What ingredients to add to thicken up a lube recipe, or increase its melting temp...
Hi all,
I made some lube at home. It consisted of:
1 pound of beeswax
one, 14 ounce tube of lithium/moly grease from the auto parts store
2 tablespoons of Johnson's Paste Wax.
I have a Star with their heater base. Much to my chagrin :confused: this homemade lube is still stickey and soft.
What should I add to it to stiffen it up and/or increase its melting temperature?
Also, I was surprised at how soft the JPW was. Should I like melt that down on its own to get rid of any solvents? Or just leave the lid off and hope they evaporate on their own?
Thanks!
I got a recipe for a lithi-bee from a pro caster
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Originally Posted by
Russel Nash
Hi all,
I made some lube at home. It consisted of:
1 pound of beeswax
one, 14 ounce tube of lithium/moly grease from the auto parts store
2 tablespoons of Johnson's Paste Wax.
I have a Star with their heater base. Much to my chagrin :confused: this homemade lube is still stickey and soft.
What should I add to it to stiffen it up and/or increase its melting temperature?
Also, I was surprised at how soft the JPW was. Should I like melt that down on its own to get rid of any solvents? Or just leave the lid off and hope they evaporate on their own?
Thanks!
That is similar to you recipe, 1 lb of beeswax, 1 cartidge of lithium greas (1 lb) and it was renamed "Adrian's Goo"
When I decided to stiffen it up, I add a Bar of Gulfwax...If the package is a pound, each of the four bars must be 4 ounces"
Adrian's GOO works fine without a heater for all my pistol bullets, and the stiffer stuff for rifle, needs a little heat
I eschew JPW, it is mostly kerosene and the wax that's in it isn't enough.
I get PURE Carnauba from antimonyman and avoid the kerosene solvent
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