Hi Tek vs Powder Coat

[Billy G]

To fiver Read the message I sent to Brad. I might have misunderstood what you were saying. If you were talking about 2 different powders instead of 2 coats of same powder, some colors just seem to coat better.

 

[Billy G]

Brad it sounds like you have found the perfect procedure . Congratulations . I would not stand them up either.

 

[Billy G]

I had an interesting talk today with Al at NOE molds. NOE sells molds for bullets that need to be coated and recommends Hi-Tek. I asked him why. He said they have tested P-C &Hi-Tek and could tell no difference in how well they worked. He said he uses Hi-Tek on rifle bullets & P-C on his pistol bullets. He said P-C on some rifle bullet noses will make them too fat to chamber. I thought he would say P-C was better. Weird ain't it!

 

[Brad]

The too big nose thing can be for real but his moulds have been known to cast a bit fat so PC may exacerbate that.

I have not tried Hi Tek in many years. I think I may try it again, I learned a bunch from PC that may help with Hi Tek

 

[Billy G]

Brad I'm not trying to sound like I know more about Hi-Tek than others .So if you already know this others might not. Do not mix 20 grams of powder & 100 mil. of acetone unless you are going to coat 40 or more pounds of bullets in the next few weeks. the mix will start to set up & get thick , then it is junk. just remember it is 5 milliliters of acetone to1 gram of powder. I weigh my bullets & mix enough.. to coat them 3 times. at 1 milliliter per pound of bullets for each coat .I have never needed 3 coats but it is better to mix too much than not enough.

 

[Brad]

Mine was the old liquid with the super slick stuff. Copper red color.

I think the powder makes so much more sense.

 

[Billy G]

I've tried both and I like the powder much better. It is simpler and I get much more consistent results.

 

[waco]

I gave up the wire mesh baskets for dumping them out on a piece of silicone mat to bake. Much better results for me anyway.

 

[fiver]

yep. 2 different powders.

lot of the time i just dump them on some parchment paper on a little cookie sheet.
i stand some up.
i wire rack some.
they all come out the same way.

 

[Billy G]

fiver when you say they are all coming out the same way. Do you mean they are not covered good or they look fine.

 

[fiver]

they all have the same 100% coating.
smooth and consistent.

i don't just crank the oven to 400, set the timer, and go mow the lawn though.
i'm involved with each step of the cooking process, visually, temp watching, and by time.
i do my batches in three stages of temp and time, the final one is the 400-F one.
it's the curing stage.

 

[Billy G]

Sorry, I thought you were having problems getting a good coating.

 

[fiver]

ahh.
no problems here, i even have good results with the harbor freight stuff.