What is your favorite color for coating? Post 'em

[hickfu]

Today I bought some HF Yellow and mixed some with my Red to make Orange but it didnt mix completely... I kind of like it. The first coat looked better as far as the contrast between the 2 colors but it still looks good after the 2nd coat.




Doc

[Beagle333]

I like it! That's a cool effect.

[xacex]

Today I bought some HF Yellow and mixed some with my Red to make Orange but it didnt mix completely... I kind of like it. The first coat looked better as far as the contrast between the 2 colors but it still looks good after the 2nd coat.





Doc

Thats funny! I did the same experiment with those colors with my Lee 440 50 cal as well. Kinda bummed I jacked up that mold trying to hollowpoint it myself.

[Walter Laich]

Finally got my camera and time to take a pic.

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the ones on the left are hf black with a bit of hf yellow
the ones on the right are hf yellow and red in various amounts. I just added either a teaspoon of yellow or red after pc for a bit. Really mostly playing with the color

[xacex]

Finally got my camera and time to take a pic.

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the ones on the left are hf black with a bit of hf yellow
the ones on the right are hf yellow and red in various amounts. I just added either a teaspoon of yellow or red after pc for a bit. Really mostly playing with the color

Interesting. You kinda have the tarnished copper bullet colors going on there. Bet you could shoot those in a no cast range without people taking a second look at them.

[lksmith]

Today I bought some HF Yellow and mixed some with my Red to make Orange but it didnt mix completely... I kind of like it. The first coat looked better as far as the contrast between the 2 colors but it still looks good after the 2nd coat.




Doc

Nice! Looks kinda like hunter Orange to match your vest in the deer woods.
Reading all these PC threads has gotten my cheapskate self to go spend $20 on an oven at Wally world

[tiger762]

Back row, left to right:

Mihec 452-200, pentagonal HP, Candy Raspberry (Eastwood)
Lee TL452-230-2R, purple (unknown)
Mihec 360-640, circular HP, Candy Raspberry (Eastwood)
Mihec 360-640, circular HP, pink (unknown)
Lee 356-95RF, Harbor Freight Red
Lee 356-95RF, silver vein
Lee 356-95RF, Dormant Granny Smith
Lee 356-95RF, fluorescent green

Front row, left to right:

Mihec 356-135 (no groove), Candy Raspberry (Eastwood)
Mihec 356-135 (no groove), Candy Teal (Eastwood)
Mihec 356-135 (no groove), fluorescent green

All done for 10 minutes in a Black-n-Decker toaster oven @ 275F. Applied with an Eastwood powder coat gun:

[BMac]

Tiger762,
Q, how do the Mihec size? I like .356/7.

[tiger762]

Using 0-1" micrometers and cast from fairly soft "range" lead, they measure exactly 0.356". Weights are 139+/-0.4 gr

[BMac]

Using 0-1" micrometers and cast from fairly soft "range" lead, they measure exactly 0.356". Weights are 139+/-0.4 gr

Thanks for the info.

[hickfu]

finished up with some yesterday...


Got some loaded and ready for the range...



EDIT: huh, the pics didnt show....

Doc

[xacex]

Wheres the pics?

[lockinload]

[TheDoctor]

Found one I like, it's a roughly half & half blend of HF black, and Prismatic Powders Limelite Green. Might be better with just a pinch more green in it. Probably need to mix them a little better too, but I think they look cool. Friend of mine gave me the idea. Really hard to tell because of size reduction of picture, but limelite green has silver sparkles in it!

[2wheelDuke]

Just a guesstimate....how many bullets are you guys getting out of a pound of powder?

Ebner

I guesstimate that I use maybe 2 teaspoons for 100 230gr .45's. I'm guesstimating that there's at least 50 such scoops in a pound of HF powder. By that math, there's enough powder for 5,000 .45's in a pound. These are some rough estimates, but seem about right so far. I am dry tumbling, so there's very little powder wasted.

[ebner glocken]

Well Duke, your estimate was close to mine for most pistol .45s. Right now I'm still playing with different colors. No pics but did a short video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ES...ature=youtu.be

Ebner

[BMac]

I've been getting approx 4/5k from a half pound of Eastwood.

Added: 9mm in 135 and 147.

[smokesahoy]

red, because it costs 4 dollars a pound and sticks with a cool whip container.

and i guess when it comes time to mine my backstop they will stand out easier?

[hickfu]

Just did some 120gr TC 9mm boolits last night, I was trying to get just grey but it didnt mix as well as I wanted it to. Maybe a bit more mixing and it will stop spotting. 1 table spoon HF white, 1/2 table spoon HF black




Doc

[RED333]

Frog skin green is my 1st and only color for now.
Still learning