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Powder Coating Lead Bullets

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bkoenig:
Yeah, I'll definitely take some pics. 

Interestingly enough, I was at the USPSA match in Louisville today and I found a round laying on the ground that had a powdercoated bullet.

bkoenig:
Well,  I tried it tonight and it was an utter failure.  I couldn't get the powdercoat gun to apply evenly.  Apparently even if you have the feed turned way down you still have to feather the trigger, or it initially dumps a whole bunch of powder all over your work before it starts spraying.  I ended up with about a 1/4" layer of powder on top of my bullets.  I'll try it again when I get back from my trip.

I did read of another method which seems to be much less labor intensive - just mix the powder with some acetone and tumble lube like you would with Alox, let them dry, and then bake.  This would be no more work than my current process, so I'm seriously thinking of going that direction.

Edit:  Here's a thread on TN gunowners about coating with powder + solvent.  This guy says lacquer thinner is the way to go, and from looking at his pics it really doesn't take much powder or solvent.  After reading some more I'm really wishing I hadn't spent the money on a powdercoat gun.  I'm definitely going to try this.  Oh well, I have a new tool now, and a man can never have too many tools.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/66713-powder-coating-the-easy-way/

unfy:
Did... hm

You're kind of sifting powdered sugar over donuts.  Not really spray painting. letting the static charge pull the powder to the bullets

Does that description help ?

Is your powder damp ?

Are you holding the gun upside down (unlikely) ?

Did you over fill the powder container ?  And tell me you didn't directly hook up new can of stuff to the gun directly ?  I typically have about 2 inches of powder in the canister.

There will be a spurt at the beginning or whenever it grabs a clump, but it shouldn't be catastrophic.


edit: If ya were in Omaha I'd come over and take a look at what you're doing to see if I could help :(

bkoenig:
I dumped about half the container into the gun, so maybe it was overfilled.  Once the initial clump of powder came out it did dispense evenly, but that one time was enough to make a huge mess.

I'm really excited to try the acetone method.  I think it will be a significant time saver.

unfy:
too much in the container then yeah.

curious how acetone works out!

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