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Thread: Definitive List - What powders work and what powders don't

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    It would be very informative and useful information if we reported how much thickness is added by one coat of the powders we are reporting.
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    Been using Powder by the pound's Glass Clear. running about 325-350F for 18min. great coating, no flaking.

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    Can anyone recommend a good youtube video for the Eastwood PC. I finally have everything I need and am about to jump in.

    Also, stupid question of the week, do I need gas checks with the PC method?

    Another, do the lube grooves on my new NOE mold work fine with the PC method?

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    There are dozens/hundreds of videos showing the powder coat method. Eastwood PC works no different to any other make of PC. You really don't even need a video. Find a Cool Whip bowl (or bowl using the same type of plastic). Dump in your boolits. Sprinkle on your powder. Swirl around until boolits are covered completely. If they don't cover completely, sprinkle in a little more powder (too much powder isn't a problem as you can simply sift out the excess and put back in your powder bag/container). When coated, dump them into a wire mesh tray (can make out of 1/4" hardware mesh). Stick in an over for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. When done, dump out of the tray into another trays and separate any that are stuck together. Size them. Shoot them.

    You may need gas checks depending on what velocity of round you are loading. Typical pistol rounds (e.g. 9mm or .45 ACP) don't need gas checks. Some of the really hot pistol rounds and most rifle rounds will need gas checks.

    Not familiar with the NOE mold, but lube grooves don't typically present any problems. I use both Lee tumble lube molds and conventional lube molds and both work great.

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    prickett -- a big "Thank You" for the concise and very helpful answer.

    Also I presume that I PC before I put it through the sizer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gifbohane View Post
    Also I presume that I PC before I put it through the sizer.
    Yes. Trying to size naked lead is VERY hard to do. The PC lubes the boolit making sizing much easier.

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    On the same alloy, Smokes traffic purple and JD Green works very well with the tumble lube plastic container without balls. Smoke's wine red doesn't cover well at all.
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    Mix of Powders

    These bullets are coated with a mix of the powders pictured
    Color: Eastwood Maroon + Eastwood Bright Signal White + RAL Signal Blue
    Num of Coats: 1
    Temp: 400F for 20 minutes (oven NOT preheated)
    MoA: Dry Tumble with AirSoft BBs in #5 Plastic container for 30 seconds.
    Comments: I have found that mixing powders seems to give me the best and most interesting results. Many powders don't work that well by themselves. However, it seems mixing makes them all work...
    Prognosis: Excellent coverage/coating and are really cooling as well.

    https://imgur.com/a/HsrwhrL

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    After my failure to coat with gray powder, I decided to look at the HF website to see how much their red PC is going for just for the H of it and they now only list white and black. I'll get some better PC the next time I have a few bucks rolling up hill...

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    The easiest powder to deal with I’ve found is Eastwood true gloss clear. No preheat, just swirl them briefly in one of those square clear gallon size things mixed nuts come in. Until it’s heated the powder is a grayish white and it’s very easy to get a complete and even coat without blobs of excess.

    I sift off extra in ORG powder coated drawer organizer, which then goes into the oven 400/20. When they are cool enough to touch with gloves, I prod them around to separate them.

    No need for a photo, as they are hard to tell from uncoated (a bit glossier, if in doubt see if it will mark paper).

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    Bears repeating. Just go to Smoke and buy the powders that are known to work.

    https://castboolits.gunloads.com/forum.php

    I would bet that some of his powders are from Eastwood. I love the clear for my rifle bullets. He can also tell you which ones work best.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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