ironworkerwill
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I found a great option for your holes in the cookie sheet idea. I went down the same road and had some of the same problems. To start out, I bought some of these:I am still looking to perfect the speed aspect of coating. I currently have two toaster ovens and I can crank out around 850 an hr (depends more on caliber). I use two bowls. I use four trays and while two are baking I am tumbling more and loading the other two trays. They come out great that way :
Some 4's 200 gr SWC
Seems like decent speed but i rarely have more than 4-5 hours straight to dedicate plus it's hard to keep up and I cannot tumble and keep up with any more than two toaster ovens. A dedicated house oven in the shed or barn would be the route to do large quantities for me it seems.
I bought the spray gun and sprayed some with success but you have to build pedestals to set the bullet on (a little smaller in diameter) in order to get the point and enough of the bottom edge of the bullet at the base. That worked fine but the nuts were held on by JB-Weld and they broke loose after a few times and slid around. Also the amount of powder coat you use increases dramatically. That and the cost of the good non stick aluminum foil only last two sprays before it needs replacing. I went through a $5 roll and a lb of powder $6 (HF) in no time. Example of tray : http://s613.photobucket.com/user/shutupandjump/media/PowderCoating/1-19-15005_zpsbe3bfc95.jpg.html and results http://s613.photobucket.com/user/shutupandjump/media/PowderCoating/1-19-15005_zpsbe3bfc95.jpg.html By Beagle333 over on TFL https://thefiringline.com/forums/index.php
That or you have to spray them nose down. Which I have tried by drilling holes in cookie sheets to put the bullets in. (Note: all my bullets are SWC or TC) Once sprayed I baked them but the coating ran down and they got stuck so a no go. Original thought was to flip them back over on another tray (before baking) and maybe even spray the tips to have a full coat.
I also have tried the wet method using acetone and 2-3 coats to achieve the same goal as tumbling. Seems the acetone evaporates too easily and went through a half a Qt. in no time and did not coat many bullets either.
I was reading a post by a guy who said that lacquer thinner works awesome and gets them in one coat using the mixture he came up with. http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/66713-powder-coating-the-easy-way/ claims it's fool proof. Supported by one more claim by someone in the same thread who tried his method. Seems like I may need to pick some laquer thinner up and give it a whirl (pun).
If it works it seems like a much faster method for getting the coat on well enough to bake. If so I can increase my output with a larger heating source or I can use the time in between baking to size them.
FWIW there is also the wire method using the spray gun where you suspend the bullets by wire twisted around the lube grooves where powder is not necessary. I have not tried it. Seems too tedious.
You missed one...lolThis pic shows some bullets with coated bases using the drag method
Why are we still talking about the guns, sheesh !
I definitely see the appeal of the shake and bake method. Even though I have the gun, I still shake and bake at least half of mine.Why are we still talking about the guns, sheesh !
I thought this was the low tec. shake n bake thread .
Fair enough. It is your thread.It is, and I've pointed it out 3 times now ( including very clearly in post #1 ), but hey !
The more the merrier.
Much like getting my wife to leave the toilet seat up, sometimes you get hoarse yelling at the wind.
A fun little combo test.
357 mag in STEEL
Now they look EXTRA COMMIE !
Thats the new ketih 158 LSWC, and due to its extremely long nose, must be seated deeper to allow funtioning in revolvers.
Starting out at 4.5grs of Unique and working my way up- all summer long
I found out the mesh over a paper plate was not necessary.I like the mesh option.
With nitrile gloves, those marks will disappear anyway.
On my list !
Glad to hear the .459" sizer worked out!blarby said:459's on the way ! THANK YOU BDS.
BTW- the 459 IS INDEED a custom size according to lee. The label on the inside of the kit is handwritten for the size, further proof. Nice snag on finding that, according to what lee wants for custom sizers, that one was a steal