Castinator
10-18-2020, 01:55 AM
OK, so I had some Eastwood colors sitting around I hadn't tried and had some good (and not so good) results. All shake and bake method, ambient temp, just powder and bullets in a yogurt container. Lee 356 124gr 6 cavity.
First up, Rally Blue:
269638
269639
Covered well. As you can see it's more of a translucent color, which has me wanting to try the actual Eastwood translucents.
Next, Vermillion aka Chevy Orange:
269640
269650
Stuck to bullets and covered well. Nice and slick feel.
Next up, Mirror Red:
269641
269651
Stuck to bullets and covered well. Nice and slick feel. Other colors bled into it because I didn't clean the screen between batches. :x
I mixed Vermillion and Mirror red and got a plum color which covered nicely:
269649
Next up, Hotcoat Powder Gray:
269642
269648
Powder Gray is probably my favorite in terms of perfect covering. Nice and slick plus the battleship color looks cool.
Now for the bad, Copper Vein. It wouldn't cover at all. Had to wash it off. Avoid!
269643
Also wouldn't cover at all, Flat Black.
Hot Rod Black and Rally Wheel Silver covered OK, but both had a rough texture that didn't seem like it would be very lubricious.
Hot Rod Black:
269644
Photo of Powder Gray, Rally Wheel Silver, and a plain cast bullet:
269645
(Temporary) sizing station:
https://i.postimg.cc/8zzdKGNX/image1.jpg
I'm going to order some more colors this week.
First up, Rally Blue:
269638
269639
Covered well. As you can see it's more of a translucent color, which has me wanting to try the actual Eastwood translucents.
Next, Vermillion aka Chevy Orange:
269640
269650
Stuck to bullets and covered well. Nice and slick feel.
Next up, Mirror Red:
269641
269651
Stuck to bullets and covered well. Nice and slick feel. Other colors bled into it because I didn't clean the screen between batches. :x
I mixed Vermillion and Mirror red and got a plum color which covered nicely:
269649
Next up, Hotcoat Powder Gray:
269642
269648
Powder Gray is probably my favorite in terms of perfect covering. Nice and slick plus the battleship color looks cool.
Now for the bad, Copper Vein. It wouldn't cover at all. Had to wash it off. Avoid!
269643
Also wouldn't cover at all, Flat Black.
Hot Rod Black and Rally Wheel Silver covered OK, but both had a rough texture that didn't seem like it would be very lubricious.
Hot Rod Black:
269644
Photo of Powder Gray, Rally Wheel Silver, and a plain cast bullet:
269645
(Temporary) sizing station:
https://i.postimg.cc/8zzdKGNX/image1.jpg
I'm going to order some more colors this week.