I'm thinking about a PC gun.
I am thinking about buying a powder coat system from Eastwood. I currently use a vibratory tumbler with air soft bb's. I get fair results with the tumble method but still get bare spots when taking the bullets from the tumbler to the baking sheet. I am at a point in life where I do have time and some disposable income to play with the idea. I just wanted to hear from those who have used both methods and what their opinions are.
I'm thinking about a PC gun.
Couple of tricks I use for shake / bake method:
- warm the bullets - just a few minutes while the oven heats up … really helps coverage. Use an old cake pan for this.
- I use a little extra PC and shake for 3 or 4 min - sift them and I use neoprene gloved hands to pick them up after pinching and covering my fingers in powder. Any bullet with bare spots will get ‘rolled’ between fingers as I’m picking it up. Re-pinch more powder when needed
- I’ve tried silicon mats, parchment paper, etc. - best so far has been nonstick alum foil.
- use better powders as a base and mix with no so good powders. (Ford Lite / dark blue from East is best … mix with not so good powders for nice color mixes) - Architectural bronze, copper vein, and some others are not great by themselves but mix well with the good base powders.
- 400 degrees for 20 min for cooking.
I keep all leftover powder sitting in shaker with the bb’s - just add a little extra powder for next job.