How to powdercoat cast bullets fast.

[Starkherz199]

This is a short tutorial on how to powdercoat bullets fast, without standing them up with pliers.
I made this for someone, but perhaps someone else on the forum would like to see how its done.

 

[bigfelipe]

You should get some BBQ gloves... You can grab the racks and spread without burning your hands or needing pliers.

 

[Starkherz199]

You should get some BBQ gloves... You can grab the racks and spread without burning your hands or needing pliers.

Thats an excellent idea.

 

[bigfelipe]

Thats an excellent idea.

Thanks for the video. That's way better than the piglett method I was doing...

any colors work or just clear?

 

[Starkherz199]

Thanks for the video. That's way better than the piglett method I was doing...

any colors work or just clear?

Clear is the only flawless method. Eastwood carolina blue works...but its not perfect.

 

[bigfelipe]

Clear is the only flawless method. Eastwood carolina blue works...but its not perfect.

It comes out as well as spray? Really? I figured it would be like the piglett coating quality...

 

[John]

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to give it a try.
How and when are you sizing?

 

[GymB]

Nice.

if you built a tray the width of your parchment paper think you could just rock the tray back and forth to keep them rolling?

 

[bigfelipe]

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to give it a try.
How and when are you sizing?

One of the nice parts of PC is how easy they are to size after coating. No lube required either...

 

[Starkherz199]

It comes out as well as spray? Really? I figured it would be like the piglett coating quality...

Nothing is as good as the spray for evenness and aesthetics. But the spray misses the bottom of the bullet. With this method, you still will have a splotch of thick coating now and then.

 

[Starkherz199]

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to give it a try.
How and when are you sizing?

If your bullet mold is .357 you probably don't have to size at all. Some molds I have are .359 and I size them with a Lee Sizing die. I use to get my son to size them on a Rockchucker, but now I have the new Lee APP press and it is insanely fast. I may put a video up of that sizing marathon later.

 

[Starkherz199]

Nice.

if you built a tray the width of your parchment paper think you could just rock the tray back and forth to keep them rolling?

Probably. One thing to note is that I usually filled the pour trays up with about double the bullets I use in the video. It's just that I was on the last box of bullets to coat when I filmed this, and needed to stretch them out for the video. Also, I usually taped the parchment paper down to the bench I was using. That helps a lot. I kinda made this bench just for this. I put it on casters and made it sturdy to be able to store hundreds of lbs of lead on the lower shelf.

 

[Starkherz199]

One of the nice parts of PC is how easy they are to size after coating. No lube required either...

A couple of my molds are at .359 so I can use them in 38/357 too. Those have to be sized. I generally sized them all to make them uniform.