Powder coating question, perhaps an easy solution

[lunicy]

To properly powder coat, you need the electrostatic charge. Easy to do with lead bullets sitting on aluminum foil.
BUT
the bottoms don't get covered.

Should this work:

Set the boolits in mesh, bottoms up.
Powdercoat the bottoms (obviously charge the mesh)
Bake.

Could you then use needles to pierce a tiny hole in the bottom's coat.
Use said needle to introduce the charge.

A piece of wood or plaster with 50-100 needles in it.
Put a piece of aluminum foil over that with all the needles piercing it. (Attach the wire for the charge to the aluminum foil)
Each needle would be electrified by the aluminum foil.
Each bullet would be electrified by the needle piercing through the base's coating.

Spray the remainder of the boolit.
Bake.
Load.
Shoot.
Profit??

[gunoil]

Just buy sone hi tek supercoat for 36$+fedex.

[jmort]

There have been some pictures of some innovative jigs posted in the pas couple weeks. Very good solutions. You idea seems sound.

[KYShooter73]

I ES powder coat, that would work, but setup would be a pain. I've thought about the needle route, but I think if I tried it I would use a 1 step method. Stick the needle in the base, then powder coat everything. You would only miss a little section around the needle, which wouldn't make a difference in my opinion.

[popper]

Basically what I do with the pin nail gun, but in the nose. Sometimes the nose doesn't get complete coverage, don't want that problem with the base.

[straight-shooter]

When I run my bullets through a Lyman Lubrasizer the bases never got covered. No need to worry about the bases when powder coating either. Just spray the bullets base down, bake and move on.

[clearcut]

the bases don't make contact with the barrel no need to coat there.
CC

[ipijohn]

the bases don't make contact with the barrel no need to coat there.
CC

+1 The bases on the FMJ Boat Tails that I shoot in my AR are not covered with anything and they shoot very well.