Originally Posted by
Gremlin460
It is almost impossible to visualize 30,40,50 or more thousand projectiles.
The major issue is we need to be able to gauge, too little, enough, or too much when we coat. Trevor has managed that, and also other coaters as well.
Due to the fact that most of us are geographically remote from each other, it is not a simple case of "Here let me show you".
Another point that makes it difficult for new coaters, is the actual terminology used to describe the process.
Example.
We are told the temp to use. That's is easy, its a solid constant world wide.
We are also told the ratio, also easy to obtain, 10cc is 10cc no matter where you are.
Time, 10mins, again 10 min is 10 min world wide.
Amount of solution to use, 1litre per 60,000 , whoops!! Fail, not that its wrong, its because that is hard to visualize when looking into a bucket of 150-200 casts and trying to divide what you have into 1 ltr then guesstimate how much of a squirt that would be from your squeeze bottle you are vigorously shaking in your other hand.
So to say I got too much coating on the first try, is a fair statement, that's why I said I shall apply 50% less. The ONLY way I can gauge 50% less, is by halfing the amount I squirted into the bucket, visually.
Also bear in mind, the first time I did this , I coated 5000 casts, and because I got it wrong, firstly by temp, next by mixture, I had 5000 useless, unuseable boolits. Hence the remelt pictures from a few weeks ago.
I think success or failure, all comes down to this one point, learning the correct amount to apply per bucket load. Once I have a visual on how much to squirt, for how long, I am sure my resulting product will work and shoot just fine.