I got the Harbor Freight Electro Static Powder Coat gun the other day. Today was the first chance I've had to try it out.
I did try the "shake and bake" method and got poor results, guess I'm not cut out for it. I've seen photos of other peoples work that looks fantastic.
I learned a lot.
Shaking the gun a bit helps maintain an even flow. This requires very little effort. I think I'll learn more about using it as time goes along.
I did it inside the garage.
I learned that it is probably an outdoor job, the powder goes a lot of places you don't need it to go.
The loose powder cleans up easily.
My results are a lot better with the ES gun than they were with "shake and bake".
The bullets are pretty, very pretty.
I think a Lazy Susan would help me with getting an even coat. I found that I had to move the pan holding the bullets around to bet the best coat.
Resizing did remove a small amount of the coating on a few, very few, bullets. Maybe this was caused by uneven coating. I don't know.
There was a skirt of powder coat around the base of the bullets, the sizer removed it easily. I did not set them up on anything. they were sitting flat and the base is nekid
I don't see this as being a problem.
The nonstick aluminum foil makes a huge difference.
All in all I was pleased. One of these days I'll get a chance to shoot them
If they were as pretty as Beagles, I'd post photos. I need a little more time to dial my procedure in.