Hi folks,
I just started to powder coat. One batch so far. Not sure if I am doing it very well yet. I use the pencils for testing hardness of lead. I just had the thought, "hey they use pencils for testing the hardness of coatings in the coatings industry as a standard test, so why not test the hardness of my powder coated bullets with them?"
So here goes:
My first batch tested at 11-12bhn. It is coated on top of 8-9bhn 22lr bullets. So this batch came out noticeably harder than the lead. Plus I had trouble with the coating and it may have come out way softer than normal powder coat. I will test again when I do the next batch and post those results.
Anyone else here use pencils? Why don't you test yours and let us know what you get?