I want to start by saying that I have read all of the threads related to this subject. iv been powder coating my bullets with great success, but it is time consuming and I have been looking for a better or faster if you will and cheaper way to coat and shoot.
heres what iv come up with:
I took info from the hi tech instructions along with the piglet method and class kote, weiderlader, and any other thread that I thought could help me.
Now we all have been doing the hippy hippy shakes with our bullets in the bucket, for me its a butter tub, and the challenges seen to be in my opnion 1. cost, the epoxy paint is expensive because you cant just by a little of it, you have to get it by the gallon. 2. even coating, we all have been coating with our favorite coating method, but as far as I can tell the powder coat method gives great even coats.
I bought some hi tech from bayou bullets, but I have loaded hi tech coated bullets before with great success, so I have tried to get the most for my money and have great looking bullets to, its a tough task.
but what if I told you that the epoxy coating that iv been trying is readily avalible at most parts stores for under 10 bucks?
the pictures that I post are of my under 10 buck coating, that is tumble lubed on the bullet and baked for 10 minutes at 300 degrees three times, and based on the smash test that we all like to see, it seems to be a good coating.
these are coated with the under 10 buck coating, and went through the resizer with ease
as you can see I did the smash test and no flaking at all. now I have not shot any yet but ill be shooting them tomorrow to see how they work. wouldent it be great if we could just run out to the parts house and pick up some bullet coating for under 10? I know your asking what is it, well it might not hold up when fired, so I don't want to say just yet, but ill post good or bad about it after shooting.