Powder coating in my humble opinion is THE way to go anymore. Just before I started PCing,, I had ordered 10 sticks of Veral's Blue lube. I still have it,,, as I discovered & tried PCing bullets.
It's easy,, and economical.
A cheap way;
Toaster oven from thrift store,, usually $10-$15.
A roll of non-stick aluminum foil,, for the pan to bake them on.
Powder paint,, (I usually get mine from the cast boolit forum member "Smoke" for around $15-$20 a lb.) It'll do several thousands of bullets.
A plastic tub,, with the #5 in the recycle triangle marking on it, with it's lid. I've used Country Crock butter tubs. (I put 2 of them together to handle the heavy lead.)
A cheap wally world colander. A cheap plastic tub,, like the kind used for oil changes,, NEW or very well cleaned of any other stuff that may have been in it.
Put a few hundred bullets in a tub,, a spoon full of powder, put on lid.
Hold lid,, and shake the bullets & powder for 1-2 minutes.
Dump it all into the colander,, that's sitting in the pan.
Shake off the excess powder into the plastic pan.
Dump the now dry coated bullets onto a foil covered pan for the toaster oven.
Gently shake them around into an even layer.
Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.
Let cool, size, load & shoot.
Now,, I've also gotten a bit more automated & advanced since I started that way. But that's the cheap & easy way to start.
