I picked up some HF powder coat on monday along with some needle nose pliers which I sharpened and bent like beagle... in fact, they are the exact same pliers, I believe. then this morning I got lucky and found a huge convection toaster oven at the thrift shop for $15.
I had a few types of airsoft BBs laying around, so I tried them all out, blue, white, and yellow. After coating a few bullets, I could see the yellow was the only BB picking up an even coating of paint, so I dumped the mix an used straight yellow.
I have coated 3 sets of bullets so far, but I am having issues getting an even coat. in the following images, you will see on the left some .30 cals on their second coat. the coverage is fairly good, bu you can still see silver and it has an orange peel texture. in the middle are some 1st coat .30 cals, you can clearly see the blotchy coverage. On the right are some .45s on their second coat, with the same issues.
when you guys are shaking the container, how hard and what direction are you shaking it? are you swirling, shaking side to side, of up and down? I was doing a combination but I think I might be doing something that is working against me. I also wonder if I have too many bullets and they are scraping eachother clean.
opinions welcome. I am pleased with the process so far, but I'd like to get my bullets looking like those first ones beagle posted.
oh, also as a side note, beagle, I use those same ice cream containers to hold my cast bullets. I love them, and the ice cream is good too.