simple Hi-Tek coating

[Thompsoncustom]

Hmmm I wonder if I have some, I know there a Meth something paint thinner at the shop or there was I'll have to check it out otherwise if it's a paint thinner I'm sure I can get ahold of it. Thanks.

[leadman]

BBQJOE, you may have to size larger. I have checked a few 9mm bores with about half needing a .358" boolit. Definitely water drop your boolits as the 9 is a high pressure cartridge, unlike the 45acp.
Check the inside case mouth diameter to make sure it is at least .359" to allow the boolit to release freely upon firing if you go to .358"

[BBQJOE]

Size, don't size, 356, 358, water drop, air cool, hardness doesn't matter, hardness does matter, go bigger, go smaller, beeswax, jpw, pan lube, tumble lube...
I need an aspirin.
This shooting game is getting awfully complicated.
I'm gonna keep after this hi-tek thing though.

[gunoil]

get some laquer thinner to get paint off of what ever you painted. Just rub it off.

[mauser1959]

blue helmets ?

[gunoil]

Trevor, iam gonna invite myself over in a couple years. Your just hour or so north of all the good looking women.

[codawolf]

Ok... After following this thread and the powder coating thread I decided to call Donnie and see how this works. Here are pics of my first batch. Only 250 boolits to start but I wanted to see how they shoot with out sizing first. That and the little cheap convection oven from Walmart would only handle about 150 at a time or it would take about 20 minutes to set the coating. After the second coating they were coming in at 0.453 0.454. A bit bigger than I want but we will see what the 1911 says. I am still a little worried I didn't bake them long enough but the coating doesn't come off with acetone and it held up to the hammer test pretty darn good.


After first coat and bake.

Baking.

After second Coat

After second coat and bake. Notice the smashed boolit

Comparison of the first and second coat smashed.

[Ausglock]

Looks good to me.
This is the red/copper? Mine come out exactly the same colour after the first and second coating.
Good job.
The red/copper does add to the dia more than the other non metallic coatings.

I have 200 45ACP to test today with the New experimental Pearl red and Rose red coatings.
Pearl red


Rose red

[toddrod]

No FPS as have no chronograph, sorry (for the soup can load)

If you shake until tacky you will get a rough coat, I am shaking until covered and them dumping without going tacky.

The finish is mirror smooth then!

Also, initially I was shaking til very tacky to scoop up the colour from the mixing bowl, this just put nasty scrunge in the lube grooves.

I bake in the wifes oven, the smell goes away

I got a rough coating today, using red copper, by shaking till tacky, but I did not read this tip before trying.

[atygrit]

OK, i'm having a few issues. I uploaded a picture of a pictures with 1 coating but had to cook them 10, 15, then 20 minutes and I'm still getting the coating to rub off with acetone. I lightly rub the bullet for 30 seconds.

The oven is pre-warmed to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.

[codawolf]

Have you tried putting a thermometer in the oven to verify the temperature? I know with the little cheap one that I got the temperature dial wasn't even close. when I set it to 375 I was barely at 320.

[Ausglock]

OK, i'm having a few issues. I uploaded a picture of a pictures with 1 coating but had to cook them 10, 15, then 20 minutes and I'm still getting the coating to rub off with acetone. I lightly rub the bullet for 30 seconds.

The oven is pre-warmed to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.

I'd say that you have too much coating on for a first coat. On this bullet (with a 5-1-7 mix) you should not have any coating down in the lube groove. did you smash some? Did the coating flake off?

Try it again, but with less coating or more bullets in the bucket. After testing multiple mixes of over 16 different coloured resins, I have to say that every one of them is trial and error. I have coated and found it not to work, so back into the smelter and try again.

It takes a bit of trial and error to get it right. but once right, it is easy.

Fired off the pearl red and the rose red 45 load today. Sweet and accurate. barrel shiny clean and virtually no smoke. I fired some conventional lubed bullets afterward as a comparison of smoke. Bloody smoke everywhere. thought it was a bushfire, the smoke was so bad. Anyone would have thought it was a black powder gun

[gunoil]

LMAO,, Choking in the bushfire! So right. I did the smoke and choke the other day, @ the indoor range it makes me sick, headaches, cancer in california, hehehehe. I cant do the smoke anymore.

[Ausglock]

test results of the rose red and the pearl red 230gr FP 45 bullets.
All fired at 15 yards standing freestyle from a Para GI Expert 1911 8 Shots in each.
Rose red

Pearl red

[redrockant]

test results of the rose red and the pearl red 230gr FP 45 bullets.
All fired at 15 yards standing freestyle from a Para GI Expert 1911
Rose red



Pearl red

He's not bullchitting.. I was with him. Not the slightest hint of leading in any of our guns

[gunoil]

I think we've already proved accuracy is good and barrels (pistol) are clean. Iam working on my temps and sloshing mix. I still need to get a oven temp therometer. Waiting for 223 and 30 cal test from rifle peeps w/gas checks.

Hehehe, i ordered a magma star before i had hi-tek-supercoat. It was over 90 day backorder. So, now if needed I have worlds finest lube bullet and hi-tek-supercoat.

Its good we have hitek and ausglock to help. Its great to have glock projectiles although i shot no more than 150 lube/lead bullets thru my glock anyway then clean barrel and shoot another 150. But this is whole nother world for glocks with hi-tek, well, easier to clean the glock barrel and shoot HTS hi-tek all day long.

[BBQJOE]

Atygrit, I also would suggest getting an oven thermometer. I had similar problems. My oven wasn't getting hot enough.

[atygrit]

I picked up a $5 oven thermometer and my oven was about 25 degrees off. I was able to get the bullets that I posted earlier to pass the acetone and smash test, but it took another 15 minutes in the oven. This *** oven is going back to Wal-Mart, because it takes to long to reach the temp and when I put the bullets in, the temp doesn't recover fast enough.

[gunoil]

I bought 31100 hamilton beach convection @Kmart/99$. I wire'ed (with twisted safety wire) stucco mesh to two oven trays. And made 4x2 1/2 dry tray. 8 foot sheet @ homeless depot for 8$.



Use it to dry my brass and WQ boolits. See the 5$ yard sale box fan, oh yes.

[BBQJOE]

I bought 31100 hamilton beach convection @Kmart/99$. I wire'ed (with twisted safety wire) stucco mesh to two oven trays. And made 4x2 1/2 dry tray. 8 foot sheet @ homeless depot for 8$.

I bought the same oven at kmart after returning my first one to walmart.