Very Nice, It looks like it may be more even/uniform on the coating thickness. Its something I still struggle a bit with in powdercoating. Very nice video showing the procedure. Thank you I will order some and give this BCB coatinga try .
I tried this a month or so ago and it works, but I admit, I wasn't overly impressed. The bullets did come out looking nice and even, but it takes a good bit more setup and effort, IMHO, than shake-and-bake PC. I went 70/30 mix of 95% ethyl to acetone, but only got like a semi-gloss, not really "shiny", finish. It does stick to the bullet pretty good, though - smashed a couple with no flaking. Aside from the cost of alcohol and acetone, the price of the powder isn't (or wasn't) much more than PC, so it is a viable alternative. Plus it does go on evenly and dries evenly, no worries about your fingers/tweezers/needlenose knocking some off and leaving a bare spot like with PC. Figuring out the bake time is a bit of a challenge - I was coating .40 cal bullets, which I guess take longer to heat up than 9mm. I was using black, so I couldn't tell if they got "burned" or not. The biggest downside now is that Bullet Corp seems to have lost their US distributor in March, so they're shipping direct from S Africa ($) and are no longer offering the smaller packets of powder in single quantity (although the guy I emailed said they would be happy to send me an order of several smaller packets, but that's still $40+ worth plus shipping). I'm figuring to use up the rest of the black I've got, then go back to PC.
I PC and when the lead comes up to temp( 400 Deg about 10 minutes) I go 10 more minutes. Perfectly cured. Your system looks good and if you like it that's all that counts.
I have acetone & 99% alcohol. BCB just told me the other solvents are no longer needed! They said to use a 50/50 mix of acetone & alcohol. How much with how much powder though? 15 grams with 100ml of my 50/50 mix? I may use 70/30 yours look very good!
Little more expensive than PC??? I was quoted a year or two ago something like $100, where I buy good quality PC from a local company that does PC for $10/lb and it worked fantastic. The shipping was like half the cost. Did you order yours from Africa?
Needs to edit for basic information, just one solvent recipe, eliminate repetitive information. I'm sure that most people would like a 12 minute video instead of 30 minutes.
Have you ever tried using Eastwood powder coat or any other powder coat paint. I just wonder if the results would be similar. That might just be something I need to test
Boa noite. Não tenho certeza se haveria algum benefício em adicionar silicone. O revestimento funciona perfeitamente se usado conforme as instruções. Adicionar qualquer outra coisa pode afetar os resultados.
When I bought Hi-Tech I learned that the given instructions don't work at all for me. For example I followed directions to the dot about mixing 20g of powder with 100ml of acetone and it would produce a heavy coat, nothing like the guy in the video describing a thin first coat. I've tried delutting like 15gr to 100ml and it didn't seem to make noticeable difference, the coat still looked heavy. Also I had to raise the temperature from 375F to 400-420F and bake time from 8 - 12 min to 15-17 min. You say you only need to figure out bake temp. once but that's only true if you have same ambient temperature, because I do this in my garage the ambient temperature is in the 50's in the winter and 70's in the summer and that affects bake time, mostly I found preheating the oven to the right temperature can take at least 15 min and on the 2nd coat it might "burn it". I want to convert oven to PID, I wonder where you put the TC sensor? Also I don't know about BCB but with Hi-Tech if you underbake your first coat and try to compensate with 2nd coat it just not going to work afterwards no matter if you raise time and temperature and according to directions you just need to scrap those bullets, well I found that if you bake it again it without adding 2nd coat - you can salvage the bullets. I wasted 40lb of cast bullets trying to figure out solution. I also had instances where I overbaked and it would flake off. Also with a heavy coat like that I would try shooting with 1 or 2 coats at most. For rifle bullets maybe you need 3 coats, I would try it, would save a lot of time.
This is a good instructional video and they came out looking pretty good. Personally, I dont like working with alot of solvents and its alot more work than the standard PC shake method. I did a video on standard PC shake method, its easier, faster and cheaper than this method - ua-cam.com/video/TkGR-ldVTS0/v-deo.html
Great video. You are very good at explaining things.
Very Nice, It looks like it may be more even/uniform on the coating thickness. Its something I still struggle a bit with in powdercoating. Very nice video showing the procedure. Thank you I will order some and give this BCB coatinga try .
