Powdercoat woes

[johnsonian09]

For lube I use a bees wax/ mineral oil blend which works very well and cleans up easily. Not much smashing, the die doesn't leave any Mark's on a uncoated lead bullet. I have been cleaning it with a .30 cal bore brush between sessions.

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[johnsonian09]

Smokes powder coat came in yesterday afternoon. First try everything worked perfectly. One coat, perfect coverage.
Size after coating is .3115-.3121. Sizes down to .308 perfectly with little effort. No cracking or fracturing on sizing.

Tried the silver first. Will be trying other colors and ordering powder from smoke again. Stuff is literally perfect

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[Conditor22]

Makes a BIG DIFFERENCE to have a good powder to coat with.

Now your hooked

[StuBach]

Glad you’ve found success. Welcome to the brotherhood of the colored boolit

[white eagle]

oh what a difference powder makes
I took it a step further and went with a powder coat
spray gun and have never had a problem with any powder
of any kind but that is the way it should be with a gun
i do agree though the less steps you take to reach your
outcome of perfect powder coating the better
it is far easier to determine what went wrong if it doesn't
work as you wanted

[Hanzy4200]

Lose the Harbor Freight. I tried Eastwood Powders and it was like heavens gates opened. They almost powder themselves. My first try was HF powder, and it was a friggin disaster.

[richhodg66]

Seems like a lot of trouble for pretty colors. Some liquid alox and you'd have been shooting already.

[Wolfdog91]

Seems like a lot of trouble for pretty colors. Some liquid alox and you'd have been shooting already.

Was wondering how long it was gonna be till somone said that

[fredj338]

Seems like a lot of trouble for pretty colors. Some liquid alox and you'd have been shooting already.

Sure along with the smoke & gunk but sure. I was really dubious of coating working well but after 3y & maybe 30k bullets down range, I see no need to go back to lubes. It is just not that hard & everything stays cleaner.

[Eddie17]

HF black is Not your friend. Many other powders work 100% better! Buy powder from smoke!

[richhodg66]

Sure along with the smoke & gunk but sure. I was really dubious of coating working well but after 3y & maybe 30k bullets down range, I see no need to go back to lubes. It is just not that hard & everything stays cleaner.

I only shoot outdoors so smoke doesn't bother me and never was the type to mind getting his hand dirty. That sure looks like a lot of trouble to me.

[guy_with_boolits]

of all the things I've had to learn by trial and error with casting, the powder coat process was the one thing that worked right off the bat without me needing to change anything..heres what I do:

-swirl boolits around in isopropyl alcohol
-bake at 170F for about 20 minutes to dry off and make warmer so PC sticks
-shake around in a plastic tub *NOT #5*
-wear gloves and spread some PC dust on the gloves
-get a 1/4" metal mesh and rub some PC dust on it too
-dump coated bullets on the mesh and shake gently to remove excess dust
-use tweezers or whatever to sit each boolit upright (no thanks to the all random touching style..seems to create lots of random bumps where boolits touch then need to be broken away)
-bake at 400F for 20 minutes
-dump straight into water (quenching may make them harder, havent proved it with the alloy I use though)
-let them dry or bake them at 160F again to dry
-ready for next op

I can smash a coated boolit with a hammer and the powder doesnt come off

[Bayou52]

I, too, was a first time user, and victim, of HF powder coat (white). It was on the shelf and immediately available so I bought it. Pure garbage for bullet coating. For the price I paid for HF, I essentially bought two (2) heavily leaded pistol barrels.

Now using Eastwood Ford light blue. No issues. What a difference the pc brand makes!



Bayou52

[danmat]

Powder coat is just another tool in the box, I still size and lube my 45 acps and 38 wadcutters, and other low velocity target loads.
When I crank up my magnums and rifle loads powder coat and gas checks make small groups a lot easier to obtain for me
I generally use 50/50 PB/WW water drop the rifle rounds.
I like to keep a open mind and use what works easiest for me.
Smokes was my first powder, it works never looked for another.