Rangefinder over on castboolits had described his method of using a tumbler to coat bullets with powder paint. I decided to try it. You put about a 1/4 cup of Laquer thinner in the bowl, about 100 bullets in the bowl, turn the tumbler on, then sprinkle the powder over the bullets (about 1 tbs), let it run for a few minutes until coated. Well, I needed to do 2 coats to get good coverage and it is extremely messy. Didn't take pictures of them, they don't look very nice. looks like someone coated them with snot.
I also read on cast bullets of someone dry tumble coating bullets with powder paint. I decided to try that also. I cleaned up the tumbler and dried it out. I put about 150 bullets in the bowl, sprinkled a tablespoon of powder over them and turned the tumbler on. Within 3 minutes, all the bullets were evenly coated. Almost as good as the electrostatic gun method. I use a pair of needle nose pliers to put them on my baking trays covered with non-stick foil and baked them and they came out great. I think I will be changing to this method as it is cleaner than the es gun method and easier. You also only need to do 1 coat.
These are from a Lee 6 cavity 452-228-1R mold and have been sized. As you can see the bases get covered so that will satisfy the people who were concerned about that.
I also read on cast bullets of someone dry tumble coating bullets with powder paint. I decided to try that also. I cleaned up the tumbler and dried it out. I put about 150 bullets in the bowl, sprinkled a tablespoon of powder over them and turned the tumbler on. Within 3 minutes, all the bullets were evenly coated. Almost as good as the electrostatic gun method. I use a pair of needle nose pliers to put them on my baking trays covered with non-stick foil and baked them and they came out great. I think I will be changing to this method as it is cleaner than the es gun method and easier. You also only need to do 1 coat.
These are from a Lee 6 cavity 452-228-1R mold and have been sized. As you can see the bases get covered so that will satisfy the people who were concerned about that.