Will try Joe. But this stuff is in completely dried chunks in the bottle. I may have to soak it in acetone for a while to soften before it will mix.
Will try Joe. But this stuff is in completely dried chunks in the bottle. I may have to soak it in acetone for a while to soften before it will mix.
While I work at it, it is by God's grace that it happens. So it is best I ask him what, how and when before I start..
Yes, it will take more of an effort to re-mix, but it should mix in. Can you get any MEK? This is a stronger solvent and may assist with dissolving faster than Acetone.
With plastic bottles you are using, these have fairly thin walls. Solvents permeate through walls. Most solvent type bottled are high density Poly-Ethylene or Poly-Propylene types. Caps should have a Poly wadding in them to seal. Many simply store made up liquids in an old fridge. This slows down darkening and reduces solvent losses. If you only have small batches, the cost of storing them far outweighs losses if you throw out unused residue. I don't like wasting stuff and use it whilst and if possible.
I'm like you, don't like to waste stuff. Hence the liquid detergent bottles. If I had planned to store for a long period I may have used something else. But being a hobby cast and coater I usually only coat small lots of bullets. Probably 10 pounds at most. So when I get through I almost always have some coating left. I have a large bottle that has several mixed batches combined in it. Lost count of how many. I shook it last night and it has not fully re-mixed. I could probably coat three coats many thousands of bullets with that bottle.
But agin,I will try to re-mix the completely dried and coat some rifle bullets with it.
While I work at it, it is by God's grace that it happens. So it is best I ask him what, how and when before I start..
Ausglock told me that he had many colours that were left over, and he mixed the whole lot in one bottle, and used it OK. Some were very old. He does keep it in a fridge to slow down losses and darkening, but there is always some changes to original appearance.
Once he coats with a blend of all mix, he simply over coats with the Black K-15, so it ends up Black any way. At least he uses up all coatings.
He can end up with 3-5 thin coats, and it seems to work OK.
wondering how much BHN we loose after heating 400 for powder coating?
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You don't lose any BHN UNLESS you water quenched when casting
Dan.
I have 4 of the Kmart ovens setup to do most of my production baking.
I retro fitted them with a capilliary thermostat probe/dial.
Far better temp holding and all 4 ovens run the same setting.
I'll post a few pics when I get home.
2.5Kg in each for 12 minutes.... perfect... Temp is set at 190deg C.
It takes a few minutes longer, but less chance of overbaking with the 10 Deg cooler setting.
Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor.
Australia
Yep...
Gotta be able to sell them once the test is done.
Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor.
Australia
This one?
http://www.kmart.com.au/product/45l-...on-oven/875301
Ive got a PID with a probe just under the bullet tray. I'll give the lower temp and more weight a try next time.
Yep. similar. Mine are the older version.
Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor.
Australia
Your fan is much bigger than mine. Mine has a smaller one on the right hand side under the rotisserie thingo.
That might be my issue.
For me the hardest color to mix after setting a few months is the black. If there is a little left in a container of a color and I want to mix another color I just mix on top so my colors are generally a mix.. and like above.. I will mix left over colors all in one and add acetone. I bake a bit longer than instructions so my bullets are all darker than normal anyway.
lazs
^^^
great idea right there...might try this one on both my B&D.
The Single Action Shooting Society publish a journal and the April issue has an article about Hi-Tek. Looks like someone else has discovered it and the article may generate a bit of interest among the Single Action crowd.
Can be downloaded here (it's a .pdf) - https://www.sassnet.com/CCArchive.php
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 |