jmorris Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Edit to add: link to Part I http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=170556&hl= After going through the powder coating process and giving copper plating a try, after USPS lost the first shipment, I finally received a new batch of the Bayou bullet coating from Donnie, that he FedExed to me. What you get is a two part mix and you add acetone, tumble and bake. I just ran a small batch of 150, 230 grain 45's for the first run. I mixed 5ml of the color, 5 ml of acetone and 1 ml of the catalyst. Adding about 1 tea spoon to the tumbling bullets and baking at 365 for 10 min. Let them cool and re tumbled them with another tea spoon of the mix and baking for another 10 min. The tumbler I built is a paint bucket I found at home depot that is sort of D shaped, figured this would work for agitation, and uses disposable liners that are cheap so I don't have to worry about clean up. I smashed the one at the center of the photo to see how well it stuck to the bullet and there were no signs of separation. Next test is to load them up and see about smoke and leading. Edited April 23, 2013 by Flexmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koppi Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Please keep us posted on the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmantwo Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I'll second that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) Did a little "test" with a coated bullet beside an uncoated one on an aluminum plate with a torch below. When the first bullet started melting, I removed the heat and it continued to melt (you can still see the stripes left from sizing though). The coating is thin in the grease ring and a little came out of there but the bottom remained intact. Edited April 20, 2013 by jmorris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmiller Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 How long did you let the coating and catalyst sit before you used it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 You don't, I put the components into the baby food jar, shook it a little then drew about a teaspoon and squirt it onto the tumbling bullets until dry enough to put on the baking rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jachin Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 What other colors does he have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Green, black and one or two others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Are you looking to do 1-or 2 thousand at a time ?? or is this just a little project ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98sr20ve Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Shot them yet? I am curious as I could make essentially smoke free lead bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 I would like to do a few thousand as I need them without taking too much time out of the day. I haven't yet but I have some loaded up. Maybe after the kiddo wakes up I'll run through a few mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Ok, had a chance to shoot some today and at first wasn't too happy as it is clear that the coating was rubbed off in the rifling. So I decided to see how they compared with precision bullets side by side. Kind of shocked that they did better than the Precision bullets that I have shot thousands of. Guess I will try sizing some of these after coating, as that is what is recommended, if that doesn't work I might try a 3rd coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Service Desk Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Multiple coats is the answer..... You might be surprised at the effort required to size them. I use a Star lune sizer and need to put a wax lubed bullet through every 6 or so to reduce the effort required and the stress on the Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnm45 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Exactly how many coats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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