How is the best way to powder coat bullets?
How is the best way to powder coat bullets?
Many ways to do it. Look at Elvis Ammo on you tube he has many videos on the subject.
I personally use the "shake and bake" method. I use an old kool whip container, add bullets and powder. Shake like hell. Dump thru a mesh screen, and onto a tray wrapped in non-stick foil. Then I bake in an old convection oven in my garage.
I tried the spray gun since I already had one for motorcycle and boat parts. It's too much work for what I get out of it.
Some guys tumble in a dedicated bowl for their brass tumbler. I don't do that either because shaking by hand works fine for me.
You're going to have to experiment and find out what works best for you. Weather/humidity is a huge variable for what works for some but not others.
I happen to live in S. Florida. In theory, some of what works for me shouldn't because of the humidity. But somehow it's working.
i tried the cool whip container and shake it method, I didn't get the results that others have. I got the HF powder gun and it does a fine job. my method is kinda tedious but I like the results so far. I'm only doing 300 BO now, i might move on to other calibers later on.
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I use acetone to mix with powder and thin it accordingly and just drop bullets in and then use medical tweezers to put on non stick foil and then bake,,,,,tedious but I dont powder coat a lot of lead bullets since Wes has plated so cheap.
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I've been reading up on it. Hitek powder coating has all the instructions on their site. I'm gonna try it. I'm wondering though if regular powder coat will work just as good. I found some I'd love to try. It's called super chrome. I think it'd look badass.
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Looks good. I just got my powder in day before yesterday. I'll be trying it out this weekend. Who'd you get your powder from?
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