Black PC and dry tumble

[waco]

I’ll have a pound of this powder to try tomorrow. I have heard it tumble coats very well. The pics looked good. It’s a satin black. I’ll post pics tomorrow evening to show my results.

Eastwood Hotcoat Satin Black Powder Coat

Provides a durable and smooth custom satin black powder coated finish.

www.eastwood.com

 

[358156 hp]

A satin black that would tumble coat would be great. I really don't like shiney bullets

 

[Ian]

¿Como estas?

 

[waco]

Okay Ian. So what powder is that?

 

[Ian]

It's a urethane thermoset powder and is a lot easier to apply via s&b than the equivalent Polyester I have. Haven't done much trigger-testing though. Gloss black Polyester coats fine but at the end if the day I don't care much for black bullets of any sheen. It will be interesting to see how the Eastwood version does for you.

Since my new Lee 309-230-5R mould needs two coats to make .310", I'm tempted to get some chrome and copper penny powders and doll up some subsonics to look just like jax. That's a lot of work though.

 

[Pistolero]

This wide range of actual chemical basis, let alone additives makes the whole "I powdercoat my bullets"
a lot more of a variable system than is obvious at first. AFAIK, which sure isn't much at this stage, there are
epoxies, polyesters and urethanes out there, and then each broad category of coating has a wide variation in
coloration powders and apparently the gloss/sheen additives. So, probably at least a few dozen seriously
different chemicals that are all called "powdercoat".

I imagine the results are all over the map, too, both as to methods to apply and results in the bbl.

 

[fiver]

individual results may vary, as they say on TV.
the problem seems to be we are still using guns, even as scientific and over engineered as the world has got they still can't produce a recipe for sure fire 100% accuracy, nor reproduce SEE 100% accurately either.

 

[Brad]

It either works or it doesn’t.
Not really that different from lube.

The powders likely affect application more than firing results

 

[Pistolero]

That may be true, Brad. Might be that any of the coatings will WORK, if you can get
them on properly.

 

[Tomme boy]

nor reproduce SEE 100% accurately either.

Hodgdon told me that they can do it on command with a 243 win. They called it a High Pressure Excursion.

 

[waco]

Seems to work okay with DT. This might be an option for Bill if he was looking to try black.

 

[Pistolero]

So how is Dry Tumble different from shake and bake?

 

[waco]

It’s the same Bill. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[waco]

A few bare spots here and there. I don’t think it’s going to be a problem. No bb’s used. Just two teaspoons of powder in a Cool Whip container. Swirled around for about 45 seconds and then dumped into a wire basket.

 

[Pistolero]

Heck that sounds almost too easy, waco. I can't imagine that a few holidays will be much of an issue.

H&G 68s, or somebody's counterfeit of the same. Actually looking closer that looks like the RCBS version,
the nose is a bit fatter. 201, I think they call it.

 

[waco]

It really is Bill. Some people make out powder coating to be really complicated but it doesn’t have to be.

 

[Ian]

It only needs to be as complicated as it needs to be. Airsoft bbs significantly reduce the bases getting chewed up and allow you to thrash the bullets very hard in the container without ruining them...which helps a lot on humid days when the powder doesn't want to play nice.

 

[waco]

I think I like the silver popping vein powder better as far as coverage goes. Looks cool as well. IMO.

 

[Ian]

Those look fantastic Walter, almost have me talked into it. It's a textured paint like Hammerite isnt it?

Here's what the 80% gloss poly tgic looks like, much easier to get good coverage than the mattes.

 

[fiver]

Hodgdon told me that they can do it on command with a 243 win. They called it a High Pressure Excursion.

you'd think they would write up a paper on them being able to do so, and at the minimum put it in their yearly magazine [data book]
that article would sell a couple million magazines as soon as word got out.