Looking for new Powder Coat, any suggestions?
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I'm not the premier powder-coating genius here, but I'd stick with Eastwood.
When I decided to give PC a go, I hit @CWLONGSHOT up and explained that I knew nothing about it but what I'd read, mostly stuff he'd written, so I wanted whatever gave me be best chance of screwing up the least. My first batch came out like I'd been doing it for years, and successive batches as good or better - and I'm picky. I don't like ugly bullets.
I don't have the time to play with trying this that way or that this way or holding my mouth different when shaking (I don't actually shake them) X-powder, y-powder or waiting for the right phase of the moon to shake z-powder. Hard to screw up with this stuff.
When I decided to give PC a go, I hit @CWLONGSHOT up and explained that I knew nothing about it but what I'd read, mostly stuff he'd written, so I wanted whatever gave me be best chance of screwing up the least. My first batch came out like I'd been doing it for years, and successive batches as good or better - and I'm picky. I don't like ugly bullets.
I don't have the time to play with trying this that way or that this way or holding my mouth different when shaking (I don't actually shake them) X-powder, y-powder or waiting for the right phase of the moon to shake z-powder. Hard to screw up with this stuff.
fiver
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so the new thing in finger nail painting is a powder you use an activator and UV light to cure.
they call it powder coating.
it's pretty much the same stuff they use to coat jig heads with.
it looks good but chips off when you hit a rock.
be careful where your search ends up leading you.
they call it powder coating.
it's pretty much the same stuff they use to coat jig heads with.
it looks good but chips off when you hit a rock.
be careful where your search ends up leading you.
CWLONGSHOT
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Pretty much any ine that Smokes sells is gonna work for ya. He tests and has tested all he sells he knows his customers shake n bake and most dont even own powder coat guns. So thats one solid bet.
Eastwood is overall been a solid for most skake n bake guys. Altho I find there powders usually coat thicker then others. Sometimes desire-able so not necessarily a bad.
Powder by the pound and The Powder coat store and Prysmatic Powders are a few others many find and that can be hit or miss. Id suggest staying with solid colors. Avoid metallic's or flakes or candies. Altho some can work too.
As Jeff eluded to "shake" is a miss nomer. You want to "swirl" the idea is to make static and this comes from friction so contact of bullets and your container.
Warming bullets can help immensely. I use a couple wire baskets atop my ovens about 100° ish if too hot ta handle probably too hot to coat. A you can get flash melt in bucket and thats a mess!
He is one of my last videos on my process. Maybe it can help some.
Good luck
CW
Eastwood is overall been a solid for most skake n bake guys. Altho I find there powders usually coat thicker then others. Sometimes desire-able so not necessarily a bad.
Powder by the pound and The Powder coat store and Prysmatic Powders are a few others many find and that can be hit or miss. Id suggest staying with solid colors. Avoid metallic's or flakes or candies. Altho some can work too.
As Jeff eluded to "shake" is a miss nomer. You want to "swirl" the idea is to make static and this comes from friction so contact of bullets and your container.
Warming bullets can help immensely. I use a couple wire baskets atop my ovens about 100° ish if too hot ta handle probably too hot to coat. A you can get flash melt in bucket and thats a mess!
He is one of my last videos on my process. Maybe it can help some.
Good luck
CW
@CWLONGSHOT thanks for the info. Yeah, still using the misnomer “shake n bake.” My current method is preheating bullets and then adding to container with a tablespoon or so of powder coat, as it does go a long ways. I basically try to recreate the ol’ Gravitron amusement ride, where I swirl the bullets fast enough in the container for them to slide along the wall, and usually shake a couple times to help distribute the powder around. Seem to get very good coverage in about a minute. So far I’ve only tried 3 colors (all Eastwood), and only one I’ve had no success with was Flat Black (tried ASBB, styrofoam pellets, and even vibratory tumbler.) I’ll check out Smoke4320‘s selection again
Sounds very close to what I'm doing. I set the container on a square of close-knap, commercial carpet to to "swirl" to induce static. Turn the container end over end slowly and carefully after about thirty seconds and the powder really sticks after a minute and a half or two. No violent shaking needed. I have to knock off about half of what clings to the bullets or I get VERY thick coating, making the bullets a bit tough to get through a sizer die.
@Jeff H, I spray my coated projectiles with Hornady One Shot, and let dry before I run through my sizer, and they go a lot smoother.
@CWLONGSHOT thanks for posting the video—lots of great info. Eastwood was running a sale on some of their powders, so I placed an order through them for a few different ones to try: Aqua Blue, Bright Signal Red, High Gloss Jet Black, and Light Violet. Should have in a couple days, so will have some testing to do.
@CWLONGSHOT thanks for posting the video—lots of great info. Eastwood was running a sale on some of their powders, so I placed an order through them for a few different ones to try: Aqua Blue, Bright Signal Red, High Gloss Jet Black, and Light Violet. Should have in a couple days, so will have some testing to do.
CWLONGSHOT
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Looks great @CWLONGSHOT. What powders did you use?
CWLONGSHOT
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Those are either Eastwood, Prismatic or Smokes powders.