versions. They are wide mouth and short, perfect for using my 1ml syringe.
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[QUOTE=Ausglock;3685945]G'day Warhead.
Mate. Welcome to the funhouse..
The dark Blue can be problematic.As Avenger stated...
The ingredients, are unique and strange in behaviour.
My initial suggestion is, to put projectiles into a sealed container containing well mixed measure of required coating.
Put on lid, and shake shake shake. The colour develops with tumbling effects of the projectiles. The colour should become more blue/ darker. Then, simply dump and dry.
Because mixing is done in sealed container, solvent should not evaporate quickly and allow total colour to develop & cover, with amount of blue mixture being used.
Thanks for the tip fellers, I didn't know powder could settle in the jar. I think I am going to go try stirring it up now! LOL :p
Also I always make sure to shake the container very well with a couple of bullets in there to help mix it.
A G'n'R fan \m/ hoowoo.
What do you think of Axle fronting Acca Dacca...
O.k. stirred powder, and shook for about 30 seconds in a sealed jug, it is most surely better, still more green then blue but much much darker so I think next batch, I will shake for like 45 seconds in the container before dumping to dry.
Also Axl AC/DC is pretty awesome I think.
hmmm still coming out greenish, very dark now though, I think maybe I will try baking for like 15 minutes just to see what will happen.
I already tried shortening the time to 8 minutes but that made it come out a really like green and fail the wipe test....
I am going to try and take some pictures so ya'll can see what is happening.
It will be interesting what you find. 8 minutes is definitely not enough cook.
As I said, this Blue is new and has some unusual properties.
My guess at this stage is, that more baking will make it darker, but possibly the colour may also go towards dark green shade.
Have y'all ever considered some kind of primer coat?
That concept was considered many years ago. The problem is, that primers, that bonded to Lead alloys were too soft, and were affected by heat. So, when using the Hi-Tek coated over these primers, the primers simply let go, and coatings peeled off exposing the Lead.
That is why it was decided that the Hi-Tek should be suitable as a primer and also a main coating.
A diluted version of Hi-Tek will certainly act as a primer that subsequent Hi-Tek coatings will stick to.
Add White spirit (Metho) to the acetone. eg: 20gms powder to 80mls Acetone and 20mls Metho. this will slow down the coating and give a longer swirl time.