I tried this a month or so ago and it works, but I admit, I wasn't overly impressed. The bullets did come out looking nice and even, but it takes a good bit more setup and effort, IMHO, than shake-and-bake PC. I went 70/30 mix of 95% ethyl to acetone, but only got like a semi-gloss, not really "shiny", finish. It does stick to the bullet pretty good, though - smashed a couple with no flaking. Aside from the cost of alcohol and acetone, the price of the powder isn't (or wasn't) much more than PC, so it is a viable alternative. Plus it does go on evenly and dries evenly, no worries about your fingers/tweezers/needlenose knocking some off and leaving a bare spot like with PC. Figuring out the bake time is a bit of a challenge - I was coating .40 cal bullets, which I guess take longer to heat up than 9mm. I was using black, so I couldn't tell if they got "burned" or not. The biggest downside now is that Bullet Corp seems to have lost their US distributor in March, so they're shipping direct from S Africa ($) and are no longer offering the smaller packets of powder in single quantity (although the guy I emailed said they would be happy to send me an order of several smaller packets, but that's still $40+ worth plus shipping). I'm figuring to use up the rest of the black I've got, then go back to PC.
I PC and when the lead comes up to temp( 400 Deg about 10 minutes) I go 10 more minutes. Perfectly cured. Your system looks good and if you like it that's all that counts.
Looks like 10x the work compared to regular PC. Plus toxic solvents.
I have acetone & 99% alcohol. BCB just told me the other solvents are no longer needed! They said to use a 50/50 mix of acetone & alcohol. How much with how much powder though? 15 grams with 100ml of my 50/50 mix? I may use 70/30 yours look very good!
Little more expensive than PC??? I was quoted a year or two ago something like $100, where I buy good quality PC from a local company that does PC for $10/lb and it worked fantastic. The shipping was like half the cost. Did you order yours from Africa?
Did you try using those media you used with acetone on hi tech powder? If so how was the results?
Needs to edit for basic information, just one solvent recipe, eliminate repetitive information. I'm sure that most people would like a 12 minute video instead of 30 minutes.
Do you size before or after coating,
Always size after coating.
Besutifull bullets , what powder are you using to mix with acetone and alcohol ?
Have you ever tried using Eastwood powder coat or any other powder coat paint. I just wonder if the results would be similar. That might just be something I need to test
Most powder for powder coating need to cure 375f-385f for 15 - 18 minutes and use MEK to to test for cure
Great looking bullets but so much time spent on so few. I just don't have that much time for museum masterpiece bullets that I shoot in 20 minutes.
Hi Kevin. What powder do you use for coating?
How long from the time you ordered until the time your order arrived in the USA?
What velocity are you pushing these?
Am I correct you are using C not F in your oven? What country are you in?
Hallo, was ist BCB-Pulver? Polyester-Pulverbeschichtung
Bulletcorp powder.
Boa noite nessa receita pode adicionar uma pequena quantidade de silicone?
Boa noite. Não tenho certeza se haveria algum benefício em adicionar silicone. O revestimento funciona perfeitamente se usado conforme as instruções. Adicionar qualquer outra coisa pode afetar os resultados.
Muito obrigado por mim responder olha vc pode mim manda essa medidas em português estou com dificuldade para traduzir
Eu sou Brasileiro
When I bought Hi-Tech I learned that the given instructions don't work at all for me. For example I followed directions to the dot about mixing 20g of powder with 100ml of acetone and it would produce a heavy coat, nothing like the guy in the video describing a thin first coat. I've tried delutting like 15gr to 100ml and it didn't seem to make noticeable difference, the coat still looked heavy.
Also I had to raise the temperature from 375F to 400-420F and bake time from 8 - 12 min to 15-17 min. You say you only need to figure out bake temp. once but that's only true if you have same ambient temperature, because I do this in my garage the ambient temperature is in the 50's in the winter and 70's in the summer and that affects bake time, mostly I found preheating the oven to the right temperature can take at least 15 min and on the 2nd coat it might "burn it". I want to convert oven to PID, I wonder where you put the TC sensor?
Also I don't know about BCB but with Hi-Tech if you underbake your first coat and try to compensate with 2nd coat it just not going to work afterwards no matter if you raise time and temperature and according to directions you just need to scrap those bullets, well I found that if you bake it again it without adding 2nd coat - you can salvage the bullets. I wasted 40lb of cast bullets trying to figure out solution. I also had instances where I overbaked and it would flake off.
Also with a heavy coat like that I would try shooting with 1 or 2 coats at most. For rifle bullets maybe you need 3 coats, I would try it, would save a lot of time.
Qual é esse pó?
Bulletcorp powder.
This is a good instructional video and they came out looking pretty good. Personally, I dont like working with alot of solvents and its alot more work than the standard PC shake method. I did a video on standard PC shake method, its easier, faster and cheaper than this method - ua-cam.com/video/TkGR-ldVTS0/v-deo.html