Coatings for cast lead bullets

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Originally Posted by Lonestar grips.

I just casted and powder coated a couple hundred boolits yesterday.

all you need is,

#1 a toaster oven. I got mine at Walmart for $20 but you can find them at goodwill for less.

#2 powder coating powder. a lot of folks use Harbor freight red cause it's cheap and works really well compared to other harbor freight colors. I ended up buying a pound of John deere green and a pound of dark blue from a guy on the cast boolits forum. I think it was $20 a pound and one pound will coat like 7000 boolits.

#3 a case tumbler or a cool whip bowl with airsoft bbs. I use a lyman case tumbler for mine. I just fill it with boolits, add a spoonful of powder coat and let it run for 20 minutes. dump the boolits in a colander and sift out the unused powder and save it for further coatings.

after that just put the boolits on a baking sheet covered in non stick foil and bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. size the boolits, load and shoot.


it's not hard and you can get into it for less than $50.

Interesting.... the Airsoft BBs generate enough static to get the powder coating to stick?