MUST SHARE- Moly coating trick

[Nomad47]

I hBN coated 400 105 AMax bullets today - 100 at a time in a vitamin bottle with about an inch of copper plated BBs in the bottom of the bottle. The biggest PITA part is the wiping off of the excess hBN. And I've got 1600 more to do.
So tomorrow I'm going to try hBN and water. Wish me luck.

 

[DCRYDER]

Does this work with Danzac too?

 

[Theiskell]

This is great!!! I love this site!

 

[NORZ]

This method is very interesting, to say the least! I´ve fought a futile war against water-vapor/humidity for a long time in defence of my hygroscopic Moly-process.

Lets say, 100 30 cal bullets in a tumbler bowl, ceramic media... adding water to cover the bullets and media or just a slight amount of water..... 2x the usual amount of Moly... lid in place and fastened.... turn on the tumbler..... Am I getting this right??

What does the aftermath look like, will there be lumbs of Moly in the bowl?
Does the water evaporate or is it drained away?
Could Isopropyl-Alcohol be used in place of H2O?

Best regards.

 

[Immike]

.. adding water to cover the bullets and media or just a slight amount of water..... 2x the usual amount of Moly... lid in place and fastened.... turn on the tumbler..... Am I getting this right??

What does the aftermath look like, will there be lumbs of Moly in the bowl?
Does the water evaporate or is it drained away?
Could Isopropyl-Alcohol be used in place of H2O?

Best regards.

After reading this I measured my water in my rock tumbler and it is half full with approximately 10 oz. of water. I still have the same water-moly mix in it since I started using this method in early 2010. I am continously adding water with the rinse and reclaim and losing some with removing and drying the bullets. Moly dries fast once it is exposed to air so it's a race to dry and polish the bullets. Once I rinse the bullets and reclaim the Moly over a Tupper ware container as I posted earlier you can put them in a shallow pan of water to keep them wet while you dry a few at a time. After a quick dry on paper towels put bullets on a T shirt and fold it over them and give them a good rub down. If you dry just a few at time you will get good results. Mike

 

[Bradley Walker]

.. adding water to cover the bullets and media or just a slight amount of water..... 2x the usual amount of Moly... lid in place and fastened.... turn on the tumbler..... Am I getting this right??

What does the aftermath look like, will there be lumbs of Moly in the bowl?
Does the water evaporate or is it drained away?
Could Isopropyl-Alcohol be used in place of H2O?

Best regards.

After reading this I measured my water in my rock tumbler and it is half full with approximately 10 oz. of water. I still have the same water-moly mix in it since I started using this method in early 2010. I am continously adding water with the rinse and reclaim and losing some with removing and drying the bullets. Moly dries fast once it is exposed to air so it's a race to dry and polish the bullets. Once I rinse the bullets and reclaim the Moly over a Tupper ware container as I posted earlier you can put them in a shallow pan of water to keep them wet while you dry a few at a time. After a quick dry on paper towels put bullets on a T shirt and fold it over them and give them a good rub down. If you dry just a few at time you will get good results. Mike

Good idea.. Holy crap... Just keep using the same water over and over... Never thought of that... Just separate the bullets out with a sieve and recycle the water.

My moly water looks like polluted water, that's all... Just black...

 

[Kermit in Va.]

Thanks...


Kermit

 

[Nomad47]

Well, my experiment with hBN and water failed big time. I put 100 bullets in a vitamin bottle, added enough water to cover the bullets and added about a 1/2 teaspoon of hBN.
After 3 hours, I dumped them on a towel and they had black rings around them and the hBN didn't appear to stick at all.
So I went back to my old way. They are coated but I can still see the black rings. But I think they will shoot OK.

 

[Curmudgeon]

I am trying the water method with moly but have found some tips plugged with moly and when I cleaned the tip I found water behind the moly. Am I doing something wrong? I am not sure how much space is available in the jacket and wonder if this will change the bullet flight? This doesn't happen with tipped, A Max, bullets but it does happen with open tip bullets. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Immike]

Just leave them out for awhile and they will dry on their own. I just put them back in the box and leave it open for a few hours. Moly seems to speed up evaporation of water. Mike

 

[Bradley Walker]

Just leave them out for awhile and they will dry on their own. I just put them back in the box and leave it open for a few hours. Moly seems to speed up evaporation of water. Mike

I do buff them quickly on a bed of paper towels.

Man... My bullets come out so awesome now. I swear I can load with these and my fingers barely show any moly on my fingers. It is really amazing.

 

[Bradley Walker]

I am trying the water method with moly but have found some tips plugged with moly and when I cleaned the tip I found water behind the moly. Am I doing something wrong? I am not sure how much space is available in the jacket and wonder if this will change the bullet flight? This doesn't happen with tipped, A Max, bullets but it does happen with open tip bullets. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

What moly powder are you using?

 

[Curmudgeon]

I am using Lyman Super Moly, would that make a difference?

 

[ptjohn]

Hello all. I have been moly coating bullets using steel shot in a vibratory tumbler for over 10 years and I can tell you that moly coating with water in a medium size pill bottle in the tumbler is the only way to go. I coat many bullets a season for highpower across the course and f-class and I will never go back. You guys that moly coat your bullets have got to give this method a try. You'll be glad you did.

 

[Bradley Walker]

Here is a trick.

Re-use your moly water. Pour off your excess into another bottle before rinsing your bullets...

Man!!! What a great trick!!!

 

[Milo 2.0]

Question for you guys.
I've always heated my bullets in the oven, 210 deg for 1 hour, then moly with jars and moly, do you heat them?
As for water level, if my jar is half full of bullets, fill with water to cover the bullets?
I do like the sound of this process!

 

[Bradley Walker]

Question for you guys.
I've always heated my bullets in the oven, 210 deg for 1 hour, then moly with jars and moly, do you heat them?
As for water level, if my jar is half full of bullets, fill with water to cover the bullets?
I do like the sound of this process!

No heat needed.

Fill water above the bullets. No more required.

 

[Milo 2.0]

Thanks Bradley

 

[1shot]

In regards to water in the tips of the hollow points, I'll try the same method that I use after the brass comes out of the rotary tumbler and is rinsed of the soap and who knows what else. I'll bet the bullets on several plastic wire trays in an old food dehydrator will work. An hour or two with the convection process and heat should rid the bullets of any moisture just like it does the brass.
I hope this helps an already great idea.
Thanks,
Lloyd

 

[Milo 2.0]

I did 400 180gr Berger's yesterday, worked like you guys said. Now have to find some different acceesories for the wet mess. Commandeered some goodies out of the wife's kitchen cupbaords, another collander, bowl, etc.. Can't wait to give her that look when she asks where they went to.
Was getting kind of a paste in my collander when I dumped them out, is this too much moly in the cannister?
Also had one of six cannisters that it didn't take, had to redo them, must be the amount of bullets in jar size?? Had it when dry molying also. Seemed to only take 1 1/2 hours, quick!

Anyway, thanks for the tip.