simple Hi-Tek coating

[RDP]

Gunoil,
Is your SDX in the safety recall, mine is a low # and I never had a problem with about 2000 lead reloads. I am not sure if i am going to send it back?
What do you think.
Sorry to all if this is a waste of bandwith.
Thanks,
Rich

[Ausglock]

Ausglock, how does black look? Like a talon?

It looks as black as a black cat's ****.
Got some new colour samples from HI-TEK yesterday.
2 purples, a Gold, a blue, a Fluro Orange and a natural.
The natural has metallic elements, but no colour. this could be interesting. I'm coating with it over the weekend.

[Thompsoncustom]

Looking forward to see all the new colors. Orange and Natural sound interesting.

[gunoil]

Rdp, i'll call em tomorrow and see how portant it is, Mine runs like criptonite.

[jcobb651]

I want a zombie green color!

[farmerjim]

Thompsoncustom you wrote " I work for a vet clinic so I have tons of needle and syringes just lying around. I use a syringe to measure exactly how much liquid I pull from each bottle color/acetone/cat." Question, Does it make a difference what breed of cat that you add? I have 2 orange tabbies and two tortoiseshells. Would one be better than the other for my 9mm ?

[Thompsoncustom]

I'd add them all probably get some neat colored bullets.

[Ausglock]

I want a zombie green color!

HI-TEK Does a Zombie Green. It is one of my favourites.

[gunoil]

ok, iam a setting my iphone to remember me! I have spoke with the boys before. If it goes auto, i aint sayin nothin. hehehehe.

I want some green to try.

Farmerjim, just sling em cats by the tails out in the cow manure.

[jmoore]

... As to whether the base or color gives the strength, for the green, I'd say the base. I spilled some mixed on a paper towel, the base wicked out about 2x the dia as the color and stiffness was the same for both. As for the copper (rifle rated?) I think H-T is trying to get a tougher filler.

Thanks for the pondering! Have loaded up some Green 429421 boolits for testing with some 1980's vintage Unique. Found that 9gr of that powder was much hotter with the similar weight Lachmillers than expected, so have backed off to 8gr to see if that's a "happy" load at distance.

Oddly, it's the same old story, lighter loads have produced more leading than full tilt rounds filled with 2400. I just don't like getting beat up that much...

[jcobb651]

HI-TEK Does a Zombie Green. It is one of my favourites.

Flourescent green? I thought they only offered the dark metallic green......

[Ausglock]

Flourescent green? I thought they only offered the dark metallic green......

Not quite Fluro. but there is more than one green.

[gunoil]

who'ed a thunk it not so long ago.
1) nowdays making custom molds with no lube grooves. (lube is 4 letter word)
2) wonderful coated bullets
3) sized slick and hard
4) goes in brass like copper plated

Shot a bunch of these 380's/108gr

Made down the street with blank NOE mold an old handle from lee:

[Ausglock]

Well... Playing with the new HI-TEK colours today.

There is a Red Violet that bakes a very nice Burgundy.
The Natural bakes a light gold. This actually has no colour in it. HI-TEK was saying that this has a heap of elements in it to make it extra tough. I would have to say he is right. I placed 2 45 bullets in the bottle to act as rattle balls to help it mix. It took a good 10 minutes of constant shaking to get it to fully mix, before measuring out to mix for coating.

The elusive blue is still elusive, but it is getting closer
I picked up a new oven from Ebay this week.
It is a HELLER brand 48 Litre with top and bottom heating elements, a huge fan at the rear with 4 air vents. this oven really pumps out the air in the compartment. A full tray of 9mm bullets showed no hotspots via colour changes across the tray. 200Deg C on the dial measured exactly 200 Deg C with a 5 Deg C variation. I am very happy with this oven.
Check it out on Ebay Australia. It was cheap at $109 AUD Plus $10 postage.
I was baking full trays of 9mm and 45 bullets at 200 deg for 10 minutes. Zero wipeoff or darkening of the colour of any of the experimental coatings.
Anyway... Back to coating.

[Gremlin460]

Well done Trev.. hurry up with the blue :P

[leadman]

I do know that when the temperatures were around 117 degrees here that the trays left in the sun to dry would start to change color. Would and infared panel work like it does with powder coating?

[HI-TEK]

Question for Hi-Tek. Will this stuff cure properly with UV? I think someone said it starts to pop in sunlight which is mostly UV. I know some are using IR lamps for heat but it would be neat to be able to use UV lamps to cure without the oven. Drying rig could be used for curing.

Popper,
Thank you for interesting question.
To be quite frank, we have not tried using Infra red or UV. In terms of sunlight some of the colours will fade, and we have not done any outdoor stability of cured coatings, as there is really no real reason to do such work.
The coatings are designed, to specifically cross-link & polymerise when temperatures approach 180C.
I don't know if UV or even Microwave will get temperatures that high, but as we have done no work in these areas, I really cannot advise if success can be achieved.
I suppose the only way to try is to actually do some tests to see if enough heat can be generated with such methods.
May be you can lead the work in such research and benefit if successful.
Thank you much for your interest and thoughts.
Hi-Tek

[Thompsoncustom]

Anyone try any coated bullets with a super fast powder like VihtaVuori N310. Since faster powders seem harder on the bullet it seems like n310 would be the ultimate test when it comes to powders.

The main reason I ask is I've been able to get unique and power pistol to work but bullseye seems to always want to lead.

[gunoil]

Have cast over 1000,going for 2000 of these for my 380's.


No lube rings is the way of the future? Well, least round here.

[zomby woof]