OK, Lucky me was given a good amount of powder coating from two different commercial manufacturers, from factory test samples or bags that the color wasn't perfect. I do not know if they are epoxy based or polyester based.
I used the shake and bake method, coated a handful of bullets of each color, and baked at over 400 for over 20 minutes.
Two of the colors, are thrown out immediately, as they either didn't coat the bullets using this method, or had very splotchy coverage.
I have "commercial yellow", that covered well, but you could see thin spots here and there, I think it is ok. I have a big bag of this.
Then there is red. Oh my gosh, the bullets came out beautiful glossy red with near perfect coverage. I have quite a bit of this, but not as much as the yellow.
I mixed the red and yellow 50-50, and the coverage was perfect, looked orange-ish, but is less glossy than the pure red or yellow.
I whacked all of the colors with a hammer, not problems with any of them at all, but we know that isn't a great test, right?
Next, I guess I'll load them up and shoot them, right? Will be starting with 44 mag loads.
Does anyone suggest any other tests before shooting them?
Dan