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Thread: What are your Favorite or Unusual Powder Coat Colors?

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    What are your Favorite or Unusual Powder Coat Colors?

    I want to expand my powder coating options. So far my experience has been with Eastwood light and dark Ford blue, and Candy Apple Red. Are there others that work well for you? Anyone try the bronze or even the clear?

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    I did the multiple color thing for a while. Now all of mine are blue.

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    I use Eastwood 'Gloss Black" so critters can't see the boolit coming in poor light.
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    Smoke's Clear-- keeps bullets looking traditional and performs great
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    It depends on what kind of mood I'm in and if I want a single powder color or a blend





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    Just got 5 pound s. of Columbia silver grey on clearance for $25.00. It works. great. Would highly recommend.

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    I have been using a silver with some black mixed in. gives boolits a good color, not too far from bright lead, but enough it is easy enough to tell they are coated.

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    My 1st Color I bought was Traffic Purple for my 45/70 something Audacious, Bought a Pound
    I since bought a 3 color Sample, John Deere Green, Red, and Royale Blue.

    Kind of fun to Play with.

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    When I started I ordered a pound of Smoke’s powder. It was the same price for 1/3lb of 3 different colors so I got red, white, and blue. I’ve been thinking about getting some John Deere green and yellow to make tractor boolits.

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    Have used the Ford dark blue and lime green with good results. Fortunecookie45lc on utube demonstrated coating w/ these two colors plus mirror red in a video. Am intrigued by a magenta colored projectile, tho.

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    I bought Smoke’s Traffic Purple for making my mom some purple bullets for our Mothers Day shoot. It performed so well I pretty well use it on everything now. Click image for larger version. 

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    When I started I ordered a pound of Smoke’s powder. It was the same price for 1/3lb of 3 different colors so I got red, white, and blue. I’ve been thinking about getting some John Deere green and yellow to make tractor boolits.
    I thought of doing something like that. Would be really cool for family 4th of July shoots.

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    I don't powder coat but I like the looks of Zombie Green on pistol bullets and Lipstick Pink on larger rifle bullets like the 45-70.

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    Like these, Lightman ?

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    What a thing to do to a cast bullet!

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    shake on white, cure clear is my all time favorite.

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    Smokes clear with a pinch of gloss black.
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    Whatever color is in container and or add another to twist it a little , no preference to what it is as it for a bullet

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    Quote Originally Posted by oley55 View Post
    Smokes clear with a pinch of gloss black.
    Now THAT is what I'm talking about! Very slick looking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reed g View Post
    Just got 5 pound s. of Columbia silver grey on clearance for $25.00. It works. great. Would highly recommend.
    https://www.columbiacoatings.com/clearance-items

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
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