Testing Powder Coat Adhesion Myths

[fredj338]

I’m not sure what to tell you. I just follow the 20 minutes at 400 degrees and it works 100% of the time. It’s pretty simple.

I agree. I bake for 15min in a preheated 400deg oven. No issues ever with various manuf powder sticking. Even HF red works.

[memtb]

Thanks for starting this thread, I’m very glad to see this being addressed. I have had some issues with getting coating, and previously asked for info. I was essentially told that the bullets needed to stay “surgically” clean....no quenching from mold, wear gloves, ect. I thought this was a bit much......but hey, I’m a newbee at powder coating! I was also told that perhaps I didn’t have enough static charge and should use the plastic bb’s.....this I was quite receptive to. Even though I powder coat on low humidity days, less than 35%, I will continue to use the bb’s as a static enhancer! memtb

[mehavey]

For the torture test I covered the bullets in saliva, rolled them in a pile of drywall dust,
rolled them in a pile of crud underneath my reloading bench that included spilled gun
powder, dog fur, dead bugs, and anything else that has accumulated ....

Oh come on.... roll them in some shredded late-night Georgia ballot dust.
Nothing seems to stick to that.