Nail Polish on Primers

[Spiffums]

I was reading a thread about people sealing their primers on reloads. Most use clear nail polish. I wondered why many people used el cheapo nail polish to ID different loads. Say red for a hotter charged load or blue for a Duty like training round.

[michael word]

I tried using nail polish to mark rounds in the past. I used it to fill the headstamp and the area around the primer. I stopped after seeing how much build up was on the bolt face and in the chamber after only a few rounds, seemed like the paint just all broke loose from the case and went everywhere. I was using this in a lever action rifle, so I assume using it in a semi-auto firearm will be worse. I have since changed to using a sharpie to mark rounds, stays put and is easily cleaned off.

[ucrt]

I think fingernail polish, as a sealer, is too thick and too hard to be a good sealer. MidwayUSA sells a Primer/Bullet Sealant. (http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=954332)

As for marking rounds, I found colored Sharpies work better than black Sharpies. I've have done a lot with red and blue. They will all rub off but the colors hold up better.

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[Spiffums]

I wonder if you can thin out nail polish? Not thinking about doing this to reloads just a thought that was rattling around in my head.

[120mm]

I wonder if you can thin out nail polish? Not thinking about doing this to reloads just a thought that was rattling around in my head.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-nail-polish-thinner.htm

[R1pper]

I found colored Sharpies work better than black Sharpies. I've have done a lot with red and blue. They will all rub off but the colors hold up better.


Use the "industrial strenght" sharpie. I found that works the best.

[mike_556]

Wasn't George and Roy's (I think it was) custom primer sealant revealed to be either clear nail polish or nail strengthener??

[markm]

As for marking rounds, I found colored Sharpies work better than black Sharpies. I've have done a lot with red and blue. They will all rub off but the colors hold up better.


Thats what I use. I mark bands on the case walls so I can ID the round from any angle... on the ground, in a mag, etc.

Marking brass makes brass sorting infinitely easier when you end up with a whole bunch of brass in one bag.

[Ttwwaack]

The only thing I seal is my hunting ammo. It gets alittle wet outside here and up in AK so I use what ever flavor of the month is on sale, thin with nail polish remover or acetone and start dabbing.

Another use for it is an old friend had some action work done on a model 19 and the spring was alittle weak for magnum/hard primers. A little dab on the primer to build the surface alittle and it was reliable again.

[120mm]

Anyone who runs recent manufacture .50 cal will notice the multi-colored primers. Mainly because they use overruns of nail polish for the sealant.

Have a nice day...

[m4fun]

I see lots of folks in the high powered comp world id their brass this way. Not used as a sealer, just for marking brass. Correlating components, charges, when made, log how many reloads have taken place, etc.

I do not like sealers and agree, once you see how much crap it gathers under the extractor in the bolt you will understand. Old Wolf or S&B were notorious for this.

[1_click_off]

Anyone who runs recent manufacture .50 cal will notice the multi-colored primers. Mainly because they use overruns of nail polish for the sealant.

Have a nice day...

Yep, I have some purple and some red and I think the last box I shot was green.

[Raven Armament]

I have a hard time believing that a properly seated primer (or properly seated bullet for that matter) is not water tight at reasonable depths. Even in a hunting situation with rain or snow, there is no pressure induced like there is submerged in water. If you get water into the powder chamber via tolerance in the primer pocket, your primers or pockets are improperly sized or your primers aren't properly seated. When I seat a primer I can blow compressed air into the case mouth and no air escapes from the seated primer. Am I missing something here?

[markm]

You're right, Raven.

[1_click_off]

I have a hard time believing that a properly seated primer (or properly seated bullet for that matter) is not water tight at reasonable depths. Even in a hunting situation with rain or snow, there is no pressure induced like there is submerged in water. If you get water into the powder chamber via tolerance in the primer pocket, your primers or pockets are improperly sized or your primers aren't properly seated. When I seat a primer I can blow compressed air into the case mouth and no air escapes from the seated primer. Am I missing something here?

I would agree as far as water, but oil might be a bit different. With the capilary action of some oils, the sealant would offer some protection.

[Pain]

I mark them with a magic marker. I then know the case condition and how many times that case has been fired.

[markm]

I would agree as far as water, but oil might be a bit different. With the capilary action of some oils, the sealant would offer some protection.

I just don't oil my ammo. :confused:

[1_click_off]

I just don't oil my ammo. :confused:

I find it makes my bullets spin more freely down the barrel, and keeps cases rolling resistance on each other down when the rounds are being loaded or shot from the mags, it also keeps corrosion from forming on the ammo when stored in the vehicle.


No I don't oil my ammo, thinking more of an oops:eek: or an overlubed firearm or mag.

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[Raven Armament]

I find it makes my bullets spin more freely down the barrel
I doubt you can prove this beyond untested theory.

[1_click_off]

I doubt you can prove this beyond untested theory.

me too!