The4thaggie
10-24-2016, 11:34 AM
Before I start, I want to thank 4719dave for his help getting the range scrap to complete my first boolit cast. He ships fast and is pleasant to work with (reasonable price too).
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Here are the crappy ingots I made from one mold a few weeks ago after processing the range scrap. They are now gone.
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I was being a bit of a chicken and didn't keep my lead/mold hot enough, so I had a high failure rate (foreground), but I have about half a pot left on my Lee 420 and this to remelt. The good boolits are in the jug in the back.
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I went ahead and picked up a toaster oven and some Harbor Freight powdercoat. Since I wet tumble brass now, my vibratory tumbler was freed up to coat the boolits. I left them in there for about an hour. The pic above is the first result, and I didn't shake off enough powder so they stuck together too much after coating. 207 boolits here.
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I then shook off the next batch real good and got a better result. No rough spots from the powdercoat sticking and being removed. 130 boolits here.
I still have over half the jug to powder coat still, but I am happy with the result. Powder coat was done @400F for 20min per FortuneCookie45LC (who I watch all the time). It was a prefect weekend outside, and I'm glad to have had the excuse to enjoy it.
EDIT: The mold I am using is a Lee 6-cavity 230gr 45ACP truncated cone. I am also using a Lee 420 pot and a water quench.
179366
Here are the crappy ingots I made from one mold a few weeks ago after processing the range scrap. They are now gone.
179367
I was being a bit of a chicken and didn't keep my lead/mold hot enough, so I had a high failure rate (foreground), but I have about half a pot left on my Lee 420 and this to remelt. The good boolits are in the jug in the back.
179368
I went ahead and picked up a toaster oven and some Harbor Freight powdercoat. Since I wet tumble brass now, my vibratory tumbler was freed up to coat the boolits. I left them in there for about an hour. The pic above is the first result, and I didn't shake off enough powder so they stuck together too much after coating. 207 boolits here.
179369
I then shook off the next batch real good and got a better result. No rough spots from the powdercoat sticking and being removed. 130 boolits here.
I still have over half the jug to powder coat still, but I am happy with the result. Powder coat was done @400F for 20min per FortuneCookie45LC (who I watch all the time). It was a prefect weekend outside, and I'm glad to have had the excuse to enjoy it.
EDIT: The mold I am using is a Lee 6-cavity 230gr 45ACP truncated cone. I am also using a Lee 420 pot and a water quench.