simple Hi-Tek coating

[Ausglock]

Ausglock and BMac
The trouble is, when not wearing reading glasses, all is a blur. (coated with Hi Tek) lol lol
I did not even check spelling before posting.
Most slack lol lol

That happens to old, senile people.

[Rich22]

Rich22, I had a similar problem using the Lee push thru dies. I solved it by polishing the inside of the die with some 600 grit sandpaper inserted into a slit on the end of a dowel. It opened the die about 5 ten thousandths but that is actually what I wanted to happen. You could probably slick up the inside of the die without opening it up a measurable amount if you tried.

After measuring several bullets it looks like I have a situation I have to fix first. I am casting out of round big time. By about 5 or 6 thousandths. I had one range from .353 to .358 and one from .3565 to .363 and I will measure a few more later, obviously I am screwing up something big time but I have no idea what it is.

[Hardline]

If it's out of round from one side of the seam of the bullet to the other your alignment pins are either dirty or out of alignment. If it's .353 on the seam and .358 measuring 90 degrees from the seam, you probably have some debris on the face of the mold not allowing it to close all the way.

[Moonman]

Hardline,

Cast a little the other day with the 115 gr No Lube Groove 4 cavity, they were nice!

I have not used the 230 gr as of yet.

I DID NOT WASH THE MOLD WITH SOAPY WATER, I did just as AUSGLOCK said to do,

WIPE OFF WITH A PAPER TOWEL, SPRAY WITH "HI-TEK SUPER 500 MOLD RELEASE"

THEN START CASTING.

It worked for me.

Thanks to HARDLINE for a Great Mold and AUSGLOCK for Great advise on how to clean and cast with it.

MOONMAN

[Ausglock]

I have contacted Hardline regards lengthening their 130gn 9mm to 135.
I would love a 5 or 6 cavity with the smaller Dia. bullets.
The 45 RN is fine in 4 cavity.
The mold blocks could use going on a diet too as they are bloody heavy for hand casting.

[Rich22]

If it's out of round from one side of the seam of the bullet to the other your alignment pins are either dirty or out of alignment. If it's .353 on the seam and .358 measuring 90 degrees from the seam, you probably have some debris on the face of the mold not allowing it to close all the way.

It is larger along the groove , smaller 90 degrees from the seam larger with the seam

[BMac]

Hardline in 147 .357, joy to work with, makes pretty projectiles.

[Gremlin460]

Hardline in 147 .357, joy to work with, makes pretty projectiles.

They look brilliant, well done sir....

[Ausglock]

Well. it's been a busy week.
Bloody HI-TEK Joe has been slave driving me to get the DRY-TEK tested.
7 test samples later and they are all good to go.
The DRY-TEK coatings tested:
Red/copper, Brown/Copper (this one I'm calling Copperhead), Shiny Black, Fast red, Maroon, Zombie Green and Texas Tea (black/gold).
The Zombie green was tested with 3 extreme catalyst in the powder, rather than the standard catalyst.
The bullets sized easy, just like the liquid coating with 3 extreme catalyst.

I imagine this is going to be very popular in the USA.

My mix ratio is 20gms of DRY-TEK to 100mls or Acetone. this coats just like 5-1-7 of the liquid mix.

Shelf life of the mixed coating seems to be great. I have had 3 different colours mixed and sitting on my bench for over 2 weeks. I used these to coat today and all coated fine. All passed the smash and wipe test with flying colours. They are getting fired tomorrow.
So. if you want to try the DRY-TEK coatings, you better get onto Donnie at Bayou Bullets or Byron at Gateway Bullets.
I better get ready to test more.
I have so many different samples here, I can see some more weeds getting killed. time to tip more coatings out.

[zomby woof]

boolit with dark green two coats 200 grain .452 after hitting bowling pin.

[Beagle333]

The Zombie green was tested with 3 extreme catalyst in the powder, rather than the standard catalyst.
The bullets sized easy, just like the liquid coating with 3 extreme catalyst.
I imagine this is going to be very popular in the USA.

We got a lot of zombies here in the states that need it!

[Gateway Bullets]

Well. it's been a busy week.
Bloody HI-TEK Joe has been slave driving me to get the DRY-TEK tested.
7 test samples later and they are all good to go.
The DRY-TEK coatings tested:
Red/copper, Brown/Copper (this one I'm calling Copperhead), Shiny Black, Fast red, Maroon, Zombie Green and Texas Tea (black/gold).
The Zombie green was tested with 3 extreme catalyst in the powder, rather than the standard catalyst.
The bullets sized easy, just like the liquid coating with 3 extreme catalyst.

