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My primary powder is Power Pistol.... been looking for it for 2 years now. sigh.....

I just found HS-6 in stock at Powder Valley. Picked up 9 lbs. Still in stock as of this posting if anyone would like some.

Nah, things back to normal and I'm makin boolits again... Glen Larson and his 45/45/10 saved the day. Hi Tek just wasn't meant to be I guess.

Here it is.... 13-18 min at 1 min intervals. All passed acetone test. All had a bit of flaking. Hammered them on a steel anvil. The last one seems the best at 18? In the 2 part video when the...

Starting that procedure now. Thanks...

Ok will do.

Here is the last one at 380-390F for 12 Min. Passed acetone test.

Smash test? See some flakes that came off... not as many.... but failure....

Solvent test failed. I just finished it. This is the first coat... second boolit in oven now at prescribed 390F. Will report back in a few min... watching videos now... thank you

Yes, I...

Cooked this one at about 340F to 350F on purpose to see if it would FLAKE as my others did at a shown 390-410 F.

The green flakes on the previous failures were scattered all over the floor where...

Hmmm, I be conflicted. Most seem to think I am not achieving enough heat... but according to my thermometers I almost always hit 400... or a tad higher. Maybe that is why the coating is brittle...

Ok... new day... new attempt.

I have listened to the voices out there and today mixed up another batch of 5-1-7.5 but much larger.

I put much more material in the swirl container. I...

Not a bad suggestion... I have nothing to lose. I may run it up to 415 or 420 and try that. What's the worst that could happen? Flakes... ? Might just work.

Well... that would be an easy fix... not sure how to know. I think the process must not be this difficult... or at least way more forgiving than what I am experiencing so far. Wish someone around...

I shake it well... if it isn't in solution with all the shaking I give it.. then it is a solubility problem. I have been a bit stingy on the amount of product I put on the bullets, but I think they...

It is close to Donnie's, but a bit lighter as this is just the first coat. When I did three coats it was pretty close to his.

It is dark green... not sure why it appears black to you...

The oven is a convection oven...

Thermometer next to projectiles 3rd thermometer.....

Smash test after bullet has cooled to...

I am using the basic green. Using a new thermometer this time around... doing smash test in a min or two. Will post photo. New thermometer showed this last bake off at 390-400 F.

Still...

The last batch I mixed 5-1-7. A small batch of 12.5ml of color to 2.5ml of catalyst and 17.5ml of acetone.

I originally was cooking 3 lbs each load.

Cook time is between 12.5 and 13.5 min.......

I just purchased a third thermometer to see if something is going on there. Pretty close to the others. 3 now... 2 out of 3 are within 20 or 25 degrees F. Using the new one this time.

I have...

However, we failed the smash test big time.

Just took the latest test out of the oven. I did achieve the brown/gold tint. So far so good. Will do the smash test shortly.:popcorn:

Post #3322 shows the last batch before baking... very splotched and patchy coverage. I bought a larger syringe and made a slightly larger batch this time. Coverage is much more liquid and...

Well another failure. This time although the lead was coated a tad better at 5-1-7 it failed the smash test in a spectacular way. Green sparkles fell like rain from heaven. Back to the drawing...

Ok... will do. While I am thinking on it... this drying process.... how long does it take... or rather how soon can I bake them? Dry to the touch? Is it really necessary to wait hours?

Yep, I sent that last batch to the Alox department. Will use them one way or the other. I have started the tiny batch process you speak of. The last tiny batch was applied to 5 pieces of lead. ...

Ok... shook the color til me arms were going numb... mixed up a 5-1-7 mixture this time.... much more color on the goobers. How does this look?
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