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Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 863 Location: NoDak

Hi all, so does anyone seal the crimps on your hulls? If so, what do you use that's cheap and easy?

Thanks as always!

Greg

Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 962 Location: Minnesota

Back in the dark ages, I sometimes melted a drop of wax on the crimp of reloads of paper hulls. I don't know that it was necessary.
I have not sealed a crimp in 40 plus years. And I have reloaded a lot of ammo.

A long time ago I used paraffin wax to seal paper hulls. You might try an overshot card and a drop of Elmer's glue for plastic hulls.

Member Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 371 Location: mpls mn

RTV sealant works very well
I have also tried Elmers white glue topped with nail polish to color code ammunition
The reason I've seal reloads is to make sure the buffer stays in the round
I've used different types of over shot cards card board tyvek plastic. Typically I with put a drop of white glue inn the center of the crimp then pull it with a tooth pick to the out side edges in the creases of the crimp. Once its dry I will paint over the dry glue with nail polish
Wax works in moderate temperature but tends to fall out when the temp is in the single digits or below ( most of the time in the upper mid west!!). Bees wax seems to work better than paraffin

Joined: 21 May 2010 Posts: 603 Location: Victoria BC Canada

What kind of crimp?

star crimp; Usually not required except to salvage an "OOPS". Then I take a pinch of "after dinner roll" (TP) and poke it into the gap of the sloppy crimp. These rounds can usually suffice for practice.

Star crimped factory field ammo; If the factory heat-fused the centre of the crimp, an over shot card might work. I usually trim the cases down to a smooth mouth and use with a roll crimp, or a Hartin crimp.

Roll, or Hartin crimp; the overshot card does the trick.

Brass cases; All sorts of glue or "water-glass" have been used to secure a tight OSC. My current favorite is a glue-gun.

P.S: If you wish to seal a reloaded field load, I like some of the suggestions above.

+1 with what robp said.

Use RTV to seal in buffer or seal out water. Other than those two situations there is no need to use it.

Member Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 2349 Location: West MI

What are you sealing against, stuff from getting in or out? I've used old out of fashion nail polish for years on most if not all of my steel waterfowl loads on crimps and primers. Pro's; more or less free, a little goes along way, easy built in brush, works great, color codes loads, if too thin leave cap off for a bit, too thick add acetone, dries fast. Con's; haven't found any yet.

I used wax on paper shells in times past and the tip of a hot soldering iron on plastic.

I second what putz463 writes. Also I use on primers at the same time for color coding. ( wipe off the excess with a paper towel.) Cheap enough and all various colors available.

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