I imagine this is going to be very popular in the USA.

My mix ratio is 20gms of DRY-TEK to 100mls or Acetone. this coats just like 5-1-7 of the liquid mix.

Shelf life of the mixed coating seems to be great. I have had 3 different colours mixed and sitting on my bench for over 2 weeks. I used these to coat today and all coated fine. All passed the smash and wipe test with flying colours. They are getting fired tomorrow.
So. if you want to try the DRY-TEK coatings, you better get onto Donnie at Bayou Bullets or Byron at Gateway Bullets.
I better get ready to test more.
I have so many different samples here, I can see some more weeds getting killed. time to tip more coatings out.

Trevor you better not have "tested" to much of my powder! If my shipment comes up short I'll know where to start looking!!!! Lol

[Ausglock]

You will love the copperhead. It is very nice.
The Zombie Green still needs tweeking. It is OK, but not great. A bit more green and it will be fantastic.
All the samples I have tested either get melted down or given a coat of kryptonite Green or the Maroon as a third coat. these cover the not so good colours and make the bullets usable.

[Moonman]

Ausglock,
You have a photo of the COPPERHEAD?

[Ausglock]

Not yet. But I'll go take a few shortly.
Imagine red/copper only lighter and brighter.

[PAT303]

Well. it's been a busy week.
Bloody HI-TEK Joe has been slave driving me to get the DRY-TEK tested.
7 test samples later and they are all good to go.
The DRY-TEK coatings tested:
Red/copper, Brown/Copper (this one I'm calling Copperhead), Shiny Black, Fast red, Maroon, Zombie Green and Texas Tea (black/gold).
The Zombie green was tested with 3 extreme catalyst in the powder, rather than the standard catalyst.
The bullets sized easy, just like the liquid coating with 3 extreme catalyst.

I imagine this is going to be very popular in the USA.

My mix ratio is 20gms of DRY-TEK to 100mls or Acetone. this coats just like 5-1-7 of the liquid mix.

Shelf life of the mixed coating seems to be great. I have had 3 different colours mixed and sitting on my bench for over 2 weeks. I used these to coat today and all coated fine. All passed the smash and wipe test with flying colours. They are getting fired tomorrow.
So. if you want to try the DRY-TEK coatings, you better get onto Donnie at Bayou Bullets or Byron at Gateway Bullets.
I better get ready to test more.
I have so many different samples here, I can see some more weeds getting killed. time to tip more coatings out.

I'd be more than happy to try some out for you,I'm working on a 100mtr 357 load and always shoot 303's. Pat

[Ausglock]

Pat.
PM sent.

[Gateway Bullets]

It's getting close guys! Here is what it will look like and will be packed with 5 packs inside, and each pack will weigh 20 grams. All you will have to do is pour the contents of one pack into a container and add 100ml of your favorite solvent.

Give me another week or so to get all of the CORRECT labels from the printer (as it is nonflammable now and the catalyst is in the powder) and other misc items and we should be good to go!

Pricing will be around the same cost as the solvent base. The savings will be on shipping! No more hazmat!

Here are the colors that will be available.

Black
Zombie Green
Brown Copper
Red Copper
Texas Tea
Water Based PTFE

[Silver-Silver]

It's getting close guys! Here is what it will look like and will be packed with 5 packs inside, and each pack will weigh 20 grams. All you will have to do is pour the contents of one pack into a container and add 100ml of your favorite solvent.

Here are the colors that will be available.
Black
Zombie Green
Brown Copper
Red Copper
Texas Tea
Water Based PTFE

Gateway,
Why not sell in small containers and someone can open up a screw top lid, take out what they want and close the container back up? The larger container would be easier on you as far as packaging goes. Some guys will want to make small batches, others very large batches, this would make it easier on the end user also.

I thought PTFE was bad as a bullet coating because of the temperatures involved? That is why we all started using HiTek coating.

Which color is most like copper jacketed bullets... Red copper or Brown Copper?

Last question, will you offer multiple colors inside one pack? If you stick with the small package size and not a container, you could throw in packages of different colors, red copper, green, black all in the same package. This would be great for the guys that don't want to buy 4 or 5 liters of the coating, but would like to try 4 or 5 colors.

-Steve

[Love Life]

1 tbs powder to 6 TBS acetone is about perfect for coverage with 2 coats. No leading in 45 acp, 38 special, 357 mag, and 10mm. 5ML of mixture sqirted on 3 handfulls of boolits, swirl/tumble, dump and bake.