Here's the acid formula I got to sort of work on lead:
Needless to say, be careful, don't do dumb things with acids, wear the right gear...all that stuff.
-1 gal distilled water with 3 cups...
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Here's the acid formula I got to sort of work on lead:
Needless to say, be careful, don't do dumb things with acids, wear the right gear...all that stuff.
-1 gal distilled water with 3 cups...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Right?
I'm really drawn to the idea of making my own AR-food, but not so much interested in having to take all those measures to make it work.
This way of plating isn't fast. It can take up to...
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Just to give you an example of what I experienced:
These are the best acid copper plated bullets I ever produced. That was in 2014. After trying dozens of different combinations I finally arrived...
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I would suggest you take advantage of my years of research and trial and error (first started this project in 2014)...Any acid based plating solution will produce poor adhesion on lead without some...
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...and PC is harder than the barrel, so it won't leave invisible deposits? ;) You are correct, it's no more a problem than any FMJ, HiTek, or PC bullet is.
Federal has had a plated 5.56 bullet out...
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I use an alkaline based plating solution. Tried hard to make acid based solutions work but learned there is a fundamental chemical reaction that happens between lead and sulfuric acid that makes it...
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I'm not dogging powder coating (I use it too) but this just isn't true...I recently finished casting and plating these 5.56 rounds and shot 10 of them into test media (box full of wet paper) at 3165...
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I'm surprised I actually understood that. Good stuff. No idea if that's what's happening or not, but I get what you're explaining and it makes sense.
A working thought of mine was that ~6" of...
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Might be the most practical way to go considering I'm doing this out of a garage. Given that pure Cu plating is not as hard as FMJ metal I went with a high bnh alloy under the assumption that it...
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Well, my projectiles weren't as fun as 2000lb bombs, but now that you mention it, I'd like to section these just to do some visual inspections of the plating thickness but I don't know what I'd use...
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Looong read, might want to get yourself a cup o coffee.
Some quick background:
Been working on cast loads for 5.56 for several years now, not like most here have been tho. End goal is a Spitzer...
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Smash test from just acid process on the left. Alkaline then acid on the right.
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I'm gonna give that a try...I need to see the effect of bath volume for myself and the test should be pretty easy. Halving my bath volume and running fewer bullets is something I can knock out easily...
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Can't see your pics from work. Will check them out from home tonight...That makes a lil more sense when you speak about it in terms of energizing the entire bath versus a straight equation of amps to...
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...just when I thought I'd gotten most of my experimentation out of the way :)
Ok, so I need to make a long run with the alkaline bath to test for plating speed, and do a minimal cathode versus...
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Current density is a measurement of ratio though...You might be right I guess, but I'd need to see a table or something that shows how/why the ratio would change based on the cathode area vs. bath...
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I'm not sure you could fit 5 sq ft of cathode into a 1 gal bath, but ok :)
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I see how cathode size matters...but I'm not getting the connection to bath volume.
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So....600 9mm bullets at about .7 sq. inches per bullet = 420 sq. inches of bullets total, or 2.9 sq. ft.
If you’re plating at 40 amps total that means your current density is around 13.8 amp /...
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You'd think so, but when there's been adhesion problems they've started at the bottom edge of the 45 degree cut in the bevel base every time. No kidding, every time it chips, that's where it happens....
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My 9mm mold is the same, except smooth sided with no lube grooves...I plan on going with the same concept when I get the to the 223 mold.
I have a bunch of Speer 115 grain 9mm bullets that have a...
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In the back of my mind I had pondered a boat tail, but figured it might lead to gas cutting on such a small bullet without a jacket, so I was already prepared to start with a plain base...maybe a...
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Don't have one for 223 yet. All the work I'm doing on 9mm right now is in preparation for plating the HV rifle stuff. Want to get my plating down pat, make sure it adheres even when pushed well past...
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Quick update...
Apologies guys but I didn't get the alkaline run made this weekend. Got a road trip coming up soon and my weekend was consumed getting ready for it. On the upside, I'll be testing...
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