I tried my first attempt at powder coating this weekend. I used Smoke's Clear and a cool whip container. I set them on end on non-stick foil. Everything looked to be going fine until I used my IR thermometer to check them at the end of the cycle. It was 300 degrees. I let it cook another 5 minutes, but 300 was the max my toaster oven could do.
Yep, stupid mistake. I should have tested the oven before I started.
So what I have are clear coated bullets cooked for 25 minutes at 300 degrees.
They look pretty good. I smashed one with a hammer and the coating didn't flake, I resized a couple and they look fine. If I really work at it, I can scrape it off the nose with difficulty, but it doesn't come off in flakes.
So what should I do now? Can I reheat to 400 in a good oven? Throw them in the pot and recast them? Remove the coating with ??? and recoat? Shoot a few and check for leading?
Here's a pic. The .358 bullets have been sized.