Does anyone know if glossiness is relative to lubricity of the powder?
Does anyone know if glossiness is relative to lubricity of the powder?
You better watch where you go and remember where you beenThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man. - Charlie DanielsFor if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. -Matthew 6:14-15
From what I've been reading you should expect about 50fps faster from PC from Cast, but from what I understand the additives that make the PC flat or mat colors do something preventing the static buildup so your boolits wont coat.
I'm new at this and am now set up for a trip next week to the range.
Sears, of all places, has PC powder, on "sale", so I've ordered some...
http://www.shopyourway.com/craftsman...nt-blue/285094
Ships free to your local Kmart or Sears store. We'll give it a try...
They also have green but that looks textured....
Has anyone tried the powderbuythepound (Magic Silver)?
Hanleyfan You might not have wasted your money. It may be that the Sun Gold may spray on OK like the HF Black.
Well I learned a lesson...
The blue PC arrived yesterday in packets about the size of a hot chocolate pouch. Geeze, there's hardly enough there to bother with...
Yeah, RTFM....
On the up side...
I got the email from Sears to pick it up Monday at the local Kmart - free shipping.
I arrived at Kmart and sat there for 40min while they looked for the package. Couldn't find it. I showed them on the email where it said I get the package in 5 minutes or I get a $5 gift card.
Got a call from them Tuesday...they found the package and, for being a nice person they're throwing in a $10 gift card for my trouble.
So I got the PC and Sears is paying me $7 for the trouble.
Eh...
$7/hour, you need to get POTUS to increase your pay rate to a "living wage"
Prismatic Powder, Fools Penny (copper) using Dry tumble Airsoft. Coated and stuck like crazy on a humid foggy day. Baked smooth as ESPC with little hassle. Cool Whip container, neon green BBs, coated very easy and very even. I dumped the cool whip tub on a cookie sheet and then used hemostats to set onto the non-stick aluminum foil and baked. The down side was the color was a clear gloss top coat so the copper color was very slight but boy howdy did it coat the boolits. I have Ink Black, Tecate Green, and Passion Pink on order, and hope to have the same results with the other colors. For the past year, I've just been doing Harbor Freight Flat Black with their ESPC gun.
Prismatic Powder, good stuff, great service.
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I went through this thread and stripped out colors that worked with one coat using dry Shake & Bake. I eliminated wet and electrostatic methods and multi-coats because only the dry Shake & Bake method interests me. The list is attached.
P.S.: I use HF Red with dry Shake & Bake then 400F for 15-minutes. Results have been excellent both visually and in shooting.
Lead bullets Matter
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Summit Racing wet black works well.
Summit Racing bright orange does not.
Hello everyone,
Inspired by the great looking results everyone has had I went and PC'd some 38sp round nose bullets (tumble lube design). I used three colors that I had left from another project and used the dry tumble method.
The paints came from "All Powder Paints". From left to right they are Teflon Slip Black, Army Green, and Liquid Candy Blue. The army green was the easiest to apply and produced the best result. It was also a 375F paint the others where 400F. The black was the hardest to get to stick. The blue paint was applied using stainless Ball-cone shot which way too aggressive. It worked but it was uneven. The plastic airsoft balls seemed to work better.
The entire process was fairly effortless. A $19 toaster oven made quick work curing the paint.
Eric
I can vouch for Smoke4320's pink and purple. Great coating. I also tried his orange, a little splotchy but it'll shoot.
Last edited by el34; 08-18-2014 at 10:15 PM.
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This was my first go at powder coating. I have some of Smoke's blue on the way and Eastwood's Hotcoat High Gloss Black on the way. I will post those once I get a chance to apply them.
Color: Matte Black
Num of Coats: 2
PoP: Harbor Freight
Temp: 395F for 20 minutes then 355F for 15 minutes
MoA: Ricky Bobby'ed (aka Shake and Bake)
Prognosis: A no go! Produces Frankenbullets...
Color: White
Num of Coats: 2
PoP: Harbor Freight
Temp: 355F for 15 minutes then 355F for 12 minutes
MoA: Ricky Bobby'ed (aka Shake and Bake)
Prognosis: it works, just not real pretty
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Color: Blue
Num of Coats: 2
PoP: Smoke4320
Temp: 355F for 15 minutes then 355F for 12 minutes
MoA: Ricky Bobby'ed (aka Shake and Bake)
Prognosis: it works great
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Smoke4320 is The Powder Man. Look for his ad in Swappin' & Sellin', or just send him a PM.
He has the powders! Many colors too. It is very fine and fluffy (reacts to static cling better than any I've tried).
Here is his red and green:
It turns out nice and slick!
I even did some of my .54 cannon balls (just for fun)
If you have to tumble and bake twice, change your technique. It will work with one coat.
I do have his blue, purple, and zombie green, but haven't cast anything new due to the heat wave here.
Last edited by Beagle333; 08-23-2014 at 10:13 AM.
KE4GWE - - - - - - Colt 1860, it just feels right.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |