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Tried powder coating and most of the bullets sized very easy, but some didn't and have bare spots. I keep reading that even though you have bare spots from the wire racks, that the powder...

An update. I purchased the mold through Amazon and I was able to return it. It was fun explaining to the guy that sounded like he was from overseas what was wrong with the bullet mold.;-)

The...

I successfully coated twice, then sized and coated for a third time. Are you guys sizing again, or just using them as is.

The list of bullets were without coating, I just had a picture of one of the bullets with coating. Also, using 92-6-2 lead for the bullets.

I have a new .356, 6 cavity bullet mold that is producing oversized and out of round bullets.

Out of probably 1,500 that I cast in one session, I measured a sample of 50 bullets.

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I have FINALLY been able to get this to work. I followed Ausglock's recipe, 2 kilos with 6 ml of black gold. They are not silky smooth, so I probably shook them a little too long, but not...

Thank you for the observation because I now think you are correct. I ran a cleaning patch after scrubbing the barrel and I see a few slivers of lead.

I am STILL having issues with the coating coming off in my 45 and 9mm barrels. First I tried my own coated bullets then ordered from two manufacturers to see if it was my bullets, and I'm still...

Yes, only the wind was blowing in right back at me. :-)

Finally success...at least what I'm going to call success. I received my replacement bullets and they worked MUCH better than the first ones I received. I have just a little bit of the coating...

I was able to get my order replaced, so I'm a happy man.

That is what I was thinking could be the issue, but I have an email in to the commercial caster, so I don't want to say at this time.

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I have had nothing but problems with this coating and I realize this is a learning process, but I got frustrated with it and decided to just buy some bullets that...

My oven is also a convection.

Yes, I let the oven preheat to 400deg F.

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Here is my setup showing 400 degrees and 5 pictures of the wipe test from 10 minutes to 14 minutes. I did this over two nights, so the 10 and 11 minute tests...

Thank you very much for the offer.

What I'm doing is what i should have done a long time ago, which is bake for 10 minutes, then 11, 12, etc. all the while doing the wipe tests. Last night I...

All of the coating doesn't come off when I do the wipe test, just some of it. So I don't think I could "wash" them and have clean bullets to recoat.

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This is Black 1035 baked for 15 minutes at 375 with 1cc per pound and failing the wipe test. I don't really see a difference in the coating from when I baked at a higher temperature. ...

1. 10 minutes or so.
2. Approximately 15 minutes with a fan. The temperature was great, probably 90 degrees Fahrenheit and low humidity.
3. I ran the 1st batch at 395 Fahrenheit for 10 minutes and...

OK, I'm STILL having problems with this coating! I purchased the new powder (way easier to mix [smilie=p:), specifically Black 1035 from Gateway Bullets, which I received it in one day, which is...

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This is what the barrel looks like after 50 rounds and running a bore snake through the barrel a few times. I'm not sure if it is "bonding" to the barrel, but it is a royal pain to remove...

I used the oven as an excuse to build a PID controller. I figured I could use it for lead casting and the oven. But before that I was using an oven thermometer I purchased from Wal-Mart.

Also, I...

I'm using Wal-Mart brand acetone.
I don't remember what my barrel slugged at, but I remember it being OK. I pull a bullet after reloading and size it. I don't expect it to be swagged down, I'm...

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5-1-7 mix
1 ml per pound
1 pound in the oven
200 Celsius for 10 and 12 minutes same results.

I'm getting very, very frustrated with the black Hi-Tech coating. I have been trying to get...