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It's probably Ammoload brass. I cull these and discard them because the internal case volume is reduced by the constriction.

Neither acetone nor mineral spirits removed the Hi-Tek coating. Into the production pot they go.

it was a mixture of HF red and some white I scrounged from a powder coating shop. This combination has worked fine on bare boolits. I might try again with some Super Wet Black.

OK, I just started soaking two test samples of Hi-Tek coated boolits -- one in acetone and one in mineral spirits. Tomorrow I'll see whether either dissolved the coating.

I just tried tumble coating the H-Tec coated boolits and the powder wouldn't stick.

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I'm not sure soaking in a solvent would help. One of the tests used to determine if the Hi-Tek coating is properly done is whether the coated boolits pass the "acetone test". This involves...

Before I switched to dry tumble powder coated I used the Hi-Tek coating method and I still have a bunch of Hi-Tek coated boolits on hand. Has anyone recoated Hi-Tek coated boolits with powder coat...

I powder coated a bunch of Lee 358-105-SWCs and 356-102-1Rs with HF red using the Cool Whip airsoft BB shake and bake method. I shook batches of about 30 at a time and used forceps to transfer them...

My alloy is 92% lead, 6% antimony and 2% tin and the Brinell Hardness Number is 18. I buy ingots from Texas Lead Company in Houston. Thanks for the grit paper suggestion -- I'll try it.

Yes, I use a Lyman M die.

There weren't any fins on the cast boolits before sizing, only after sizing.

Lee's web site shows that the punch for their .358 sizing die has a diameter of .353. Where did you get two other sizes, and what are their diameters? The boolits I have a problem with are from the...

I did that and it does keep the bases flat. However, the boolits end up looking a lot like wadcutters. I'll try shooting them this way anyway. It sure beats remelting and recasting.

Lee's sizer punches for their .356, .357, and .358 resizing dies all have a diameter of .353. I find that if I have an oversize 38 special boolit the punch diameter is too narrow and the boolit gets...

Humidity is bad - it keeps the powder from sticking.

What kind of gloves do you use?

Yes - powderbuythepound.com. You can also order from allpowderpaints.com. They have cheaper prices and cheaper shipping. Super Durable Wet Black works great.

Has anyone tried coating soft lead balls used in percussion cap and ball revolvers? I just ordered a Pietta 1858 Remington New Army replica revolver. I wonder whether there would be any benefit to...

I agree. I get much better results using aluminum screen than I did with stainless hardware cloth. Boolits would stick fast to the hardware cloth and removing them would pull paint off, exposing...

I tried Hi-Tek coating before moving to shake and bake powder coating. With Hi-Tek coating there are two tests for determining whether the process was done correctly -- the smash test and the...

Please pardon this newby question, but how much is a "light crimp"? I have stopped using my Lee factory crimp dies (because they tend to swage down the boolit diameter) and just use the seating die...

I'd like to know how to determine coating volumes for different size boolits. Is there a linear relationship between boolit weight and surface area? If so, a 200 grain boolit would need twice as...

Is that with one or two coats?

I used a Harbor Freight digital micrometer. The TL452-230-2Rs I cast measured 453. I made both batches in the same casting session.

I coated my first boolits the other day with Donnie's dark green. I double coated some Lee TL452-230-2Rs into 45ACP and 45 Colt cases and shot them through my Ruger Blackhawk convertible -- no...