simple Hi-Tek coating

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It is an arsenal mold.358-158KT. Thanks!

[Petander]

20,000 SWC waiting to be processed.

Hooray! Who makes that NLG SWC mold?

[RydForLyf]

Has anyone tried an air fryer? It should remove all possibilities of radiant heat issues.

[Burnt Fingers]

I'm using a countertop convection oven. No hot spots. Constant air circulation. It works like a champ.

[RydForLyf]

I'm using a countertop convection oven. No hot spots. Constant air circulation. It works like a champ.

What make and model of oven are you using? Mine is essentially a countertop oven with a circulating fan and a convection mode. I’d like to find a 100% convection oven that has no exposed heating element and all cooking is done purely by circulating hot air like an air fryer.

[Ausglock]

Hooray! Who makes that NLG SWC mold?

Accurate Molds. Talk to Tom.

[RydForLyf]

What make and model of oven are you using? Mine is essentially a countertop oven with a circulating fan and a convection mode. I’d like to find a 100% convection oven that has no exposed heating element and all cooking is done purely by circulating hot air like an air fryer.

Thought I’d throw a new oven into the mix and I’ll have to give this one props.





Only $80 at Wmrt, tons of air circulation because it’s an air fryer and not just an oven, fantastic basket and FAST! My samples went from cool basement temps to 300F in just over 2 minutes and hit target temp before 3:00. With a full 5 lbs in the basket, it takes noticeably longer, about 5:30 to hit 356F (180C), but that could be improved by adding some bricks for thermal mass to help recovery.

However, the final results were the same. I baked 4 batches at lower and lower temps, down to 340F target/ bake temps and they still turned the same shade of green.



Donnie’s original batch of TruBlu will be here tomorrow and I will duplicate the tests and see what difference there is.

However, thumbs up for this $80 oven!

Here’s what 5 lbs of 175 gn .40’s look like in the basket.

[Avenger442]

RydForLyf

I asked if anyone had tried this type of oven about a year ago and no one answered. So I thought it was probably a bad idea and didn't buy one. They had them at Ollie's for dirt cheap.

So they work fine and you are getting good results? May be headed back to Ollie's.

[45acp]

Hi.
Been using shake&bake method with great success.
I have a few quick question for you....
1. If i want to try Hi-tek coating,,, can i use the same powder or is there a special powder for hi-tek with acetone?
2. I see that a catalyst is used. What is the purpose for that? And what can i add as a catalyst?
3. Can i skip to use a catalyst?

Thanks!

[Ausglock]

Hi.
Been using shake&bake method with great success.
I have a few quick question for you....
1. If i want to try Hi-tek coating,,, can i use the same powder or is there a special powder for hi-tek with acetone?
2. I see that a catalyst is used. What is the purpose for that? And what can i add as a catalyst?
3. Can i skip to use a catalyst?

Thanks!

The HITEK Powdered coating IS NOT Powdercoat.
HITEK is a bullet coating... Powdercoat is for Lawn furniture.

[45acp]

So,,, as i understand it i need that very special powder to mix with acetone?
Not my regular powder that i use for shake&bake?

[Ausglock]

You are correct.
In the early days, a few tried to mix Acetone with Powdercoat and it was not pretty.
The original HITEK was a liquid coating that used a catalyst.
But now the HITEK powder has the catalyst built into the powder, so just add Acetone.

[45acp]

Thanks!

[HI-TEK]

So,,, as i understand it i need that very special powder to mix with acetone?
Not my regular powder that i use for shake&bake?

=45acp
Can I suggest, you try and get a copy of HI-TEK coating instructions before you dive in.
HI-TEK is nothing like Powder coating.
The only similarity between Powder coating and HI-TEK, is that they are both powders. That is where any comparison stops.

[RydForLyf]

RydForLyf

I asked if anyone had tried this type of oven about a year ago and no one answered. So I thought it was probably a bad idea and didn't buy one. They had them at Ollie's for dirt cheap.

So they work fine and you are getting good results? May be headed back to Ollie's.

With the emphasis on convection instead of radiant heat, it is perfect for this. So many of the countertop convection ovens, like my Oster, are just countertop ovens that they added a small fan so they can call it convection. Don’t get me wrong, it does work, but the air circulation is nothing like an air fryer.

I really liked the fact that this one came with a nice basket too.

[45acp]

=45acp
Can I suggest, you try and get a copy of HI-TEK coating instructions before you dive in.
HI-TEK is nothing like Powder coating.
The only similarity between Powder coating and HI-TEK, is that they are both powders. That is where any comparison stops.

Thanks. will do.
Is there a way to get powder inside eu?

[Burnt Fingers]

What make and model of oven are you using? Mine is essentially a countertop oven with a circulating fan and a convection mode. I’d like to find a 100% convection oven that has no exposed heating element and all cooking is done purely by circulating hot air like an air fryer.

I'll check and post.

[Ausglock]

Thanks. will do.
Is there a way to get powder inside eu?

Talk to Petander. He is in Finland and could point you in the right direction.

[dikman]

Regarding air fryers, my wife recently bought a Philips Air Fryer, and funnily enough my first thought was baking boolits!
Obviously, I'm not about to use a $600 cooker for that, but the concept intrigued me. Unfortunately I haven't seen anything like RydforLyf's unit here in Oz (let alone at such a low price) but I don't see why it shouldn't work.

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As long as it will reach and hold temp it should work.